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- From: fmma@ix.netcom.com (Franky)
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- Subject: Re: USR Sportster 33.6 Not Disconnecting on Busy
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 09:17:09 GMT
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- You can try setting register X's value to 4, i.e., ATX4, and see if it helps.
- If it works, save it to the EPROM. Good luck...
-
- Franky
-
- In article <folsom-2101962127360001@blv-pm0-ip17.halcyon.com>,
- folsom@halcyon.com says...
- >
- >I recently purchased a USR Sportster modem. It's one of the new ones with
- >support for 33.6 Kbps. It's working great except for one big problem. It
- >doesn't always disconnect when I dial into a busy line. It will just sit
- >with the busy signal occurring until the NO CARRIER time-out kicks in and
- >breaks the connection. And it's not consistent. The modem will return
- >the BUSY status several times, causing my comm software to re-dial
- >normally. Then, for whatever reason, it will stop co-operating and does
- >not return. The number of times that the modem returns correctly before
- >choking varies.
- >
- >I exchanged my original modem for a replacement, hoping I'd just got a bad
- >unit, but the new one is having the same problem.
- >
- >I'm using the modem on a Macintosh. I've flipped dip switch 1 down as
- >recommended for Macs. My modem init string is the recommended AT&F1. The
- >problem occurs with all communications packages that I've tried.
- >
- >Anyone have any ideas or seen this problem? My speculation is that this
- >could be a problem introduced with the new 33.6 ROM's. Thanks in advance
- >for any information.
- >
- >Later,
- >Keith
- >
- >--
- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Keith E. Folsom | EMAIL - folsomke@plu.edu
- > VMS Systems/Network Manager | folsom@halcyon.com
- > Pacific Lutheran University | WWW - http://www.plu.edu/~folsomke/
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- | ...Uncle Franky |
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