FW: Reading responses from Modem.

[Etienne Labuschagne]

Thanks for the responses.  I will look into using PySerial for talking to
the modem as suggested by Peter.  The code example I gave is probably not
the best way to do it, but it seemed to work ok (after running the
diagnostics program).

How do I "test for the modem prompt" and "confirmation after any outputs"?
Any pointers as to "the correct way" to dial a number and read the responses
from the modem (ie to see if the number was dialled, busy tone detected,
etc.).

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Etienne

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Lee Bieber [mailto:wlfraed at ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:50 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: Reading responses from Modem.


On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:48:31 -0400, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com>
declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:

> 
> Note: the +++ string is typically required to have delays
> with *no* data transmitted on either side of it for one

	Which means NO \r\n wanted...

	Safest would probably be a sequence (not in Python here)

		flush, sleep, write, flush, sleep

	I also note that the original posted code does not seem to be
testing for the modem prompt or confirmation after any outputs.

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