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Re: Global Village Teleport Gold and InterSLIP

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From: Nick Chinn
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 20:50
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In article <cmcst42+-0302962016020001@ehdup-h-12.rmt.net.pitt.edu>,
cmcst42+@pitt.edu (Chris Connors) wrote:

> With v 2.08b, if the v.42bis setting was checked in the Teleport Control
> Panel, and the Init Modem checkbox was checked, the modem would connect to
> the Pitt Modem pool and show a check next to v.42bis in the staus menu.
> This, I assumed, meant the modem was connected and v.42bis compression was
> activated.
> 
> Since I upgraded to 2.5.5, this is no longer the case. Even though the
> Control Panel stting is the same, the staus menu no longer shows v.42bis
> as active, and transfer times are quite a bit slower.
> What I would like to do is modify this script so that v.42bis compression
> is enabled.

You should be aware that as soon as another telecom program sends AT
commands to the modem, anything you selected in the control panel will be
overwritten. Just about all telecom programs do this automatically.
 
> Can anyone help? Please post responses to me as e-mail at
> cmcst42@pitt.edu. Thanks.

OK. Here's how I'd set up the script. Note I've commented the new commands:

___________start of new script segment___________________________________
! First recall the factory configuration
! Label 5 init string configured specifically for original TelePort Gold
!  on 2/5/96 - nac
!
settries 0
matchclr
@LABEL 1
matchstr 1 3 "OK\13\10"
write "AT&F1\13"
matchread 30
inctries
iftries 2 59
jump 1
!
! &f1  - recall factory settings
! \q2  - Use Unidirectional RTS/CTS flow control
! \q3  - Use Bidirectional RTS/CTS flow control
! \k0  - Enter command state but do not send break
! \j0  - Disable port rate adjust
! S0=0 - Don't answer calls
! E0   - Turn command echo off
! \n0  - disable all error correction and compression 
! %c0  - turn off MNP5 compression
! "H3  - enable V.42bis compression
! \n3  - enable auto-reliable V.42 error correction
! &k3  - enable hardware flow control
!
@LABEL 3
Flush
pause 10
HSReset 0 1 0 0 0 0
settries 0
matchclr
@LABEL 5
matchstr 1 6 "OK\13\10"
! &F1 - recall factory settings
! &D3 - Reset Modem on On-to-Off DTR transitions
! \J0 - Disable auto port rate adjust
! W2  - Connect result code reports modem speed
! \Q2 - Unidirectional flow control
! S7=60 - To allow for an international call
! S0=0 - Don't answer calls
! E0   - Turn command echo off
! \N0 - Enter normal mode (no reliability protocols)

write "AT&F1&K3\\J0W2\\Q3S7=60S0=0E0\\N3%C0"H3\13"

matchread 50
inctries
iftries 2 59
jump 5
!

___________end of new script segment___________________________________


As I'm at home and I don't have the ability to test this and guarantee its
effectiveness, please yell at me if it doesn't work  ;-)

-- Nick

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 Nick Chinn          Global Village Communication, Inc.
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From: nickc@globalvillag.com (Nick Chinn)
Newsgroups: pitt.mac-users,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Global Village Teleport Gold and InterSLIP
Date: 5 Feb 1996 20:50:09 GMT
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