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Re: com 3 and irq 5

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From: Bennie Harris
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:02
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"norman mcnerney" <norman.mcnerney@canrem.com> writes:

>I was wondering if I could get some help with the following problem.

>My system is a - 486-33 with 16 megs memory
>               - OS/2 2.0 with the Service Pack and
>                 using SIO & VSIO v026, X00 v149a as fossil
>                 for each node.
>               - Two nodes running RA v.1.11 using two
>                 internal 2400 baud modems on COM1 & COM2
>                 standard IRQ's and addresses.
>               - another node (not up) using an external 2400
>                 baud modem (will switch to my 14,400 when the
>                 node works <grimace>).  This third node is
>                 COM3, IRQ5.

>In the Config.sys is(SIO v1.31 and 1.34 triedwith same result):
>DEVICE=C:\OS2\SIO.SYS (1,3F8,4) (2,2F8,3) (3,2E8,5)
>DEVICE=C:\OS2\VSIO.SYS

>CALL=C:\OS2\MODE.COM COM1:2400,N,8,1,,TO=OFF,XON=OFF,IDSR=ON,ODSR=ON,
><cont'd this line>  OCTS=ON,DTR=ON,RTS=ON
><the same thing for COM2 and COM3>

>In each nodes batch files (X00 v1.49)
> NODE 1: X00 E 1 B,0,2400
> NODE 2: X00 E 1 B,1,2400
> NODE 3: X00 2=2E8,5 B,2,2400 F=15 T=4096 R=4096
> 
>I've also tried activating X00 via Dos Device in the boxes Dos settings.
>On the node that won't work the initialization string is:
>AT L0 H0 S0=0 X4 V1 M3|
>My problem:

>Once I have the third node's port set up and run RA it won't
>initialize the modem.  The modem panel lights up the send and
>receive data indicators as it gets the initialization
>instructions from RA but it just doesn't work.  I can't figure
>this one (probably something simple I am missing.  Any help in
>resolving these problems would be appreciated (note, I am not
>interested in switching BBS software right now)
>I seem to be able to set Auto Answer on or off via the
>initialization which makes me think that RA isn't getting the 
>"modem ready" command or it isn't being sent to RA.
>---
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>--
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I don't have a direct answer to your problem but you may want
to post this to the comp.os.os2.misc newsgroup. You will probably
have a better chance with an answer to your problem,
Good luck.

-- Bennie Harris
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From: bharris@hfglobe.intel.com (Bennie Harris)
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Subject: Re: com 3 and irq 5
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Date: 27 Jan 93 17:02:34 GMT
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