feature request

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Hi,

On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 04:43:34PM +0200, A.J.Scholl@markov.dur.ac.uk wrote:
> >> Without doing any patching, how about simply listening to the log
> >> file and sending SIGUSR1 to mgetty/vgetty? Something like
> >
> >Exactly the very same problem. It will not work with approved modems
> >in Germany for the same reason. Vgetty will try to pick up the phone,
> >but the modem will return ERROR. And that's it: The end.
> 
> My (UK-approved!) modem will accept ATH1 - and in the modem manual, 
> only country is named in which ATH1 is specifically prohibited
> (that's right, Germany :-(

ATH1 won't help, you need ATA (in voice mode) to listen for CNG tones etc.

But most likely, that should also work just fine then.

[..]
> One interesting difference in the UK is that caller ID information is
> apparently sent *before* the first ring, so any modem which
> understands UK-style caller ID must be listening to the line all the
> time.... I haven't seen one, though.

Interesting...

gert
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