Virtual Modem

Remember the days of dialing into your local BBS at 300 baud! Well your local BBS may be gone but you can re-live those days with the pluthera of TELNET BBS sites that are still operating on the internet. There is a feature in mComm which will allow you to connect to these sites through TELCOM using the virtual modem.

Go to the TELCOM application on your model-t. Set the stat values for 19200n81 with Xon/Xoff active. This is different for the 100, 200 and NEC models so check your manual. Once that is set type TERM and press enter.

You will see a blinking cursor. Press ENTER to switch to virtual modem mode.

Now you are ready to 'Dial' you favorite BBS. The virtual modem uses a similar AT command set used on actual modems.

ATDT URL:PORT (This command will dial the given URL on the given port)
ATDS URL:PORT (This command will dial the given URL on the given port using SSL encryption)
+++ATH (This will hang up the modem)
/#=CMD (Store a command 1-5 for speed dialing)
/# (Activate a stored command 1-5)
/? (Show the currently saved commands)
? (Show the help menu)

To exit back to TPDD mode, you MUST type TPDD and press Enter. If you fail to follow this step, mComm will be stuck in the Virtual Modem mode and unable to respond to TPDD requests.