Re: "intelli"port problems (DTR drop)

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From: Scot E Wilcoxon
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 03:53

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In article <170@norsat.UUCP> dbin@norsat.UUCP (Dave Binette) writes:
-Keep them closed long enough for the DTR drop to be sensed by the modem.
-Without the sleep(2) "getty" kicks in too fast and the modem ignores
-the very brief drop of DTR.

I encountered this problem recently with an AT&T modem which by default
ignored DTR off unless it was off for several (2 or 5) seconds.  If you
are having this problem, check the options for your modem and consider
turning off this "feature".
-- 
Scot E. Wilcoxon  sewilco@DataPg.MN.ORG    {amdahl|hpda}!bungia!datapg!sewilco
Data Progress 	 UNIX masts & rigging  +1 612-825-2607    uunet!datapg!sewilco
	I'm just reversing entropy while waiting for the Big Crunch.

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From: sewilco@datapg.MN.ORG (Scot E Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: "intelli"port problems (DTR drop)
Message-ID: <24597@datapg.MN.ORG>
Date: 10 Jan 90 03:53:19 GMT
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