Revision history for Perl extension Device::Modem.

1.54 Sun May 29 20:53:23 AEST 2011

• Removed uninitialized warning on $obj->{'CONNECTED'}. Fixes RT #68504.

1.53 Thu Apr 01 13:49:00 CET 2010

• ***CHANGED*** default log file position from /var/log/modem.log to /tmp/modem.log. Too many failed tests and user reports made me reconsider my poor default choice.
• Added voice dialing. Just dialing though. You can't perform real voice calls through Device::Modem (yet :) Thanks to Marek Jaros.
• Added ';' (voice dialing) and 'p' (pause) as valid values for dial() number.

1.52 Sun Mar 28 15:50:00 CET 2010

• Added automatic port reconnection in the port() method. This should improve connection reliability and reduce risk of "Can't call method XXXXXX on undefined value YYYYYY" errors.

1.51 Sun Jul 5 09:46:08 CEST 2009

• Fixed documentation for answer() method, timeout was declared

  to be in seconds instead of milliseconds. Thanks to Mikko Puisto for reporting.

1.50 Tue Sep 30 22:59:00 CEST 2008

• Fixed use of wrong 'error' loglevel for SysLog plugin

1.49 Sat May 31 22:38:00 CEST 2008

• Changed default wait cycles and timeout to be more reliable with slow devices after several user reports.
• Fixed man page for Xmodem.pm module. Incorporated fix from the debian package.

1.48 Sun Jun 24 09:30:16 CEST 2007

• atsend() method made more reliable with longer commands (ex. longer sms messages). Thanks to Ben Knight for his bug report and patch.

1.47 Thu Apr 20 22:16:17 CET 2006

• Sensible speedup in the command/response cycle. Thanks to Ed Wildgoose for his contribution.

1.46
1.45 Tue Nov 15 23:29:40 CET 2005

• Fixed dial() now it does not wait for timeout in presence of a valid remote response (NO CARRIER, BUSY, ...)
• Fine tuned answer read cycle times
• Added constant $Device::Modem::WAITCMD for wait time before issuing commands (atsend)
• Added patch to make Xmodem work from Aaron Mitti <amitti at 10east dot com>.
• Now dial() accepts also '#' sign in numbers (thanks to Pierre Hilson).

1.44 Sat Apr 30 23:29:03 CET 2005

• (again) now cygwin and darwin platforms should be detected correctly. (thanks to Rob Johnson for reporting)
• added a preliminary version of Device::Modem::UsRobotics module, that allows to access voice/fax messages stored on your UsRobotics message modem. Read the (incomplete) docs for more details.

1.42 Sun Sep 19 21:12:10 CET 2004

• little fix for correct MacOSX os detection and SerialPort inclusion (thanks to Lidie Steve for reporting)

1.39
1.38
1.37 Wed Aug 18 09:21:50 CET 2004

• parse_answer() now in scalar context (string) returns all modem answer instead of removing the last string (OK/ERROR/...)
• documented new example scripts: caller-id.pl and xmodem.pl

1.36
1.35
1.34 Sun Feb 22 18:12:54 CET 2004

• fixed CPAN bug #5131 (https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5131)
• closed CPAN bug #5134 (https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5134)
• dial() now should return correctly after a successful connect, without unnecessarily waiting for timeout
• updated changes file missing in 1.35

1.33
1.32
1.31 Fri Jan 23 01:14:01 CET 2004

• Improved reliability in answer() method (sempre lui!),

  that was more unstable due to recent changes.

  • Documented _answer() internal function to get the raw modem reponse instead of response string stripped of all cr/lf chars.

1.29
1.30 Sat Nov 8 18:23:02 CET 2003

• improved answer() method speed. Now it runs sensibly faster, but needs

  explicit timeout parameter if you want to wait for answers (dialing a remote modem, for example)

  • implemented a basic xmodem file transfer. DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS
  • documentation now stays only in docs/ folder, separate from main module
  • now there is a way to get the raw modem answers (internal _answer() method)

1.25
1.26
1.27
1.28 Sun May 18 17:19:23 CET 2003

• dial() now works as expected, returning the `CONNECT' or `BUSY' or whatever message without hanging for minutes;
• answer() routine now is definitely more reliable than before: now everytime the buffer receives input from modem, it does not restart counting the timeout. Removed also the possibility of infinite loop if modem always receives garbage chars (like on a RAW PPP link);
• Added full documentation for every method;
• Added a FAQ document in new "docs/" folder;
• new(): added possibility to pass a custom log object as `log' property;
• fixed log levels for File and Syslog plugins. Implemented correct log level masking also for Syslog.

1.23 Wed Dec 4 00:34:52 CET 2002

• little documentation adjustments in main Modem.pm class;
• removed use of `warnings.pm'
• now File log class opens the log file once and writes on already opened file handle, until final close().
• Thanks to Joerg Neuberger for spotting out a problem with older perls (5.005_xx) and `use warnings'

1.19
1.20 Thu Sep 12 00:19:11 CEST 2002
1.22 Thu Sep 26 00:16:49 CEST 2002

• improved command/response cycle with proper handling of timeout and idle/data cycles. Now it is more reliable also with fairly big serial messages (removed this from TODO list).
• removed warnings on undefined answer strings.

1.17
1.18 Tue Sep 3 21:57:11 CEST 2002

• removed some warnings and error in regexp pattern, slight changes in documentation

1.16 Mon Jun 17 21:58:22 CEST 2002

• added S_register() method to read/write S-registers;
• store_number() to store an address-book number (cannot retrieve yet);
• restore_factory_settings() now accepts a number of profile (default=0);
• dial() now dials also address book numbers (only if supplied number is composed of 1 digit: the address book position, from 0 to 9).
• status() method added, which looks up CTS, DSR, RLSD and RING signals;

1.15 Tue Jun 04 23:20:12 CEST 2002

• modified makefile/test procedure to pass automated cpan tests

1.14 Mon Jun 03 21:53:05 CEST 2002

• added is_active() method to test if modem ... (guess :-)
• tested, now seems to work, dial() method
• fixed a bad bug in modem answer parsing routine
• better timing and less waits in AT commands
• moved "PRE-ALPHA" to "ALPHA" :-)

1.10 Wed Apr 10 00:11:35 CEST 2002

• modified docs, license details
• fixed wrong hangup() call

1.08 Wed Apr 3 23:31:58 CEST 2002

• fixed logging classes auto-load mechanism
• added parse_answer() function, to easily retrieve informational responses
• added TO-DO list to pod

1.07 Wed Apr 3 22:05:00 CEST 2002

• renamed `serial' parameter as `port', syncing with existent docs
• removed some warnings on parameters passing

1.05 Sat Mar 30 16:19:40 CET 2002

• added and documented dial() and repeat(), still to be tested!

1.04 Mon Mar 25 07:37:20 CET 2002

• cleaned up docs and some of source code

0.01 Tue Feb 26 22:15:22 CET 2002

• original version; created by h2xs 1.20 with options

  -A -X -n Device::Modem -v 0.01