Rod, at 13:54 on Jan 26 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PE> I loaded the software from DOS using a baud rate of 57600. When
PE> booting under OS/2, despite my bt.cmd having a mode command setting
PE> it to 38400, and my binkley.cfg with a baud rate of 38400, the bloody
PE> thing writes junk instead of "RING".  I had to set the mode command
PE> and binkley.cfg to 57600, and now it is getting a "RING" through. 
PE> This means that the USR isn't doing auto-baud rate detect.

BG> Not at all.

RS> Fraid so.

See my message to Paul.  It seems that his problem is something other than
that, as the baud rates should match during the original ATZ
initialisation.  The fact that they appear not to be is indicative of a
deeper problem.

BG> What's happened is that because you loaded the SDL with a
BG> locked baud rate of 57600, that has also been written to NVRAM.
BG> If you attempt to run it at 38400, you'll get a baud rate
BG> mismatch until you issue any AT command to match the speeds.

RS> Which Bink MUST be sending to the modem at 38400 as it starts
RS> up and check if there is a visible modem. LONG before any RING.

Yep, during the initial ATZ.  His isn't though.

Regards, Bill

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