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This confirms that the modem and your computer are
communicating correctly.
To test the telephone line connection, issue the manual answer
command. Type: ATA<Enter>
The LANmodem will pick up the phone line, and try to
communicate. Normally, this command is only used to answer
an incoming call made from another modem. Thus the high
pitched noise you will hear from the speaker. To abort the
operation, press any key, or select "Disconnect" from the
"Call" menu.
3.2 Dialing and Answering Techniques
Depending on what communications software you use to make
modem connections, you may not have much control of how
the modem dials the telephone number. This section shows
some useful examples of the AT commands used for dialing
and answering operations. The command characters specific to
each function are shown in bold type.
Dialing using the ATD Command
Touch Tone Dialing:
Pulse Dialing:
Tone and Pulse Dialing: ATDP 555 1212 WT 24
Pausing During Dialing: ATDT 9,,555 1212
Auto-Answer and Hook Controls
Enabling Auto-Answer:
Note: In this example, n is a number from 1 to
255 that corresponds to the number of
rings after which your modem answers an
incoming call.
Disabling Auto-Answer:
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ATDT 555 1212
ATDP 555 1212
ATS0=n
ATS0=0
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