[P1] disconnect

don hinkle donhinkle at att.net
Sat Aug 23 06:27:23 PDT 2003


Jack Rodgers wrote:
> 
> On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 07:31  PM, Donhinklewrote:
> 
>>> darn, using my phone modem I was uploading a 2MB file, taking its 
>>> sweet time at 46K, and suddenly it disconnects because of "no 
>>> response from the other side". Is there some time cutoff on this 
>>> thing? I think it had run about 15-20 minutes before the disconnect. 
>>> Is there some way to tell it "don't disconnect until an hour passes?"
> 
> 
> Yes, there is; however, if the other side has disconnected waiting for 
> data from it is a frivolous waste of time...
> 
> S30 register (Disconnect inactivity timer)
> The S30 register sets the length of time, in tens of seconds, that the 
> modem will stay on-line
> before disconnecting when no data is sent or received. Any data 
> transmitted will reset the
> timer. The timer is inoperative in synchronous mode. The range of values 
> for this register is
> 0–255. If S30 equals 0, the function is disabled; this is the default 
> setting.
> 
> 

> 
> 
Jack, where *is* the S30 REgister on my Mac System?




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