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From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL U-1496E does it really have a MC68000??
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 15:28:29 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (PRIMUS SUCKS!) writes:

> I was just wondering does the ZyXEL u-1496E really have a 68000 cpu? I have
> a 1496E and I opened it up and I could not find the 68000 chip is it there? 

   Yes, there is a real 68000-12 in a ZyXEL U-1496E, and I'm amazed that you 
could miss it.  A 64-pin DIP, it might well be the largest single component 
(next to the printed circuit board, I guess); don't look for the Motorola 
logo, as it may be a Toshiba or SGS Thompson part.

  Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
                Now I've lost everything, I give to you my soul
           And the meaning of all that I believed before escapes me
                  In this world of none, no thing, and no one
                            - Genesis, _Afterglow_
From: jmccorm@a.cs.okstate.edu (MCCORMICK JOSHUA C)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: RE: Zmodem and RTS/CTS handshaking
Date: 6 Jan 93 20:20:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: a.1993Jan6.202035.1397
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater

Newsgroups: comp,.dcom.modems
Subject: RE: RTS/CTS handshaking reply
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater

I was sent some email concerning RTS/CTS handshaking an a problem with
ZMODEM by RJS. I was unable to determine the return address, so here is
your reply:

>   I have a follow-on question for you:  if the problem is RTS/CTS,
> why does it only show up when using zmodem protocol and not x- or
> ymodem?  
 
Zmodem is what's called a streaming protocol. That is, it just sends and
sends data, without stopping, unless the other end tells it there is a 
problem. In the case of Ymodem or Xmodem, they send a predetermined block
size (usually 1k for Ymodem, 256 bytes for Xmodem). Since Ymodem and Xmodem
sends a block size that is under your modem's buffer size, then stops and
waits for an acknowledgement before sending another block, your buffer isn't
overflowed. But Zmodem will send and send data. Your modem realizes that
your buffer is going to be overflowed and screams to your computer "Stop!
Stop!" with the handshaking lines. But if your modem or your terminal
software is not correctly set up, Zmodem will never get the message and
it'll keep on sending data, trashing what's in your modem's buffer in the
process. Your terminal software will claim to be getting phenominal CPS
rates, but you'll notice that it's getting nowhere fast.
 
>   And why do you reecommend XON/XOFF be disabled?
 
The XON/XOFF handshaking protocol expects ^Q and ^S to be inserted into
the data stream in order to tell the modem (or your terminal) when to
stop sending data. Imagine doing a Zmodem upload and suddenly you start
receiving ^S's in the middle of a transfer. You'll be in the exact same
boat you are now, since your terminal won't understand the significance
of what it is receiving, and it'll fool the protocol into thinking there
are addition errors. Likewise, if there is a ^S in the data you are
sending (which is common in non-text files), then your modem will stop
sending data at random during a file transfer. Nasty stuff. XON/XOFF
handshaking protocol is not commonly used in the PC world.
 
>  Last question: how is a modem set up to send the proper
> handshaking signals?  AT command in the init string, or set a value
> in one of the  S-registers?
 
It varies from modem to modem. In my Practical Peripherals PM1440FXSA, which
is 99.5% compatible with the Hayes _high speed command set_ (which is not
standardized throughout the industry like the normal command set), I believe I
have AT&D set to 2... [AT&D2 command]. But, this will vary from modem to
modem.
 
If you fix your handshaking protocol, you shouldn't have any problem with
Zmodem uploads, and a few other minor problems which can pop up from time
to time.



 
j
Xref: sparky comp.dcom.modems:18960 comp.dcom.fax:2379
From: vinaya_s1@verifone.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax
Subject: MNP5 software+CAS Spec : Needed.( SatisFAXtion/100 )
Date: 5 Jan 93 04:42:35 -1000
Organization: VeriFone Inc., Honolulu HI

Hello All!
1. I have Intel satisFAXtion Modem/100.  It does not support MNP5.  I plan to
use it to connect to my office vax from home in India.  Since the telephone
lines are bad , I get lot of junk characters whenever I login. My office Modem
supports MNP5. I am interested in finding out if I can get any MNP5 in
software. If you find any DOS/Windows/QNX software / source let me know. Eveb
hints on how to develop software will be helpful.

