Re: flexfax: Help: Other IXO/TAP problem

[Paulo Noel Martins <pmartins@fc.up.pt>]

On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, David Woolley wrote:

> > Sep 01 17:18:44.40: [ 1358]: MODEM set baud rate: 38400 baud, input flow NONE, output flow NONE
>                                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Never a good idea at 38400!
> 
> > Sep 01 17:19:22.66: [ 1358]: --> [13:CONNECT 12000]
> 
> Curious - why is a paging service using such a fast modem?  Running at
> a low rate can actually speed things up, as the training time is shorter.
> 
> > Sep 01 17:19:30.66: [ 1358]: --> <36:\006\030`~0\030\000\030\036\036\000\036fff~\036\006\006\030`~0\030\000xf`\000~\036\006\036\006\036\006>
> 
> As all your bits are coming in pairs, I would say that, at some step
> in the chain, something nearer your end is running twice as fast as it
> should.  That's a little strange, as you'd expect any modem that can run
> that fast to do speed buffering.
> 


> I would try forcing your modem to operate at the specified speed, which
> is likely to be quite low.  Make sure that you get flow control working
> first, though, or lower the DTE/DCE speed to match.
> 
  This sugestion works fine. I can send the messages.
  Thank you very much.

  Paulo Martins
  CC FCUP