On Saturday 04 October 2003 04:09, Basil Chupin wrote: <snip>
Congratulations! Double congratulations in fact: not only are you staying on-line for 5 hours but you haven't lost your marbles! :-).
Who says I haven't???
I am going to try and get a copy of the manual for your modem from the Robotics site because I still don't like the init string(s) you are feeding the modem (ATZ and AT&F1, in this order) simply because as far as I am concerned there is a contradiction between ATZ (=ATZ0) and AT&F1.
I saw the same thing in the manual. It is a contradiction! Z = reset to Y command, which I am not issuing directly, but may be programmed within the 'current' configuration. I'm so afraid to touch anything right now, to even find out. Although I'm 'successfully' using kinternet now, I have no terminal program to allow direct keyboard input to the modem. The way that I have executed my ATI commands, was to modify wvdial.conf, save it, then execute wvdial in the shell and view the output. The manual says that I should be using Z4, which resets to default profile 1 (&F1). Things went screwy in the modem (probably my fault, even though I swear I didn't program anything into the profiles) which caused the dns not to function properly. Because of this, I don't think the Z commands point to the right profile, or maybe &F commands don't, or both. When I tried just AT as my init 1, like in windoze, I got an 'ok' back, but the next init string wasn't liked all too well. &F is to a Generic template, &F1 to the Hardware template, and &F2 to the Software template. Yes, ATZ is a contradiction with AT&F1. But then again... - Z could be ignored because no Y command is issued. - Z could be used because there is a properly issued Y in the 'current' programmed profile. Anyhow, I have a not-so-healthy respect and fear for my modem's "mysterious" operations. I would like to be able to input some appropriate S-registers for line noise and drop delays, etc., but I'm afraid they may conflict with what is behind door number '&F1'. It is working at present. Although, I would like to have control of my modem.
However, if it ain't broke don't fix it --until, that is, I look at the manual (if I can download it) :-).
I have it, obviously. It's a 301Kb pdf file. If you'd like I could attach it to an e-mail direct to you. Again, Thanks to Everyone!!!!! Bernd -- "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de St. Exupery