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- From: naddy@mips.pfalz.de (Christian Weisgerber)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Connecting 2 modems without the phone line
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 14:03:04 +0100
- Message-ID: <4gf568$v1f@mips.pfalz.de>
- References: <4f62f0$re6@chinx4.thoughtport.net> <4fgcf2$ia6@polaris.dsc.com> <pumaDMn4yz.MCp@netcom.com> <4ftdh5$h8h@trojan.neta.com> <4fub1o$n97@zippy.cais.net>
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- floyd@polarnet.com (Floyd Davidson) writes:
-
- > What modem senses the battery voltage? And are there any that
- > require, with no way to get around it, a dialtone?
-
- No, but it seems there are *some* designs out there that need loop
- current (see below).
-
- > And which modem requires ring voltage?
-
- For auto-answering: all.
- For answering on command: many of those approved for a European country.
-
- --------------->
- > > However, I might suggest that some newer modems have active holding
- > > circuits which require loop current to work. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > ^^^^^^^^
- >
- > ?
-
- Naddy,
- I see that I have been too terse again. Many modems use holding
- coils to keep loop current flowing since without loop current, the
- central office will disconnect you. Other modems use a hybrid
- transformer that can handle loop current without becoming nonlinear for
- the modem signal. Some of the newer designs use an active circuit to
- sink loop current, and some of these behave very poorly if no loop
- current is present to activate them. When testing these modems with a
- channel simulator (or back-to-back), it is necessary to supply loop
- current.
-
- [...]
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