PE> On 1996-03-31 21:32, Sunny Leung of 3:712/505 wrote:



SL>> Hi George,



SL>> [Thus spake George Ashton unto Sunny Leung:]



SL>> Go to My

SL>> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Mod

SL>> em\0000

SL>> (If you have more than one modem, the correct key could be 0001, 0002

SL>> etc)

SL>> To check whether your autoanswer settings are correct, check the Reset

SL>> field in the 0000 key, and check the appropriate fields in the various

SL>> subkeys under 0000.



GA>> Your blood is worth bottling! Tracked down the reset in the Registry



SL>> I think I'll let the Red Cross guys and gals do the bottling or, rather,

SL>> plastic-bagging of my blood :-)



GA>> and found that it was AT&F (reset the modem to factory defaults),

GA>> changed it to ATZ and all is well. You would think that Netcomm would

GA>> realise that people don't always use the factory defaults wouldn't you!



SL>> Well, it depends on the modem and the INF file. The INF file for the USR

SL>> Courier sets ATZ as reset - which screws things up if you want to use

SL>> the Courier's connection and link diagnostic features. I had to change

SL>> the Reset setting to AT&F1. But that's OK because AT&F1
for the Courier

SL>> is the default hardware flow control setting that works fine for most

SL>> users.



SL>> Sunny



 PE> Uh oh, the ATZ that USR says is dangerous because it is broken

 PE> and should not be used in any circumstances as an INIT string.

 PE> BFN.  Paul.



I do not believe that it is setting the modem with ATZ in Sunny's

message above, I set my modems with NVRam to L3 (Max volume), yet

anytime I use them in anything but a dos program the volume is

always at L2 level (this being the default for AT&F1.

Different story when I use a Dos Comms prog that resets with ATZ

its L3



Russell



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