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- From: profgmby@raven.cybercom.com (Sir Spamalot)
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- Subject: Re: Power 28.8-To flash or not to flash Rev.4?
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 23:39:00 GMT
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- fleggett@gate.net (Fred Leggett) wrote:
-
- > Has anyone running os/2 been able to flash their power? I had no
- >success, as my com2 address is different than the default and the flash
- >program would not accept a user-defined value. Additionally, the xmodem
- >method worked fine up until the very end, at which point it bombed,
- >putting the power into its "failsafe" mode. The com port was locked at
- >57600 (incidentally, why should 115200 not work?). I eventually had to
- >boot to a straight dos session in order to flash the unit to rev.4.
- > There are some other issues that I'd like to receive feedback on:
-
- > o fax/data adaptive answering.
-
- > I run a bbs with a frontend mailer. With the 1496e+ (and other
- > models), the modem would send an identifiable string back to the
- > host computer, which I could capture and act upon in order to
- > receive a fax. Does the power do something similar? If not, are
- > there any plans to include such a feature?
-
- Yes, it can. Entering +FAA=1 enables automatic FAX/DATA detection.
- Your software must be able to support the protocol.
-
-
- > o early speaker cutoff.
-
- > I'm big on listening to negotiation tones, as it alerts me to
- > various things (hung sessions, busy signals, improper speeds, etc.).
- > The power seems to shut the speaker off about 1 second into the
- > negotiation process. How can I get the speaker to stay on during
- > the entire process?
-
- I don't think you can, at least according to my book. That's odd.
- Contact MOT at www.mot.com/isg and ask them; they will answer within
- a day or so. Let me know, too!!
-
- >--
- >---
- >Fred Leggett - fleggett@gate.net, fleggett@animece.oau.org
-
- --
- Hope this helps!
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