Re: (PMOD) Rockwel RCV288 and ACF modem problems

Peter J. Ahimovic (pahimovic@lucent.com)
Thu, 01 Jul 1999 13:40:46 -0400

Please send me all the ati3 repsonses for the various modems.

One thing to try would be AT+A8E=,,,1

This disables V.8bis in the client.

"J. James Hall" wrote:
>
> We have a number of customers here who are unable to connect to either our
> PM3's or PM4's (running ComOS 3.8.2c2) with their hardware based Rockwell
> ACF_DP1 ACF_DPI, and RCV288 modems (ATI3=V2.061-V34_ACF_DP1 for example).
> The customers are all reporting pretty much the same symtoms: Dialing, long
> handshaking, then a NO CARRIER (or as Windows likes to say, "The computer
> you are dialing is not answering, please try agian later.")
>
> I have tried adding 3-4 commas after the phone number. This either a) makes
> no difference or b) with enough commas, causes the handshake to revert to a
> steady tone then eventually timeout.
>
> I have searched the web for init strings for these modems with very little
> sucess. I have just gone through all the init strings for Rockwell
> 28.8/33.6 modems I have been able to find on the web--even Rockwell modems
> with slightly different chipsets. The results are either ERROR (or as
> Windows would say, "The computer is not receiving a response from the
> modem... bla bla"), or no difference in connection ability whatsoever.
>
> A couple customers have even FAXed me their modem manuals, but as you would
> guess, the manuals are VERY generic and tell how to change speaker volume,
> tone/pulse dialing, etc... nothing really of any value.
>
> Has anyone else dealt with these hardware-based Rockwell modems and have a
> possible solution? Even a 14.4k or 9600bps connection would probably be
> enough to satisify many of these customers, as most people with modems that
> old are not hard-core netaddicts, and something suitable for simply checking
> e-mail would satisfy them.
>
> Thank you for any insight you might have.
>
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