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mgc@unislc.uucp (Marc Christensen) writes:

>Jim Karkanias (karkan@msdrl.com) wrote:
>: Does anyone know of a public domain or shareware program that would let me
>: assemble an arbitrary string of characters (representing those keys on a
>: telephone) and send them to a modem?  I'd like to be able to programatically
>: control a remote process; this process uses the phone as an interface...
>: 
>The problemI ran into and you probably will to was ...
>the modems all expect a dial-tone before they will dial. No tone No Dial.
>If the device "Answers" the phone then you will need to find a way around it.
>Do the regular/Leased line switches on a modem disable this feature?

>Making the modem dial is simple you need to send ATDT1234567890*# out the
>serial port for a standard hayes modem. some brands will also handle A,B,C,D
>codes like in a 12 digit pad.

Many modems support the X1..X4 command set, e.g., ATX0DT1234  will not
wait for a dialtone, and will not return as much of a result code
as something like ATX4DT1234.  You might want to try that.

Dave
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