Good-day.I have had success in hearing a dial tone, as well as a "the-phone-is-off-the-hook-hang-up" message. Clearly, I can use it to call other persons (not computers). However, I don't know what software I need to be able to do this. Please do not confuse my situation with VoIP: I wish to commun
Hamish writes:
> Perhaps your modem is not reporting NO DIALTONE -- make sure you have
> set ATX4 or so (assuming Rockwell-based modem).
Or perhaps it is reporting NO DIAL TONE, in which case you need to put
ABORT "NO DIAL TONE"
in your /etc/chatscripts/provider file.
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John Hasler
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On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 06:42:40PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote:
> Oh, and I tested out my idea for a script by using minicom. First I
> did
>atm2
>OK
> but I couldn't hear anything. Then I did
That just turns the speaker always-on while you are online. If you're not
online, it doe
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 06:42:40PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote:
[major snip]
> a while. But from what Bud Rogers has said, it would seem the abort
> should happen straight away.)
>
Yes, it should. I don't have problems with interfering with other
modems here, but there are other people
Kent West writes:
> But isn't this the case only if the provider (or whatever) file directly
> references the serial port rather than a symlink like /dev/modem?
Which is why such a symlink should never exist.
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
Carl Johnson writes:
> You might want to look into the 'connect' program from
> 'http://www.caesium.fr/freeware/connect/'.
Interesting, but it doesn't address Mark's problem. It also requires that
pppd be configured in an idiosyncratic fashion.
> It tracks multiple connect attempts so none tramp
John Hasler wrote:
> Robert V. MacQuarrie writes:
> > Put this is /usr/local/bin and call it ispon It isnt anything
> > fancy but it should work for you until ppp's maintainer, Philip Hands, has
> > time to maybe add a check into ppp itself. when run it'll simply tell you
> > if pppd is or isn't r
Isn't this what the line:
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
should do in the chat script?
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 10:43:45AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> This morning I typed "pon" to dial up a ppp connection, only to hear
> noise on my modem to idicate that the line was already in use. I
> quickly typed
Mark Phillips wrote:
> This morning I typed "pon" to dial up a ppp connection, only to hear
> noise on my modem to idicate that the line was already in use. I
> quickly typed "poff", but it was too late --- I had already killed my
> father's connection to the internet. He was not pleased as I ha
Mark Phillips writes:
> Why does pon kill his connection?
Pon is just simple script:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/pppd call ${1:-provider}
> Well because pon merrily walses in, spewing out phone numbers and other
> noise onto the line.
Your modem should drop the connection when it fails to get dialtone.
Bud Rogers writes:
> The most your father should hear is maybe a click when it picks up and
> another when it hangs up. Curious. Does it actually try to dial out
> while he's on the phone?
His father is using a modem, not talking. It is possible that the modem is
so badly designed that it mista
Hamish Moffatt writes:
> In my experience, the noise of the line being picked and up dropped by
> the other modem will interfere with the session -- it will almost
> certainly cause the modems to retrain, and may cause them to hang up.
This depends very much on the particular modem. The one I hav
>
> > Some sort of "line in use" indicator would be better.
>
> I presume you mean a hardware "led indicator" or something like that?
> I could do that, though I'd prefer a software solution if there is
> one.
>
At your local Radio Shack, along with the LED line-in-use indicator, they also
have a
Simple solution, we have another phone downstairs ( i camp with the pc and
modem
upstairs).
I bought myself a "privacy" adapter which is basically a phone splitter wich
disables
textension "A" if "B" is in use ( and vice versa), thus i do not get
disconnected
when they pick the phone up downsta
Quoting Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 11:41:47PM -0600, Bud Rogers wrote:
> > > Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > I hope this explains now why I was trying to write a script that would
> > > > actually allow me to hear what was on the phonelin
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > This morning I typed "pon" to dial up a ppp connection, only to hear
> > noise on my modem to idicate that the line was already in use. I
> > quickly typed "poff", but it was too late --- I had already killed my
> > father's conne
> On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 11:41:47PM -0600, Bud Rogers wrote:
> > Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > I hope this explains now why I was trying to write a script that would
> > > actually allow me to hear what was on the phoneline, enabling me to
> > > determine if my father was ac
> Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It is already there. Here is the start of my chatscript:
> >
> > ABORT BUSY
> > ABORT "NO CARRIER"
> > ABORT VOICE
> > ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
> > ABORT "NO ANSWER"
> > "" ATZ
> > OK ATDT8222
> > CONNECT ''
> > etc etc
> >
> >
> > So why doesn
On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 11:41:47PM -0600, Bud Rogers wrote:
> Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I hope this explains now why I was trying to write a script that would
> > actually allow me to hear what was on the phoneline, enabling me to
> > determine if my father was actually using
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It is already there. Here is the start of my chatscript:
>
> ABORT BUSY
> ABORT "NO CARRIER"
> ABORT VOICE
> ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
> ABORT "NO ANSWER"
> "" ATZ
> OK ATDT8222
> CONNECT ''
> etc etc
>
>
> So why doesn't it work?? Hmm.
Hmm. Good q
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I hope this explains now why I was trying to write a script that would
> actually allow me to hear what was on the phoneline, enabling me to
> determine if my father was actually using it. (At the moment the only
> way is to physically go upstairs and c
> I think I may have misunderstood you earlier. Your father is using a
> different computer with a different modem?
Yes. Different computer, different modem, different operating system,
phone socket in a different room.
> I don't really see why your modem going off-hook should have killed
>
> Put this is /usr/local/bin and call it ispon It isnt anything
> fancy but it should work for you until ppp's maintainer, Philip Hands, has
> time to maybe add a check into ppp itself. when run it'll simply tell you
> if pppd is or isn't running.
Woopse, I didn't explain myself clearly en
Robert V. MacQuarrie writes:
> Put this is /usr/local/bin and call it ispon It isnt anything
> fancy but it should work for you until ppp's maintainer, Philip Hands, has
> time to maybe add a check into ppp itself. when run it'll simply tell you
> if pppd is or isn't running.
pppd already locks t
Mark Phillips writes:
> Anyway, I don't want this to happen again, so I would like, if possible,
> to write a script which does nothing except listen to the modem line for
> a few seconds so that I can hear whether someone else is using it.
I think I may have misunderstood you earlier. Your fathe
Mark Phillips wrote:
> This morning I typed "pon" to dial up a ppp connection, only to hear
> noise on my modem to idicate that the line was already in use. I
> quickly typed "poff", but it was too late --- I had already killed my
> father's connection to the internet. He was not pleased as I had
great for modem use. In the States these can be found at most
electronic/phone stores for about US$5-$15.
Just a thought,
Brian
*- On 1 Apr, Mark Phillips wrote about "Script to check whether modem
telephone line in use --- how?"
>
> This morning I typed "pon" to di
This morning I typed "pon" to dial up a ppp connection, only to hear
noise on my modem to idicate that the line was already in use. I
quickly typed "poff", but it was too late --- I had already killed my
father's connection to the internet. He was not pleased as I had
killed his connection near
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