2. I am interested in gettting Intel CAS specification for FAX cards. I will be 
3. Is there any public domain fax software/code  which I can use /port to QNX.

I will be happy if anyone at INtel can provide more info on this. Please note
that I don't have ftp access.
Thanks in advance :
Email address : vinaya_s1@blrv1.verifone.com
Vinaya S.

thankful if anyone can inform me on where to find it.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Distribution: world
Date: Wed,  6 Jan 93 08:08:00 -0800
From: Zero_One@p101.f701.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: ZyXEL voice and flow control
Comment-To: Robert_Kimball@p101.f701.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: Zero_One@p101.f701.n202.z1.fidonet.org
X-FSC-PATH: 202/701

 > rodney@tyrell.tynet.sub.org (Rodney Volz) writes:

 >>In article <rkimball.725840444@athena> rkimball@athena.qualcomm.com
(Robert
 > Kimball) writes:
 >>>I have been playing around with voice mail and my ZyXEL and ran
into
 >>>a problem.  It does not appear that flow control works in voice
mode.
 >>>I have set the modem to hardware flow control with the at&h3
command
 >>>and get everything set to send voice data to the modem.

 >>ZyXEL modems use XON/XOFF in voice mode. I'd appreciate to
 >>see a new ROM revision supporting

 >>1.) Proper RTS/CTS flowcontrol in voice mode
 >>2.) Reliable DTMF recognition
 >>3.) Reliable at&d3 mode (*really* hangup on DTR->low)
 >>4.) Adjustable volume gain in voice mode

 >>Zyxel rep's; where are you?

 > One more thing I would add to the list, this one really annoys
 > me...

 > 5.) Recognize and report DTMF while transmitting voice.  This is
 > really needed
 >     for proper voice mail so that while playing your greeting the
 > call can
 >     enter DTMFs to get to a mailbox, without having to listen to
 > the entire
 >     greeting.

 > How can we report this to the ZyXEL engineers?

You just did.

Tyrone Horton
(Zero One)
Tech Support
ZyXEL USA

--- FMail 0.92
 * Origin: ZyXEL USA (1:202/701.101)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: cecil@eskimo.com (Cecil Stump)
Subject: Scout Plus Identity Crisis
Summary: Help needed on Scout Plus
Keywords: Scout plus
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 08:28:47 GMT



Subject: Scout Plus Identity Crisis

I have a strange problem with an internal Digicom Scout Plus v.32bis
fax/modem, and wonder if anybody can help.

When I first installed the modem, its AT*O command reported that it was
a "Scout Plus" and that the "connect mode" was *N6 (v.32bis+v.42bis
auto). I also installed the Winfax software that came with it and sent
and received several faxes, as well as connecting to another Scout Plus
and transferring zipped files at 1500 (or something) cps. So far so
good.

Later, while attempting to make a very old version of PC Anywhere work
with the modem, I switched it to v.32 only mode (AT*N3). When that
didn't help either, I remember doing AT*N6 to set it back to v.32bis.
Several days later, when attempts to send a fax repeatedly failed, I
again looked at the configuration (AT*O) to learn that the modem now
thought that it was a "Scout PC" (v.32, no fax)!! connect was set at
*N3, and all attempts to set it back to *N6 failed (I even did AT&F to
restore the factory configuration). The fax no longer works and the
modem will not connect over 9600bps (although this works just fine). It
never gives any failure messages, just refuses to switch to *N6 or
recognize fax commands.

(Note that it is probably coincidental that the problem appeared after
I switched to *N3 and back, but...)

Has anybody else ever experienced this problem? If so, how did you fix
it?

Failing a solution, could somebody please send me the fax number for
Digicom? Their manual only lists a voice number (408-262-1277), and I
don't want to call that from here (Ankara, Turkey), as it would cost
several dollars per minute, and I know from experience what its like
to wait on hold for 20 minutes at $3 per.

Please email replies if possible - I look at my mail more often than
this newsgroup.

Thanks.

