Re:Using STRITF

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I have a user who is dialing into a bank's mainframe to retrieve account
>>info.  They are currently using a PC to do this but we were throwing around
>>the idea of doing it from the As/400 just to see if we could do it.
>>
>>I found some code on midrange computing's website for dialing into a BBS via
>>the AS/400 and I've used that as a model but I can't seem to get anywhere
>>with the STRITF (Start Interactive Terminal Facility) command.  Anyone ever
>>try to do this before and get it to work?  My main problem is I receive a
>>comm failure but don't get any messages as to why it failed.  I never hear
>>the modem dial out as well.
>
>Chances are fair to middling that your modem needs to be configured
>differently.
>Trouble is, you can't *reach* the modem to issue new AT commands!  One work-
>around is to configure a temporary leased line to talk to the modem.
>Issue your
>AT commands (&C1&D2 if I remember rightly...), then try the switched line
>again.
>You basically need to get the modem to bring DSR up properly.  May need &S1...
>Be sure to write the commands to perm. memory (&W) so you don't have to go
>through it again.  You may need to tinker for a while.  When you find the
>proper
>combination, tape it to the top of the modem so you can re-create it when this
>modem dies...
>
>hth
>Buck Calabro
>Commsoft, Albany, NY



You may want to use   AT &F &C1 &D2 &Q6 &W to set your permanent settings...

        The &F will re-set your modem to the factory original settings
            &C1 &D2 set DSR and DTR correctly
            &Q6 will activate data compression and error correction.  You
may need to omit this parameter if your modem doesn't support these
features.

The re-set to factory settings is important!  It prevents old settings from
clogging your communications!

I keep an old PS/2 Mod 30 in the computer room just so I can re-set our
ASYNC modems from time to time...  seems to help!

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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