From: "Martijn Lievaart" <nobody AT orion DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdoss.apps,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Accessing the modem from a command line
Date: 30 Oct 1998 11:31:58 GMT
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Cristiano Gallotta wrote in message <363989C2 DOT E66F2FF2 AT tibco DOT com>...
>Hello,
>
>Apologies for the semplicity of the question (or the banality) but I
>don't really have a clue about it.
>
>The problem.
>
>I have an application which reads data from a serial port (say com2).
>The data comes from a remote site, so I have to dial in.
>
>How do I dial in to a remote modem and allow applications read the data
>the
>comes on that port ?
>
>Hyperterminal, for instance, takes off the port so your application
>won't see that port.
>
>The question:
>
>Is it possible to use any  modem command from DOS to tell the modem
>to dial in without taking the port off ?
>


Just:
    echo ATZ >com2
    echo atd <insertnumber here>
    <run app here>
    echo ath0 >com2

should get jou a long way.

Martijn (see sig for real email address)
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