On (24 Jun 95) Paul Edwards wrote to Keith Richardson...



 PE> Hey Keith, you mentioned line tracers the other day, and I've

 PE> got a problem which needs a line tracer to help determine the

 PE> problem.  The problem is that I send an ENQ to someone, and

 PE> it takes 3 seconds for them to respond.  I believe you reply

 PE> to Rod Speed messages because you have nothing better to do

 PE> on night shift.  How would you prefer instead to try out

 PE> BTPE 3.03 (you are overestimating the size of the can of worms,

 PE> there is no danger, you simply go back to the old version if

 PE> it doesn't work for you, and anyway, you can just use it to put

 PE> in a dummy address of 666:666/666 and use it to FREQ files from

 PE> me to try it out first if you're that paranoid), and if you too

 PE> experience this 3 second delay, put a scope on and tell me whether

 PE> or not you are receiving the ENQ really quickly, or whether it

 PE> is taking me 3 seconds before I bother to send it to you?



what is the file called? unfortunately, under normal circumstances, i

cant hang the line tracer on at my end because i have an internal modem.

i may be able to borrow an external as well as the tracer, but it may

not be soon. i am also not sure whether the trace time tags characters

in async mode. we usually use it on hdlc lines where there are idle

characters constantly on the line (unless it is multidrop). i'll have to

drag it out for a look.



                        Keith



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