Telephone Dialer

[VicEllins]

This coding worked fine on my old Dell with Windows 98, but does not work with my new Dell 8400 using Windows XP, even in 98-Compatible mode.

comOne.CommPort = 3
comOne.Settings = "9600,N,8,1"
comOne.PortOpen = True
comOne.Output = "ATDT" & A$ & vbCr

It is supposed to dial the telephone modem on port 3 and used to work. What has changed?

 

[JimSchuuz]

I'm assuming you checked the obvious-- that your modem is in fact on COM3, there is nothing else conflicting on the same port, and that it is capable of being forced into 9600 baud (this isn't the case with many newer "winmodems").

Also, what exactly is the error message or just does nothing happen? Have you checked to see if any applications that may have been installed when you installed the modem are running resident that may not keep the modem in a ready state? Many times you will find this is the problem. If you perform a power-off shutdown and a clean startup (disabling all startup programs except those absolutely necessary either manually or through MSCONFIG) you might isolate a program that may be preventing this program from accessing the modem.

Jim Schuuz
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