FW: vgetty won't do a data dialin connection

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Hi!

Canary, Robert W. wrote:
> I have a rockwell voice modem on a Cyclom-Y.  I am running
> vgetty-0.7.3 and mgetty-1.1.9.  I can record messages and all

Would be a good idea to upgrade, but I don't think it will change
very much in your case.

> relatively easy, but vgetty will not do a data connection for a
> dialin modem.  It goes all the way through its processes and then
> finally gives up and attempts to do a data 'CONNECT'.  The modem

Yes, I see this from the logs.

> will connect using just mgetty.  Gert suggested maybe the calling

Sure.

> modems are early models that did not send the correct signal, and

This is the case, because the vgetty logfile doesn't show any
detected data calling tones.

> that I might try using some pauses and then sending it digit or
> two.  I did and still would not do a data connection, although it
> did go to a data connect mode quicker.  So I am sending you the

But this did not happen in the attached logfile. There you see the
normal cycle: Vgetty plays the OGM, starts to record, stops with no
voice energy and tries a data/fax connection. Probably the other side
already hung up at this stage. You can try to increase the waiting
time for a data connect. That's ATS7=120 or so should be fine. You
have to set this on the _calling_ modem.

> vgetty.ttyC0 file.  Debug is up at "6".  I did not truncate it from
> the "waiting....", I thought there might be something in the
> variables list that you might see that I have done wrong.  Another

No, this is not influenced very much by the parameters. I guess it is
a timing issue. Please make sure, that the modem sends the additional
digit after the the other side picked up the line and started to play
the OGM. This is important. I don't see any DTMFs recognized during
the OGM, so I assume, the pause was not long enough.

> strange thing, I had to include the "ATH" in the init-chat because
> when the caller modem hung up vgetty would not reset the modem it
> just it left it in off hook state.

Did you set the modem to do a full reset on a DTR drop? Seems not to
be the case.

> p.s. I do most of my email work from my job.  So the windowsNT server thing 
> is not my fault it is a forced system on all ALCOA plants.

I can understand your problem, but I'm sure there are mail programs
even under NT, that handle PGP signed mails correctly. As far as I
know, Netscape does so. Anyway, I'm not going to sign _this_ mail.

Bye,
Marc
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