vgetty on USR

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Ruediger Back <back@kunou.wuerzburg.de> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I've recently tried the latest and greatest mgetty 1.1.14 release. I
> was somewhat surprised to see that the Rockwell Voice code in vgetty
> allows only 7200 samples/sec for recording messages/playing
> announcements. Now, the previous version I used (1.1.5) allowed one to
> specify the sampling speed in the configuration file. The entry in the
> file is still there, but vgetty insists on using 7200. What is the
> rationale behind this ? My modem (MegaHertz XJ 401, which is a USR but 
> has a Rockwell chip... yes really... don't send me mail that USR's
> don't have Rockwell chips) apparently supports the following commands
> (from the manual and tested with a terminal program):
> 
> #VBS=2	2 bits per sample
> #VBS=4	4 bits per sample
> #VBS=8	8 bits per sample
> #VSR=7200	Sets 7200 Hz sample rate
> #VSR=11025	Sets 11025 Hz sample rate
> 
> So using 11025 (and even more bits per sample ought to be
> possible). I'm asking for this feature because the voice quality with
> the default settings is quite poor.
> So, is this going to be changed anytime soon ? Or do I have to modify
> vgetty to produce a version that accomplishes this for my modem ? 
> 
> On an unrelated note, what are these commands for:
> 
> #VRA=0	Disable ringback goes away timer
> #VRA=n	Duration of ringback goes away timer in n * .01 seconds
> #VRN=0	Disable ringback never came timer
> #VRN=n	Duration of ringback never came timer in n * .01 seconds
> 
> What is this ringback feature and do I ever want to use it ?
> 
> #VTM=0	Disable timing mark placement
> #VTM=10	Enable timing mark placement at one second intervals
> 
> And what is the timing mark placement for (just out of curiosity) ?
> 
> As always,
> 
> Thanks for any comments/replys/flames...
> 
> Rudy

I posted the quoted message a couple of days ago to
de.alt.comm.mgetty. But I did not see any followups/replies. Does this 
mean that the message got lost in USENET or the mail/news gateway or
that there just was not a response.....

Rudy

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