I want to disable auto-answer for Practical Peripherals PM 288MT II V.34?

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Clarification of Question by ade1976-ga on 02 Jun 2004 07:15 PDT

I am using Dos based system and using Practical Peripherals PM 288MT
II V. 34 Modem.  I want to disable auto-answer can you please help me
with that thank you.

ade1976-ga,

Try using the modem command ATS0=0. This command may or may not work
for you modem. You can add this command to your modem initialization
string or enter it manually each time you start the modem. If you add
it to the initialization string, drop the AT portion and append it to
the end of the string. In that case it would be S0=0. Note that these
are zeros "0" and not capital 'ohs' "O". The S0=X command tells the
modem to auto answer after X number of rings. A value of 0 means to
turn off the auto answer feature.

If you never want it to anwser calls the easiest way to do this is to
shut it off in the autoexec.bat file. I don't know for sure that this
string will work for your modem but these are pretty common controls
so chances are pretty good.

Do the following

1.) from a c:\> prompt type in "edit autoexec.bat" (without the quotes)
2.) Enter the following into the first line
    echo ats0=0 >comX where COMX is equal to the com port that the
modem uses COM2 is a favorite

3.) Save the file. 
4.) Reboot the computer (if possible, or just rerun the autoexec) at a
c:\> prompt type in autoexec



If you are using a DOS based program that modifies the connection
string, make sure it dosen't turn auto anwser back on (look for S0=1)
S0 would have to be greater than zero.

Hope it helps.

Justin