Re: (PM) Two odd PM3 behaviors...

Richard Morrell (portmaster@ednet.co.uk)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:44:16 +0100 (GMT)

On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Derric Scott wrote:

> > On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Derric Scott wrote:
> > > 2. PM3 modem answers and almost immediately goes into a solid, constant
> > > frequency tone forever. Type of modem on the client end doesn't
> > > seem to matter. This one also happens about every 8 - 10 calls.
> > > The next attempt is usually good too.
> >
> > This sounds like the PM3 answering the call as ISDN. Do you have enough
> > working modems in the box?
>
> Hmmm.... that's a good thought! Three are plenty of modems in there, but
> I'll go check and see that they are all operational and that there
> aren't a lot of them in error...

Good thought, but incorrect. ISDN calls are digital, not analogue which
means you won't hear anything (aside from the odd click here and there).
I've seen this once before when running an engineering version of ComOS
3.8. This version didn't include any modem code, so you had to load a
normal version of ComOS 3.8 and then apply the engineering version as a
sort of patch. Because I wasn't told this, I just loaded it on top of
ComOS 3.7.2c3 and got the same effect as the original poster mentions
above.

It sounds like something is hideously wrong the ComOS image that you have
loaded and I'd recommend re-flashing (and rebooting) it at your earliest
convenience. 

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Richard Morrell                                           richard@ednet.co.uk
System Administrator - edNET: Internet Access for Edinburgh - www.ednet.co.uk




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