>Is there a way to make MSComm respect the modem configuration in Windows? I've configured my modem in Windows to be completly silent while dialing out, but everytime I use the MSComm control, it insist on annoying my coworkers with the dial tone and the connect buzz.
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>I tried this:
>THIS.ModemComm.Output = "ATM" + CHR(13)
>THIS.ModemComm.Output = "ATDT" + ALLTRIM(THIS.PhoneNb) + CHR(13)
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>It did kill the speaker, but it doesn't want to dial anymore. If I comment out the first line, it goes to work again (silent). I haven't tried it yet, but I suspect that if I reboot my PC, the modem configuration will be lost and it will operate the speaker again until I comment out the first line.
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>Any suggestions?
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You might try turning off the modem speaker in the default reset for the modem (I don't know the specific sequence for the USR, but USR is pretty good about documenting this.) It's going to vary from modem to modem, so any solution that you find is probably going to break when youy go to a different mfr/model...

As I remmeber, you use ATL0 to turn the speaker off, or to minimum volume, on the USR modems.

>BTW, I'm using a USRobotics Sporter 33K modem.
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>TIA