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Re: [ECS] Modem Error Mark Gilmore Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:32:21 -0700

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Once you access a com port in a DOS session with a DOS pgm,
that port is "locked" until you exit that session.
BTW, Remember to set the PHN-IFC-C Item State to
DISCONNECTED before attempting to access with another pgm.

> Don Stephens wrote:
> 
> I am getting the following errror when trying to access my 56K Zoom
> modem in ECS and another program (DOS).
>  Open err on COM4 (W95 err #5: Access is denied)
> I'm assuming that Windows thinks that a program is using the modem and
> thus locking the modem out. The ironic part of this is the fact that I
> have an Event that calls up CompuServe every morning at 3:45 and d/ls
> the weather. That works, every day, but when I try to access the modem
> from the DOS shell or reset the modem from ECS I continue to get the
> above error msg.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks;
> Don

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