On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 02:12:13PM +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: : > No dial tone means a hardware problem. Check your wires. Also change the : > phonenummber to w2221479 . The "w" makes the modem wait some seconds. So : > you should hear the relais klick and "catch" the line. You should hear the : : Hmmmm; usually it's a comma for a delay, I never heard of W before.
W means pause until you get a (new) dialtone. I believe it's part of the standard AT command set. At least, it's implemented in every Hayes compatible modem I've ever owned. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]