usdave

Here's a work around: link to a second OGM and write the variable from there. Apparently, the variable is not yet accessible when the log file is written in the first OGM.

When I test my OGM's with the simulator, everything is fine. When I test over the telephone line, everything but the synthesized text works (.wav's play, detects tones, and navigation is fine). Looking at my modem trace: // SETTING UP TO PLAY 12-04-2007 20:07:59.000 - Starting wave play/record. 12-04-2007 20:07:59.015 - Send: at+fclass=8<cr> 12-04-2007 20:07:59.031 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf> 12-04-2007 20:07:59.031 - Interpreted response: OK 12-04-2007 20:07:59.031 - Send: at+vsd=128,0<cr> 12-04-2007 20:07:59.046 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf> 12-04-2007 20:07:59.046 - Interpreted response: OK 12-04-2007 20:07:59.046 - Send: at+vtx<cr> 12-04-2007 20:07:59.062 - Recv: <cr><lf>CONNECT<cr><lf> 12-04-2007 20:07:59.062 - Interpreted response: Connect // SHUTTING DOWN THE PLAYING 12-04-2007 20:07:59.078 - Ending wave play/record. 12-04-2007 20:07:59.078 - Send: <00><DLE><03> 12-04-2007 20:08:00.906 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf> 12-04-2007 20:08:00.906 - Interpreted response: OK The modem trace suggests to me that IVM is starting and then, after a few msecs, stopping a wav file. Curiously, I also found during an earlier test, that IVM was playing a wav file even though that option was not checked. Last clue, from experience, I know that IVM will not play the synthesize text if it is playing a wav file. And again, the synthesized text plays fine with the Simulator. Anyone seen anything like this...and have a work around? using IVM 4.05, Agere modem, Win XP

I posted a work around on another thread. Essentially, I think you need to put an '&' at the start of the string ( '&gaon=555000&yarin=555'). Sometimes it ignores the last variable too, so i just starting wrapping the real variables in dummies: &dumb=0&gaon=555000&yarin=555&dumber=0 ... that way if it drops the first and last vars, i dont' care.

After several days of playing around (and thus using up any cost savings I had by buying a 16 USD data/fax/voice modem), I got my Trendnet TFM-PCIV92A (B1) modem (which is really just a repackaged Agere modem) working under Win XP SP2. Because I did so much tweaking, I'm not positive what the magic key was, but here is what I think I did: A) pgodfrin is right. The drivers installed by XP SP2 don't give you voice support. despite working with the VBRP phone apps that come on the CD, the driver that ships on the CD didn't give TAPI support via UNIMODEM and MODEM.SYS, which is required by IVM; however, there is support commented out in the INF file. So, you can easily enable it as follows: 1. copy the win2k&xp driver files from the CD to a hard drive folder so that you can alter them. 2. edit the AGRSMxp.inf file to make the "pinball modem" a "montblanc" modem by doing the following: replace: %PINBALL.Modem% = PINBALL_Modem, PCI\VEN_11C1&DEV_0620&SUBSYS_062011C1 with: %MONTBLANC.Modem% = MONTBLANC_SA_Modem, PCI\VEN_11C1&DEV_0620&SUBSYS_062011C1 3. change the montblanc codec to that of the pinball: replace: HKR,,CodecType,1,2B with: HKR,,CodecType,1,33 4. goto the Contol Panel/Phone & Modems/ Modem tab, select your modem, click properties. from the drivers tab, update your driver by using the 'install from a specific location', 'i'll pick the location', and 'have disk' option and then pointing it to your newly editted .inf file. Finally, you may have to reboot for IVM to recognize your modem. you may also have to delete and re-add the modem to IVM. After that, you ought to be up and running. Like I said above, i've been tweaking and rebooting for several days, so I can't say for sure that this is the magic key, but if not, it should get you close. Oh, and was noted by someone else, the AT#CLS? still returns "not supported," so that isn't a surefire test of whether you have a voice modem.

BTW, also using the string "&a=apple&b=beta" appears to work as a temporary fix, but I am cautious about using it since I think that having the inital "&" is non standard coding for a query string and may fail once the problem is fixed.

I've tried the new 4.05, but it still seems to have some problems. If I understand the syntax, ineturl.exe is suppose to grab a string returned from a website and parse it into variables. However, when the website returns a single variable, the value is not recorded by IVM. So, as a workaround, I have the website send two: "a=apple&d=dummy" which seems to work for the most part. However, I'm now experiencing cases where that fails as well, and I need to wrap the variable around two dummies: "d=dumb&a=apple&dd=dumber" Anyone else encountering this? PS I got the 4.05 load per the previous post. And paid and registered the copy.

Please post instructions on how users of V4.04 on the trial can get the new release when it's ready.

Yep. Just installed 4.04 and was trying to figure out what i was doing wrong. Can't get the variables to load either. Hope they patch this one in a hurry.