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Date:      Sun, 12 Jan 1997 21:42:47 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>
Cc:        nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: User ppp not hanging up modem.
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.970112214011.13275E-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m0vjcEb-000u3fC@nemesis.lonestar.org>

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On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Frank Durda IV wrote:

> 
> [14]On Sat, 21 Dec 1996 dicen@hooked.net wrote:
> [14]Note that the standard command "&D3" tells the modem to reset itself when
> [14]DTR drops.  Nate's right, this _is_ standard.
> 
> I have been modem designs for three years, so you have stepped into
> an area where I have some expertise.
> 
> Unfortunately, &D3 is not a standard.   EIA 602, the AT command set
> standard (as opposed to a vendors reference modem standard) includes only
> &D0, &D1, and &D2.  Many major brands including Sportsters, either do
> not support &D3 or don't store it in EEPROM, making it useless.

I have a Sportster, the manual is open in front of me, and that's NOT
true, it DOES have &D3.  If its specified on dialup, then it will work on
disconnect (with or without eeprom storage).

> 
> If available, &D3 or a given modem makers functional equivalent command
> is the best way to go for all serial modem sessions, since it guarantees
> that no settings from one call persist to the next.  Everybody gets a
> clean slate.
> 
> &D2 is the next best available choice.  If all you have is &D2, add a
> ATZ to the hang-up or dial-out script to obtain functionality close to
> what &D3 would have provided.
> 
> Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi"
> or uhclem%nemesis@rwsystr.nkn.net           | demand...  A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!"
> 					    |"A what?"
> or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem	    |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!"  - 1983
> 
> 

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