Laine Stump
laine@trbilun.bitnet


.
From: prisoner@village.freeside.com (The Prisoner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Scout Plus is the way to go!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 13:06:10 CDT
Distribution: world               
Organization: The Village

    I just recieved my Scout Plus and its great!  I have not had one problem
with it yet..(but it dosent look like i need to worry) I did have a few problems
but the problems were with my com port and software.  The Qmodem-lite that comes
with it does NOT work... When I tried the quick instal for the Scout Plus it
would freeze my system.  To get it to work I got the real Qmodem and used the
setting for Digicom ...(v32bis) and it works.  Another good point it this seems
to be the only 144k modem that will conect to my friends 2400 without any
problems... Highly recomended!

  prisoner



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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Subject: Re: Digicom Scout
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:00:15 GMT
Organization: QueerNet

In article <C0Cq13.Iyz@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>Waht's a good price for it, and where can it be purchased? Has anyone
>used one with a Sparc? Thanks

With a Sparc?  I don't believe they make any with a Sparc; they use a
different processor.

Oh, you mean WITH A SPARCSTATION?!  Why didn't you say so...
-- 
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rogerk@unpc.QueerNet.ORG              {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!sgiblab!unpc!rogerk
"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."
                                                                   -- J. Foster
From: naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org (Christian Weisgerber)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: My Individual Private Site
Subject: USR HST back channel symbol rate?
Reply-To: naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.10 Rev. Dec 18 1992
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:47:12 CET
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

What's the symbol rate used for the 450bps (300bps) back channel of USR
HST? The manual tells the carrier frequency of 375Hz (350Hz) but that's
all.


bye
-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber, Germany           naddy@mips.ruessel.sub.org
From: sp@questor.org (Steve Pershing)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL voice and flow control
Keywords: ZyXEL voice flow control
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 13:03:23 PST
Organization: Questor|Free Usenet News|Vancouver, BC: +1 604 681 0670

rkimball@athena.qualcomm.com (Robert Kimball) writes:

|> I tried it with no success.  I will try again.  The modem has a real problem
|> decoding DTMF on the phone I use for testing.  It can only decode the
|> 3, 6, 9, # keys...sort of.  I have another phone which produces long tones
|> and the modem can decode those well.  I will try with that phone.

Most answering machines and phone switchboards also have problems with
"short" DTMF tones.

Many cellular phones have an option of selecting "long" vs "short" tone
duration.

Another problem with some telephones is that they do not work well (if at
all) on a line where the modem is already on-line, as they do not get
sufficient current to power their tone-generators.

Basically, you should get a tone for as long as you hold your key down.
A keypress of 1/2second or so should be *more* than enough for any system,
including ZyXEL modems.
--
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  FREE access to Environ, Sci, Med, & AIDS news, and more.  [also UUCP]
    on a ZyXEL-U1496S+  =>  v.42bis, v.32bis, v.33, up to 16,800bps.
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From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: USR modems..
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 14:07:17 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp

Steven_Lam@mindlink.bc.ca (Steven Lam) writes:

> I notice that there isn't too many messages on here concerning US Robotics
> products.  Especially the Sporster and Courier v.32bis fax and dual standard
> fax products.  Is there anybody out there who use them?  Any comments or
> critisim?  I sell USR modems and would like to find out people's opinion on
> them.  BTW, I have a Dual Standard with fax and am VERY happy with it.

   USR builds good modems, generally speaking.  I bought a 964 HST back in '88 
to help cut long distance costs in distributing FidoNet echomail (their 
version of Usenet news).  Since we were using a variation of ZMODEM for our 
transfers, the HST was an excellent device for the job and its price was good.

   You will find that the HST doesn't get much press in UUCP circles because, 
frankly, its asymmetrical modulation stinks for UUCP-g protocol: you can only 
squeeze about 350 CPS out of an HST that has a 300 bps backchannel (barely an 
improvement over 2400 bps!), and perhaps 500 CPS out of a 450 bps backchannel 
HST.

   Although Telebit's Trailblazer is a half duplex modem, its protocol 
spoofing gives it an edge to this day, and it's the modem which took over the 
UUCP and UNIX market, much as the HST took over the BBS market.  They're also 
great for noise immunity...

