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 does
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.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL
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
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 the
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 dial up a ppp connection, only to hear
noise
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
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 father
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 the
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
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
his
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 check
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 question. With those
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 it. (At
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
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
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 connection to the
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 phoneline, enabling me to
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 downstairs
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 device that
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 have
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
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.
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
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 poff,
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 running.
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 trample
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.
--
John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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