Date: 3 Jun 1993 10:19:40 U From: "John Mansfield" Subject: Manual ARA Connections John Mansfield North Campus Electron Microbeam Analysis Lab University of Michigan 2455 Hayward Ann Arbor MI 48109-2143 Phone: (313)936-3352 jfmjfm@engin.umich.edu or John.F.Mansfield@umich.edu Time: 21:26 Date:6/3/93 NC EMAL Subject: Manual ARA Connections Having asked about this orginally I thought I would send the solution that I received from Jeffrey Multach of Ameritech. Looks like he got if from Applelink. I havent tried this yet, but I imagine you could modify any script to not wait for a dial tone and then rename it "whatevermodem manual dial" and select that script from the ARA Setup popup menu when you wanted to dial manually. Here's Jeffrey's message: From: Jeffrey Multach (5/30/93) To: John.F.Mansfield@umich.edu Mail*Link(r) SMTP RE> Manual ARA Connections >Has anyone found a way around the problem of not being able to do manual >connections with Appletalk Remote Access? Say you have to go through a >switchboard to get an outside line, how do you use ARA to call your home >modem? FYI. Here is an Apple entry from their AppleLink service. AppleTalk Remote Access: Manual Dialing Article Created: 6 February 1992 Article Change History ---------------------- 02/02/93 - UPDATED o To explain how to locate the binary attachment if you are not using the on-line version of AppleLink. TOPIC ----------------------------------------------------------- I have a question about using a PowerBook 170 to communicate with a remote computer long distance. If I use a special discount phone service and have to talk to an operator to get access to the this line, when would I connect with the remote modem with Remote Access? Or can I even communicate using a phone service like this? DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------ Yes, it's possible to dial manually and still connect using AppleTalk Remote Access. The "Apple Modem 2400 with X1" Remote Access Script allows this. You can download the attached script. Background Information ---------------------- The PowerBook Modem normally waits to detect a dial tone before dialing. When dialing manually it's necessary to disable this feature so the modem will attempt to "dial without a number" and connect immediately. The only change to the original Apple Modem 2400 script was the addition of "X1" within the dial command: ! ! The modem is ready so enable answering, or originate a call ! ! To accommodate manual dialing, ! added X1 command to disable ! "wait for dial tone". - PDF 2/5/92 ! @LABEL 8 pause 5 ifANSWER 30 note "Dialing ^1" 3 write "ATX1DT^1\13" To use the new script, follow these steps: 1) Put the script in the Extensions folder. 2) Open the Remote Access Control Panel and select "Apple Modem 2400 with X1." 3) Open Remote Access and enter a single space in the Phone field. (If you leave the Phone field blank, a dialog box indicates "The connection attempt has failed. You have not specified a phone number in the connection document." Entering a space gets around it.) 4) Enter Name and Password as necessary. 5) Place the call manually (or through your operator). 6) The moment you hear the remote phone number ring, click "Connect" in the Remote Access window. (It takes about 5 seconds for the script to execute from the time you click "Connect" and when the modem goes off hook and actually tries to connect.) 7) The moment you see the "Communicating at xxxx bps" message in the Remote Access Status window, hang up. "The binary attachment (ex. utility/application/file/extension) mentioned in this article is enclosed only in the on-line AppleLink version of the article. If you are accessing this article outside of AppleLink, and you want to download the attachment: 1) In AppleLink, open the Tech Info Library. 2) Search for this article. 3) Open the article and click "Download". Copyright 1992 Apple Computer, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Multach Internet: Lead Analyst - Desk Top Computing jmult@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com Ameritech Services, Inc. Email: {...,uunet,bcr,ohumc}!ameris!jmult 212 W Washington, HQ-6G AppleLink: N1065 Chicago, IL 60606 X.400: C:US, SN: MULTACH, FN: JEFFREY Phone: (312) 727-4681 ADMD: MCI, PRMD: AMTS FAX: (312) 372-1021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by mse.engin.umich.edu with SMTP;30 May 1993 14:54:07 U Received: by totalrecall.rs.itd.umich.edu (5.67/2.2) with X.500 id AA15731; Sun, 30 May 93 14:52:46 -0400 Received: from gateway.ameritech.com by totalrecall.rs.itd.umich.edu (5.67/2.2) with SMTP id AA15728; Sun, 30 May 93 14:52:43 -0400 Received: from [144.148.1.5] by gateway.Ameritech.COM with SMTP (5.65/25-eef) id AA11367; Sun, 30 May 93 13:44:52 -0500 Received: by gus.n26.wi.ameritech.com (3.1.18.1) id ; Sun, 30 May 93 13:23 CDT Received: by ameris.center.il.ameritech.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.22.1 #22.6) id ; Sun, 30 May 93 13:19 CDT Message-Id: Date: Sun, 30 May 93 13:19 CDT To: John.F.Mansfield@umich.edu From: jmult@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com (Jeffrey Multach) X-Sender: jmult@ameris.center.il.ameritech.com (Unverified) Subject: RE: Manual ARA Connections ======================================================================