Hello Lawrence!
Monday March 30 1998 11:31, Lawrence Mintz wrote to David Bowerman:
 LM> * In a message originally to Lawrence R. Mintz, David Bowerman said:
 >> Neither of the two machines I updated using the Wizard had
 >> the comm port locked.  A common point?
 LM> I suspect that locking the comm port while running the Wizard has the 
same
 LM> affect as running the SDL for the Courier does when its comm port is
 LM> locked. For others who don't know, the SDL for Couriers will not find a
 LM> Courier to update if the comm port is locked while the SDL is running.
Sorry to dispute this, but I do not unlock BNU when I flash my 4 Couriers.
BNU has locked port 0, COM1, at 57600
I disconnect the phoneline to the modem.
I then issue the command SDL20 /C=1.
(I then get)
U. S. Robotics Modem Software Downloader    Version 1.8
Copyright (c) 1994,95,96,97,98 by USRobotics Inc. All rights reserved
Validation sequence started...
Validation sequence passed!
Current settings :
  COM Port    : 1
  IRQ Number  : 4
  Base Addr   : 0x3F8
  Bit Rate    : 57600 bps
DOWNLOAD USING THESE SETTINGS? (Y/N) :Y
Looking for modem...
  Erasing *FLASH* memory...
  Transmitting Loader...
  Modem Calculating CRC...
  Waiting for modem to reset...
  Looking for modem...
  Erasing *FLASH* memory...
  Transmitting Modem Code...
  |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Modem Calculating CRC...
  WAITING FOR MODEM TO RESET
  Now running configuration file
AT
OK
AT&F1
OK
ATS7=55
OK
ATS11=50
OK
ATS10=14
OK
ATS58=0
OK
ATS59=0
OK
ATS60=0
OK
ATS61=0
OK
ATS69=0
OK
ATS70=0
OK
AT#CID=0
OK
AT&U0
OK
AT&N0
OK
ATT
OK
AT&W
OK
  Modem reports successful download!
As you can see, with COM1 locked at 57600, the modem was flashed ok.
                               -=[Bob]=-
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