Thanks,

I have determined that DC1's are being supressed.

Terry



In a message dated Tue, 16 Jul 2002 2:10:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

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>
> John writes:
>
> > As Wirt points out, there is handshaking going on when you use function keys
> >  (keys lock until a DC1 is received).  It is possible that you have flow
> >  control enabled on the modems, such that characters such as DC1 are treated
> >  by the modem as flow control characters to be acted upon my the modem, and
> >  not as data to be passed along to the terminal.
>
> Yes, that can be true with some of the more advanced modems. Depending on how
> the applications program sets the G and H terminal straps, the handshaking
> can be just merely a DC1 or a DC1/DC2/DC1 handshake.
>
> This handshaking is the quality that primarily characterizes the "transmit"
> mode (that and the automatic addition of a CR at the end of the transmitted
> string). If you set your function keys to "normal", you will exactly emulate
> you typing your strings by hand.
>
> If the DC1's are being suppressed by your modems (Motorola Codex'es are
> notorious for this), then you will have to set the modems to a state where
> they don't do this.
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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