>Hi Paul,
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>Use the MSComm ActiveX control. Specify the COM port and its settings. Send the command "ATZ" + chr(13). You should wait up to 2 seconds for a response (which should be "OK")
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>You can use this control to poll a number of COM ports to find out which, if any, have a modem attached (and switched on).
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>HTH
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>Liam
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>>Hi,
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>>Has anyone got any idea how I can test if a modem is plugged into a COM port and is turned on?
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>>Regards
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>>Paul Robinshaw
I don't understand how to detect the "OK" returning from the modem. I have a USB modem and issue the following code through the MSCOMM32 control:

thisform.olecontrol1.commport = 5
thisform.olecontrol1.portopen = .t.
thisform.olecontrol1.output = "ATZ"+CHR(13)
x = thisform.olecontrol1.input
thisform.olecontrol1.portopen = .f.
=messageb(x)


Is "input" the correct way to grab this response value? How would I "wait 2 seconds"?