Again: Rockwell modems don't detect hangup?

Marc Eberhard (marc@poseidon.thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:51:02 +0200


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Hi!

Adam Megacz wrote:
> > after a certain period of silence (usually three seconds or so) the
> > modem sends out <DLE> q (increase the loglevel to 9 and watch the
> 
> The problem is that when recording 8-bit PCM at 11.025kHz, the modem WILL
> NOT do silence detection (this flaw is documented in Rockwell's manuals).
> Is there another way to do hangup detection?

Usually not. ISDN lines can indicate this condition and some telephone
companies use things like the line voltage on analog lines to do so, but it
depends highly on your provider and on the capability of your modem. Some
can detect these additional conditions, some not.

Bye,
Marc
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