Hi Roy,

 RJT> Linda Hargraves wrote in a message to Hakan Koseoglu:

 LH>    Someone else told me that the flashing F on the status
 LH> line was flow control and I have RTS/CTS plus XON set in
 LH> Max.ctl.

 RJT> You don't want that.  RTS/CTS is hardware flow 
 RJT> control,  which should do the job for you.  XON/XOFF 
 RJT> is software flow control,  which means that if the 
 RJT> modem sees a control character in the data that in can 
 RJT> interpret the wrong way it'll lock up just as you 
 RJT> describe.

 RJT> This setting not only needs to be dealt with in the 
 RJT> software configs,  but also in the modem's setup,  
 RJT> too.  I forget where exactly,  and that's something 
 RJT> that's going to vary from one brand of modem to 
 RJT> another anyway,  but you _don't_ want software flow 
 RJT> control turned on there.

    Thanks, I already changed Max.ctl and I believe that I had set the
correct setting in my modem, so things should be better now.

    TTYL
       Linda
          cat.lady{at}cats.gratisnet.com


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