What are the ATDT modem codes for a pause within a number?

Shane

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Feb 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/1/96

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My heading probably wasn't all that clear, but what I am wanting
to do is type my modem dial phone code with a pause after the
first digit. Until now, I just typed the phone number to dial,
ie. something like 3231334, but now that I have moved, I need to
dial '9' to get an outside line, then dial 3231334. Logically
you would expect the following to work:

ATDT 93231334

But I have found that I need to have the modem wait a second,
or so, after dialing the first '9' digit, so that the switchboard
has time to connect to an outside line, then it can dial the
rest of the digits at high speed. At present it seems to be losing
some of the digits at the start of the destination phone number.
Something like the following would be good, where '?' represent
a special null or pause type character.

ATDT 9?3231334

or ATDT 9???3231334 (if I need a longer sequence of pauses).

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks,
Shane.

Dave Moskovitz

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Feb 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/1/96

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In article <4er476$p...@netservices.nzsakl.bhp.com.au>, cook.s...@bhp.com.au (Shane) writes:
>
> ATDT 9?3231334
>
>or ATDT 9???3231334 (if I need a longer sequence of pauses).

Use a comma (,) -- it generates a one-second pause on most modems, so
that would be

ATDT9,3231334

or

ATDT9,,,3231334 if you need a longer pause

Keep smiling
Dave

Jonathan Chen

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Feb 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/2/96

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In <4er476$p...@netservices.nzsakl.bhp.com.au> cook.s...@bhp.com.au (Shane) writes:

[snip]

>But I have found that I need to have the modem wait a second,
>or so, after dialing the first '9' digit, so that the switchboard
>has time to connect to an outside line, then it can dial the
>rest of the digits at high speed. At present it seems to be losing
>some of the digits at the start of the destination phone number.
>Something like the following would be good, where '?' represent
>a special null or pause type character.
>
> ATDT 9?3231334

Try:
ATDT 9W3231334

So that it will *WAIT* for a dial tone before attempting to dial
the rest of the numbers
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Jonathan Chen <jo...@pinnacle.co.nz>
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Stephen Prendergast

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Feb 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/2/96

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In <4er476$p...@netservices.nzsakl.bhp.com.au> cook.s...@bhp.com.au
(Shane) wrote:

>My heading probably wasn't all that clear, but what I am wanting
>to do is type my modem dial phone code with a pause after the

snip
>Shane.

Most modems rspond to "," after the number to invoke a 2(?) sec pause.

Stephen

Bruce Simpson

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Feb 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/2/96

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da...@web.co.nz (Dave Moskovitz) wrote:

>In article <4er476$p...@netservices.nzsakl.bhp.com.au>, cook.s...@bhp.com.au (Shane) writes:
>>
>> ATDT 9?3231334
>>
>>or ATDT 9???3231334 (if I need a longer sequence of pauses).

>Use a comma (,) -- it generates a one-second pause on most modems, so
>that would be

>ATDT9,3231334

If the pause is to wait for an ouside line then use a 'W' which will cause
the modem to pause until dial-tone is heard. So you'd use:

ATDT9W3231334

This method avoids simply having an aribtrary delay and means that if there
are no lines available, the call will fail almost immediately rather than
waiting for the software or modem to timeout.

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Feb 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM2/3/96

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In article <4erbgs$h...@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>,

jo...@pinnacle.co.nz (Jonathan Chen) wrote:
>In <4er476$p...@netservices.nzsakl.bhp.com.au> cook.s...@bhp.com.au
(Shane) writes:
>
>[snip]
>>But I have found that I need to have the modem wait a second,
>>or so, after dialing the first '9' digit, so that the switchboard
>>has time to connect to an outside line, then it can dial the
>>rest of the digits at high speed. At present it seems to be losing
>>some of the digits at the start of the destination phone number.
>>Something like the following would be good, where '?' represent
>>a special null or pause type character.

A comma placed between numbers causes a one second delay prior to dialing the
next number.

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