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#Term programs

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#124146From: KEITH YOUNGMay 13, 1988 12:01 PM
Erv, Access! does indeed close the serial device. It does not however turn off your modem <grin>. If you set your modem for "auto-answer", then quitting the term program will not reset it to _not_ auto-answer. For most Hayes compatable modems, an "ATS0=1" would set the modem to auto-answer; "ATS0=0" will disable it. There is a "modem Setup String" in Access! (in the DEFINE window) that is sent out to intitialize the modem when the term boots. There should also be an "Exit string" but isn't and will be in the next version. In short, it's not the serial.device answering the phone, it's the modem settings that do that. — Keith —
#124303From: Erv ThompsonMay 13, 1988 11:31 PM
I realize that the serial.device isn't "answering the phone". Basically I'm just wondering what OnLine! does on exit that none of the pd term programs do. My modem hasn't the foggiest notion what Hayes commands are. If I simply open the serial.device my modems DTE light comes on. When I close the serial.device it goes off. Simple as that.
#124339From: KEITH YOUNGMay 14, 1988 2:22 AM
When you exit Access! does the "terminal ready" light go off? (it should) Keith
#124339From: KEITH YOUNGMay 14, 1988 2:22 AM
When you exit Access! does the "terminal ready" light go off? (it should) Keith
#124370From: John DraperMay 14, 1988 5:27 AM
Should be the same with Aterm. -larry
#124370From: John DraperMay 14, 1988 5:27 AM
Should be the same with Aterm. -larry
#124418From: Jon BryanMay 14, 1988 1:20 PM
What Online! does is toggle the DTR line, which forces the modem to hang up.
#124435From: KEITH YOUNGMay 14, 1988 5:15 PM
Jon, I did some snooping around a while back (with Manx's "db") and found something interesting/disturbing about Online!… it *appears* to not even _open_ the serial.device! (just an observation, for whatever it's worth). — Keith —
#124458From: Jon BryanMay 14, 1988 7:26 PM
Ah, well maybe _that's_ why everything got so screwed up when I ran Access! while OnLine! was running. I remember doing that by accident one time (or vice-versa), and as I recall it was not well received.
#124458From: Jon BryanMay 14, 1988 7:26 PM
Ah, well maybe _that's_ why everything got so screwed up when I ran Access! while OnLine! was running. I remember doing that by accident one time (or vice-versa), and as I recall it was not well received.
#124435From: KEITH YOUNGMay 14, 1988 5:15 PM
Jon, I did some snooping around a while back (with Manx's "db") and found something interesting/disturbing about Online!… it *appears* to not even _open_ the serial.device! (just an observation, for whatever it's worth). — Keith —
#124418From: Jon BryanMay 14, 1988 1:20 PM
What Online! does is toggle the DTR line, which forces the modem to hang up.
#124303From: Erv ThompsonMay 13, 1988 11:31 PM
I realize that the serial.device isn't "answering the phone". Basically I'm just wondering what OnLine! does on exit that none of the pd term programs do. My modem hasn't the foggiest notion what Hayes commands are. If I simply open the serial.device my modems DTE light comes on. When I close the serial.device it goes off. Simple as that.