Subj : SEXPOTS - Pulling my hair out... :)
To   : cafarmer
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jun 09 2024 02:18 pm

  Re: SEXPOTS - Pulling my hair out... :)
  By: cafarmer to Digital Man on Sun Jun 09 2024 08:06 am

 > My apologies on where I posted this. I click on the "go here" link and just
 > started poking around not realizing you probably dropped me right where I
 > needed to ask my question. We can move this if it makes more sense.
 >
 > I will try to answer the responses in order asked:
 >
 > 1. As far as I can tell, this is the latest version of SEXPOTS taken from
 > the latest install v1.32-Win32

The latest is v2.0

 > 2. The first two string I tried was the default one, AT&F and then ATZ.
 > Neither would allow the modem to wait... it immediately detected carrier and
 > tried to connect to the TCP host without an actual incoming call.

ATZ loads whatever setting you have saved in the modem's NVRAM (stored with AT&W).

 > 3. For the Hayes Smartmodem 1200, I cannot get it to communicate (DTE) to
 > the modem with anything higher than 1200 baud via Hyperterminal on Windows

Yeah, that would be expected for older modems like that.

 > 7. (for now, I am focusing this issue with the HSM 1200, I will take what I
 > learn and try to apply it to the HSM Optima 288 later. It may be that the
 > HSM 1200 didn't support a DTE speed higher than the analog side of the
 > connection (I can't remember what to call modem-modem connectivity - DCE?)?

Yeah, those old (2400 and slower) modems without error correction usually expecte DTE rate the same as their highest connect (DCE) rate supported. But I would read the manual to know for usre.

 > 4. DTR? Not sure, I will have to look into that and how it might be
 > affecting the connection.

Data terminal ready.

 > 5. I have tried so many HSM 1200 init strings proposed out there. None of
 > them were a "silver bullet". (again, just focusing on the 1200 for now).

I would start with the newer modem, myself.

 > 6. No, neither of these modems seem to support Caller ID, but I couldn't
 > figure out a way to bypass the attempt to set it.

Set the Caller-ID string to blank.

 > A lot of this stuff is not new to me - I used to configure modem banks for a
 > financial institution back in the early 90's (91-93). But it was a long time
 > ago and yes, sometime I struggled with some of the newer Microcom modems -
 > but really it was just me trying to squeeze every last drop of speed vs.
 > performance I could get for the originators out in the field.
 >
 > Thank you very much for your responses as I work through this thing.
 >
 > I see your Steven Wright and raise you a Jack Handy:
 >
 > "If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is
 > "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to
 > tell him is "probably because of something you did."

:-)
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