[hylafax-devel] Re: Modem Reset Commands

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

On Fri, 19 May 2000, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

> On 19 May 2000, Dmitry Bely wrote:
> 
> > Nico Kadel-Garcia <raoul@adsl-151-203-22-73.bellatlantic.net> writes:
> > 
> > > > Seems we have finally reached consensus :-) So you are agree now with
> > > > explicit ModemSoftResetCmd (ATZ), issued *before* any other initialization
> > > > activity? Who else is against it? :-)))
> > > 
> > > Works for me. Can we gracefully make it something like "ATZ\nAT&F" in order
> > > to restore the modem to the factory default, or do we have a separate
> > > AT&F slipped in elsewhere?
> > 
> > Personally I am against it. I like to store some site-specific values
> > (e.g. TX level, required for the specific telco line) and don't write them
> > to init strings of each and every application. Also take into account that
> > Hylafax sets *all* parameters needed for correct faxing itself. Anyway, if 
> > someone really needs AT&F, he/she can easily add it to ModemResetCmds
> > string.
> 

I agree with Dmitry on this. Administrators should put AT&F in
ModemResetCmds if needed by their site.


> Sigh. That's the problem: you are storing non-modem specific information
> and relying on it for every session, then you turn around and say
> HylaFAX sets all the stuff needed for faxing.
> 
> HylaFAX also does data, and other modems can and do use the phone. If I
> swap the modems from one system to another, it is *possible* for someone
> else using it to have it in a really unfortunate state that will be
> restored by ATZ and the power cycling.
> 
[snip]
> 
> 

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