   I've been using a Telebit 1000 for my UUCP connections.  About a month back 
I brought in a ZyXEL V.32bis for testing, and I wondered why it was constantly 
retraining and gettiung bad throughput (the T1000 always got full throughput 
and never complained).  I now have a USR Courier HST Dual Standard with 
V.32bis and ASL (the one in the big case, not the 16.8 small case jobbies), 
and ASL allows it to retrain only the receive carrier in V.32bis mode... an 
advantage over the otherwise excellent ZyXEL, but still a pain.

   There *is* distortion on the line.  USR's V.32bis with ASL works around it 
somewhat better than standard V.32bis, and HST asymmetrical protocol is a bit 
better still, but you can't beat a Telebit.

   So, to answer your question: I like the USR modem, but it is expensive (I 
bought this one used from a company that upgraded to leased lines); if I'm 
going to pay that kind of dough for an exceptional modem, I'd probably spring 
for the Telebit.  Of course, BBS users won't get the same usage out of a 
Telebit that I do.

  Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
                Now I've lost everything, I give to you my soul
           And the meaning of all that I believed before escapes me
                  In this world of none, no thing, and no one
                            - Genesis, _Afterglow_
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: jsm@fc.hp.com
 (John Marvin)
Subject: Re: V32 FAST
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:47:51 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Workstation Kernel, Ft. Collins, CO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.1 PL6]

antonio vasconcelos (vasco@bvl.pt) wrote:
: tnixon@hayes.com writes:
: : 
: : V.32 was approved in 1984.  V.32bis was approved in 1991.  There's 
: : no such thing as "V.32 FAST".  If you mean "V.fast", this is the 
: : interim, working title of a standard for a duplex modem operating at 
: : up to 28,800 bit/s.  It will probably be 1994 before it is adopted.
: 
: Yes, my mistake, I want to say v.fast.
: 
: We have tested a pair of CODEX v.fast a few weeks ago between 2 sites
: about 400 Km away over a standard dial line and got the full 28,800.
: And here in Portugal we have REALLY NOYSI lines, not bad for Codex, hum ?.

Are you sure? I thought that the CODEX modems top rate was ~24000 bps. 
In fact, I thought that until about a two months ago, no company had actually
been able to demonstrate 28,800, even with prototype hardware (I believe
AT&T Paradyne can now do this, but it is not a product yet).

	John Marvin
	jsm@fc.hp.com
From: ud@Nightmare.ddt.sub.org (Ulrich Dessauer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ZyXEL voice and flow control
Date: 8 Jan 93 11:32:34 GMT
Organization: DDT, Germering, Germany

fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
[.. SW-flow control ..]
~ Hardly; XON/XOFF is the TTY driver's job.  Set IXON, and feel free to write
~ gobs and gobs of data and let the TTY driver worry about flow control.
	I think the problem is that the voice data stream may contain
these software flow control characters as part of the data itself. So
you need some kind of "one way flow control", i.e. while receiving data
you can control the flow with XON/XOFF but you must not interpret XON/XOFF
in the data got. I don't know if *IX is able to handle this, OS-9 doesn't
support it.

		Prefering hardware flow control, U//i
-- 
       Ulrich Dessauer, +49 89 841 78 11, ud@Nightmare.ddt.sub.org
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,sci.electronics,uk.misc
From: djenkins@wang.com (Dave Jenkins)
Subject: Re: UK phone circuits vs. US phone circuits
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:34:18 GMT

oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl) writes:

>In <C0oMBu.BC@apricot.co.uk> marcusj@apricot.co.uk (Marcus Jenkins) writes:

>>Do all US circuits really only have the 'tip' 
>>and 'ring' connections?  
>All RJ11 circuits, yes.  And that covers most
>single-line telephones, answering machines, fax
>machines, and modems.

That may be true for "All NORMAL RJ11 circuits", but,...

