Bruce Leonard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hello to anyone. I have a DTC 72MX and I need to be able to connect modems
to it. I have an HP MDP RS232-C (8 port) modem connection that is currently
connected to the dtc. Everything in Openview is configured correctly as
well as NMMGR. When I hook a modem to the MDP and call the modem, it
answers but I never get a colon prompt on the screen. I can even hook a
terminal directly into the MDP and get no colon prompt or anything. I'm
currently scouring the department for the manual to the DTC but for some
reason Murphy's Law has struck again......it's the 'only' manual I can't
find. Has anyone out there connected modems to this particular dtc and have
them working? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I would start by getting one of those $4.00 gadgets that tell you what
modem signals are on and check that all the usual signals are high after
the connect.  You may also need to configure your modem very carefully if
you haven't already done so - the defaults usually don't work as an
answering modem for the HP3000.  You do have the correct cable with the
appropriate signals crossed, don't you?

Hooking a terminal to a port configured for a modem won't usually work
unless you have all the ancillary signals connected and the terminal is
aserting them appropriately.

John D. Alleyn-Day
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