Why Are User Modem Settings Ignored
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Why Are User Modem Settings Ignored (1/15/97)
- Q: Our customers are complaining that modem preferences such as Ignore Dial Tone are getting ignored in our product. We are not doing anything special to set up the modem so why are the system settings ignored?
A: The user modem settings do not come for free. You must configure your endpoint based on the user settings. You can get these using the MakeModemOption call.
In general, we recommend that you always use MakeModemOption when setting up options to intiailize an endpoint. So you would call MakeModemOption to get your initial option array, then add your own custom options after that. MakeModemOption will return correct options based on the user settings for ignore DialTone, use PC Card Modem, etc.