3Com 3C886 Disconnecting Calls , Using a Connection Script

80 CHAPTER 7: PLACING, RECEIVING AND DISCONNECTING CALLS

Disconnecting Calls You can disconnect calls manually or utilize timers to disconnect calls

automatically.

Disconnecting Calls

Manually To disconnect calls manually, do the following:

1From the 56K LAN Modem home page, click Manual Calling.

The Manual Call Control window appears.

2In the table, locate the name of the service provider from which you wish to

disconnect and then verify that the call is active under the Status of Call column.

3Click Hangup Call.

A message indicates that the call is being disconnected.

Disconnecting Calls

Automatically Using

Timers

Disconnect timers are set via the Data Call Parameters window. Speciﬁcally, the

parameters you can set are as follows.

Minimum Call Duration

Enter the minimum length of a call that must be reached before the 56K LAN

Modem detects inactivity on the connection and then starts an inactivity timer. The

default is two minutes, which is also the lowest value allowed for this ﬁeld.

Idle Timeout

In the ﬁeld Disconnect a data call after how long of an inactivity period?, enter the

number of seconds after which a call should be disconnected due to inactivity. This

timer is initiated once the minimum call duration is satisﬁed and no further activity

is detected. To prevent a data call from being disconnected due to inactivity , enter

0. The default for an automatic call is seven minutes. The default for a manual call

is 15 minutes.

Using a Connection

Script Some service providers, such as CompuServe®, require the use of a connection

script to successfully log on to their remote servers. You can create and associate

speciﬁc connection scripts with each of the LAN Modem’s four service provider

proﬁles.

Note that this option is provided only for those remote sites which do not offer

automatic PPP negotiation. You may not be required to create a script for every

service provider proﬁle that you want to access from your LAN Modem.

Before You Begin To create a connection script, you will need the following information from your

service provider.

■Your user name and password.

■The Data Bits required by the remote server (either seven or eight).

■The Parity setting for the remote server (either none, even or odd).

■The number of Stop Bits required by the remote server (either one or two).