Re: About AT modules and buffering through SIM memory again

Yes - this is most definatly the way to go.
Originaly this concept was exactly what AT3 was going to be.

On 11 February 2002, Stipe Tolj wrote:
> Oded Arbel wrote:
> > 
> > So why am I posting this to the list ? since I gave up on getting broken
> > modems to work, I still think that this patch may interest Kannel
> > developers because
> > a) its enabled by a compile time define - a simple switch to the
> > configure script can enable or disable this behavior, so people who
> > don't want that can simply not set the compile option.
> 
> that's the way to go in this case, IMO.
> 
> > b) even with the polling behavior enabled, and with a broken modem, no
> > messages will be lost - SMs will simply be stored in the SIM memory
> > until pulled out by Kannel. it will be slower though (unless you want to
> > poll faster, which I tried to avoid, but can be set by a compile time
> > option too, if you like.
> 
> we *may* include a case switching for this depending on the device.
> Since we know in at2 which device we have (like the uname for GSM
> modems :)) and we may gather information about which versions are
> broken towards this behaviour, this may be "if then"'ed or at least
> issuing a warning towards the user.
> 
> > c) it does do wonders to the reliability of the at2 module.
> > 
> > But, before submitting the changes, I would like to know how the people
> > of the list view this issue. do you think it's worth the effort or the
> > approach all wrong, or what ?
> 
> >From my side, as long as basic functionality is not harmed and
> stability is improved, please submit and we will review it.
> 
> Stipe
> 
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