[hylafax-devel] Re: My RTN patch and many other changes/enhancements,third edition :-)

[Tim Rice <tim@trr.metro.net>]

On 14 Apr 2000, Dmitry Bely wrote:

> Steve Williams <steve@genie96.com> writes:
> 
> > > 10. Default value for ModemFlowControl is now XONXOFF -- I think, reasonable
> > > default for the most modems. (faxd/ModemConfig.c++, man/config.4f)
> > > 
> > 
> > Humm... what is the default now?
> 
> As I explained above, the value used then the parameter is *not* present
> in your config.modem (man config). If it *is* present, nothing will change
> for you.

Ahh, this wasn't clear in the original post.

> 
> > I would personally say that HARDWARE flow
> > control would be the preferable Default flow control.
> 
> No. XONXOFF is supported by any modem in fax mode (an is set then the modem 
> enters fax mode getting AT+FCLASS=2 command), but it is not true for
> RTSCTS. The fact that the modem supports hardware flow control in data mode
> does *not* mean, that it also supports it in data mode. (BTW, Harald, I
                                               fax
> know you are reading this, what about XONXOFF in Class 1? Is it set after
> AT+FCLASS=1?)

So the patch changes the default from no flow control to XONXOFF.
Seems OK to me.
Most (all?) of the modem config files have ModemFlowControl: defined.

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