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Dialing Setup

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You can create several dial setups that you can later select in the Dial menu, depending on the dialing mode (Audio, Minitel, Modem, Network) or your location, or if you are using a phone card.

In most cases, you will only use a single setup that should be set once for all.

If you install Carnet on a PowerBook or iBook, you can use several setups to change dialing prefixes according to your geographic location.

The current setup's name is displayed on the list window's bottom right. Click that popup menu to select a setup.

Choose Create New Dial Setup... or Edit Current Setup... in the Dial menu. In the dialog box, select the dialing mode first.

If you don't have a modem or a Minitel, choose the Audio mode. In this mode, you must pick-up the phone and place its mouthpiece as close as possible to the Macintosh's loudspeaker.

On certain Macintosh models, the loudspeaker is not on the front panel of the computer, which makes the Audio dialing difficult, because the sound level picked by the telephone is not loud enough to dial correctly.

According to the selected mode, the dialog changes to show appropriate options or activate/deactivate certain items.

If you want to use a Minitel or a modem for dialing, select the serial port on which it is connected. Carnet can use any port in the Communication Toolbox including internal modems.

In Modem mode, the dialog offers several extra fields to set the modem parameters:

Modem dialing: The Hayes™ command ATDT will work in most cases.

If needed, you can force the modem to pulse-dial by replacing ATDT with ATDP.

If the modem's sound is too loud, you can insert here another command to soften it (AT L0 DT). Some modems will dial much faster with AT S11=50 DT. See the modem's user manual. The full command should not exceed 240 characters.

If your modem shows no reaction at all, try checking the Power-up delay option. It adds a short delay between the serial port opening and sending the dial command.

Important -- If your modem has fax capabilities and is setup to receive incoming faxes automatically, check the 'Fax' box to make Carnet reactivate the fax mode after using the modem to dial.

Modem hang up: Most modems hang up with ATH0 followed by a return. Some modems will hang up with just a <return>, others want an <escape> character.

Keep the dialing port open: After dialing, Carnet waits the chosen number of seconds, then it closes the serial port. It is necessary to leave the port open a few seconds, otherwise the modem may hang up (or even power off) even before the dialing is done.

Hang up automatically: When this option is checked, Carnet hangs up as soon as the above delay has run out.

Important -- If the dialing device is a modem (or a Minitel 2), Carnet must hang up the modem to give the phone line back to the telephone ('hang up' here really means 'hang up the modem'). This is not necessary with a Minitel 10 or 12.

If the person you are calling answers, but you can't hear him/her or he/she can't hear you, it probably means that your modem is still online along with your telephone. You can force the modem to hang up immediatly by clicking the hang up button or by hitting <esc>. You can also reduce the delay before automatic hang up.

Port speed and Format: Choose according to your needs. Most modems can accept any settings.

Automatic redial: Enter the delay before redialing. To activate auto-redial, click the button with two circling arrows in the list window.

Forced redial: If the modem disables redialing using 'blacklisted' numbers, check this option. Carnet will force the modem to redial the number.