Re: Modem initialization strings

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From: Trevor (trevor_at_nospam.com)
Date: 04/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:21:11 -0400

"Jose Luis Balsera" <joseluis.balsera@collaboration.raona.com> wrote in
message news:%23xHnpKhIEHA.828@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> I think I''ve found a little discrepancy in the MSDN documentation about
> modem initialization strings set through the registry.
>
> The WCE 3.0 documentation for "Init Key"
>
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcecomm/ht
> ml/_wcesdk_Init_Key.asp) says :
>
> "The \Init sequence in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\PCMCIA\CompanyX-GenericModem-1234\Unimodem\Init
> is an enumerated sequence of strings that are used to initialize the
modem.
> You can enter multiple strings under the Init key. Unimodem steps through
> each string in sequence; ..."
>
> But the WCE4.2 documentation for "Init Key"
>
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcetapi/ht
> ml/coconInitKey.asp) says :
>
> "The \Init sequence in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\PCMCIA\CompanyX-GenericModem-1234\Unimodem\Init
> is an enumerated sequence of strings that are used to initialize the
modem.
> You can enter up to five strings under the Init key. Unimodem steps
through
> each string in sequence; ..."
>
> You can notice the explicit limitation to 5 strings in the WCE4.2 case,
> while in the 3.0 version... who knows? "multiple" is not much of a
> compromise... :->
>
> Could anyone confirm if is this is really a difference between 3.0 and
4.2?
> Or, is there a limitation in both versions?
>
> Thank you in advance for your answers
> --
> Jose Luis Balsera
> www.raona.com
>
> Remove "collaboration" from my address to respond privately
>
>
Jose,

    I don't know, but you can combine AT commands to be sent in one big AT
command. (e.g., ATE0Q0V1\r - this is actually 3 AT commands that may be
sent as one AT command). You should find out the limit of characters in
each init string.

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