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echo: aust_modem
to: Hamish Moffatt
from: John Piper
date: 1996-10-23 20:58:36
subject: What`s `HST` mean?

On Wednesday, October 23 1996, John Piper wrote to Hamish Moffatt ...

 JP> all nodelist flags do is indicate the protocols your modem supports.
 JP> Quite possibly, forcing an HST connect from overseas may not violate
 JP> any telecommunications authority regulations.

 HM> Supports meaning accepts connections with. David implies that B1 is
 HM> needed for the modem to accept an incoming HST connection, but the
 HM> use of B1 voids the AUSTEL permit. So to keep in line with AUSTEL
 HM> regs, David uses B0, and is no longer elligible to "fly"
the HST flag.

 JP> The Courier does not need to be set to B1 to accept incoming HST calls.
 JP> It is only necessary to use B1 when forcing HST on outgoing modem calls.
 JP> My Courier is also set to B0, but that does not stop incoming callers
 JP> from connecting to my modem with HST.

As I stated above, I've left B set to its default value: 0. My profile:

ati5
USRobotics Courier HST Dual Standard V.34+ Fax NVRAM Settings...

   DIAL=PULSE  B0  F1  M1  X7
   BAUD=57600  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8

   &A3  &B1  &G0  &H1  &I0  &K3  &L0  &M4  &N0
   &P1  &R2  &S0  &T5  &X0  &Y1  %N6

   S00=002  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=003  S07=060  S08=002
   S09=006  S10=007  S11=085  S12=050  S13=000  S15=000  S19=000  S21=010
   S22=017  S23=019  S24=150  S25=005  S26=001  S27=001  S28=008  S29=020
   S31=000  S32=009  S33=000  S34=000  S35=000  S36=000  S37=000  S38=000
   S39=000  S40=000  S41=000  S42=126  S43=200  S44=015  S51=000  S53=000
   S54=064  S55=000  S56=016  S57=000

Paul Sanders forced an HST connect to my system. My modem had no trouble
accepting an HST connection using the above profile.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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