It is possible to have an RJ11 connector with all 4 wires used.  There are
special lines called DID (Direct Inward Dial) lines where you have oodles of
phone numbers that all map onto one line with an RJ11 on it.  With this type
of line when you dial, for example, 967-43XX you would be connected with this
line and the receiving device would be fed what numbers XX were so 100 folks
can have the illusion of having their own private fax numbers.  Ideally you 
would have the XX map to some e-mail address and forward the image file to
user XX's mailbox.  In this case all 4 wires ARE used and polarity matters.

>>Marcus Jenkins                  apricot!marcusj@relay.EU.net
Gee, I wonder if we are related?

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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: stmfarqu@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Michael J. Farquharson)
Subject: Need Help with GVC GM-96/Infotel 9600 Modem with PC-Board!!!
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 19:14:09 GMT


        Hi... A friend of mine recently bought a 9600 baud modem and is trying
to set it up to work with his BBS... he's having some problems getting it to
work correctly.

        He's got a GVC GM-96 with V.42bis daughter board running with PC-Board
14.5 (also Infotel 9600 w/V.42bis).  If anyone has the proper init string and
general set-up for this modem with a BBS... could you please e-mail me.

        Thanks a lot!

===============================================================================
Michael Farquharson  | Sysop:  Starbase 1 BBS, Sherwood, P.E.I., Canada
stmfarqu@upei.ca     | Phone:  (902)-628-1230
UPEI Engineering     | Running Maximus 2.01wb with SupraFAXModem 14.4
===============================================================================
From: wngai@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai)
Subject: Program for printing a file from a UNIX machine to a Local printer
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:46:28 GMT

	Hi!  I was wondering if there is/are any existing program(s) out
there that would allow for a PC terminal to print a file on the Unix
machine to the local printer that's attached to the PC terminal. e.g.
say I'm hook up to a Unix machine via modem, and I want to print a
file on the Unix machine to my PC printer.  Is there anyway of doing
that without having to download the file to my PC and do some
conversion to printout the file?  i.e. sending the print job to
printer attached to terminal.  If there is such a program, could some
kind soul please tell me where and how can I get a hold of it?

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
--Wayne
From: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: HELP! Sending characters before connecting with MS Terminal.
Date: 10 Jan 1993 22:43:00 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 1012breuckma@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu

In article <7390@sersun1.essex.ac.uk>, rigbs@essex.ac.uk writes:
>Hello folks,
>>To gain access to my Universities computer system I must go 
>through a Gandalf switch. This requires me to send a character
>telling the switch the Bit / Parity I am using before the connection
>is established.
>My question to the group is how do I get my comms. software ( the
>Windows Terminal program) to transmit a specific character BEFORE
>a connection is established?
>
You need to send that character to the switch, that happens AFTER the
modem connection is established, before you are connected to the target
system.
So, the sequence is...   1-you dial the modem and are connected   
2-you send the character to the switch  3-the switch talks to you and
lets you make a selection of systems  4-you are connected to and log 
on to the target system.
Any standard comm package should let you do this.
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: pls@cibecue.az05.bull.com (Paul Schauble)
Subject: Re: Zyxel types (was Re: ZyXEL as answering machine ? (PC-Software))
Organization: Bull HN Information Systems, Inc., Phoenix Product Division
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 19:03:57 GMT

How does the ZyXEL tell the computer about selective ringing? What does it
say?

    ++PLS

Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: Scout Plus is the way to go!
Organization: Netcom
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Distribution: world               
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:55:29 GMT

The Prisoner (prisoner@village.freeside.com) wrote:
:     I just recieved my Scout Plus and its great!  I have not had one problem
: with it yet..(but it dosent look like i need to worry) I did have a few problems
: but the problems were with my com port and software.  The Qmodem-lite that comes
: with it does NOT work... When I tried the quick instal for the Scout Plus it
: would freeze my system.  To get it to work I got the real Qmodem and used the
: setting for Digicom ...(v32bis) and it works.  Another good point it this seems
: to be the only 144k modem that will conect to my friends 2400 without any
: problems... Highly recomended!

Prisoner :-),

this is most likely due to the fact that the regular Qmodem version you
use is configued differently from the testdrive version. You might type
ALT N and check the settings in both programs and compare. What is the
default communications port in both cases, for example?


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