My initial question is, where do I find a guideline for script-writing? I can infer only so much from the examples. But I have a specific question. I have a log-in script that starts with "echo=...", and that works OK. So at least I'm accessing the script. I'm trying to reach a finicky modem server. Experience shows that the server must be waken up with one or two carriage returns, but that signal must occur after about 3 seconds after CONNECT or else it gets lost in the noise. So, I want the sript to write a 4-second delay after receiving "CONNECT" and then write a couple carriage returns. I assume I need to "waitfor" CONNECT, but then the script seems to insist upon a "transmit." In any case, I hang at this point. Would the ^M^M go in quotes andor follow a "transmit?" Haines Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hartford-hwp.com