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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:35:36 -0600
From:      Mike Porter <mupi@mknet.org>
To:        matthew@starbreaker.net, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to silence the modem
Message-ID:  <200109101335.f8ADZbc09983@c1828785-a.saltlk1.ut.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <0109092130230G.05995@sephiroth>
References:  <20010910010319.96845.qmail@web13804.mail.yahoo.com> <20010910110710.C898@k7.mavetju.org> <0109092130230G.05995@sephiroth>

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On Sunday 09 September 2001 07:30 pm, Matthew Graybosch, or somone very much 
like Matthew Graybosch, wrote:
> For pulse dial, I use the modem command "ATDP8191055". For tone
> dial, I use "ATDT8191055"

if you used "atm0dtnnnnnn" for tone dial, it would also silence the speaker, 
if it supports the "enhanced" basic AT commands.  "atl0 as a prefix also 
should work, although on some modems, level 0 (l0) is the softest volume, but 
not off, becuase [speaker] mode 0 (m0) is off.

FWIW, according to the "extended" hayes at command set, which most modems 
support:

l<n> sets the speaker level where <n> is a number from 0 to 5, with 0 being 
the softest (usually off) and 5 being the loudest.

m<n> sets the speaker mode where
	0	off
	1	(unsure; on until answer?)
	2	on until connect (most modems default to this)
	3	always on

These aren't part of the "basic" or "standard" command set (which virtually 
all modems today support) because the original modems were big external 
monsters with volume controls on the side, so you could turn the speaker off 
by hand.

Also, some modems may require you to enable the extended commands with an 
"atv4" command.  This is *supposed* to set the "verbose" level and error 
messages, but some modems use it to disable the extended comands. (USRs like 
to do this).  the only downside is that v4 mode disables "blind" dialing. 
which is necessary if you have voice messaging from the phone company with 
that "stuttered" dialtone...most modems fail to recognize that as a dialtone.

And now that you have more information than you ever wanted to know about the 
at commands...I'll shut up.

mike

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