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- From: Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: US Robotics - Where to download flash upgrades?
- Date: 24 Feb 1996 10:56:17 GMT
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
- Message-ID: <4gmqsh$q67@shellx.best.com>
- References: <Dn9Az1.K69@emi.net>
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- In article <Dn9Az1.K69@emi.net>, ajt@emi.net says...
- >
- >I just spent 10 minutes looking around USR's web site to locate the
- >library of flash downloads available but could't find anything.
- >
- >Anyone have the rosetta stone on where/how to get the flash upgrade
- >files?
- >
- >Thanks
- >
- >
- >Al
-
- from what i heard threy are temporarily unavailable.. dunno why..
- i also heard there not comming back cause people in foriegn countries
- downloading the code and using it.. email me and ill send u the latest
- flash for us/canada modems uuencoded.
-
- its file date is 01/23/96
-
- readme file
- Courier 1/23/96 firmware Release Notes
-
- This new firmware adds two new S registers, S69 and S70. Also added
- is the
- #CID setting. Its important that after the new firmware is flashed,
- that
- these settings be set to 0 and saved to NVRAM. The USR.CFG file
- included
- performs that operation. This can also be done by sending the command
- ATS69=0S70=0#CID=0&W to the modem. If these S registers are left
- uninitialized, it may cause the modem to work incorrectly.
-
- ======================================================================
- =======
- NEW FEATURES
-
- The Courier new release addendum documents the following new features
- in
- detail:
-
-
- 1. Caller ID (CLID)
- --------------------
-
- Caller ID is NOT supported on daughterboard Courier modems. Only
- single board
- Courier modems support Caller ID. Owners of daughterboard Couriers
- may
- have their modem modified with a hardware change to support caller ID
- for a
- fee of $24.95. Please call Customer Support on 1 800 550 7800 for
- details.
-
- Both Basic and Extended Caller ID are supported. Basic Caller ID
- provides
- the date and time of the caller and the calling party's telephone
- number.
- Extended Caller ID provides the billing name associated with the
- calling
- party's telephone number in addition to the Basic service information.
-
- Formatted and unformatted presentation formats are supported.
- Formatted
- output presents the Caller ID information as a list of fields and the
- values received by the Courier. Unformatted output presents the raw
- Caller ID data as a string of hexadecimal characters.
-
- Command summary
-
- #CID=0 Disable Caller ID detection and reporting (default)
- #CID=1 Enable Caller ID with formatted output
- #CID=2 Enable Caller ID with unformatted output
- #CID=3 Enable Caller ID with formatted output and name
- suppressed
- #CID=4 Enable Caller ID, do not transmit the information to
- the
- DTE (computer), but retain it in the Courier's memory.
- ATI15
- will display the Caller ID information
- #CID? Display current Caller ID setting
- #CID=? Display the Caller ID settings that are available
- #$ Display summary of # commands available
- I15 Display Caller ID information for last call. Both
- formatted
- and unformatted output is presented
-
-
- 2. Distinctive Ring
- --------------------
-
- Distinctive Ring is sometimes known as MultiRing or RingMaster. It is
- a
- service provided by the local telephone company that permits the
- assignment
- of multiple telephone numbers to one line. Each number is associated
- with a
- different ringing pattern.
-
- The Courier recognizes four ring patterns known as ring A through D.
-
- Command Summary
-
- S70 Bit value Distinctive Ring Recognition
- 0 1 RING A
- 1 2 RING B
- 2 4 RING C
- 3 8 RING D
- 4-7 Reserved
-
- A setting of S70=0 disables distinctive ring. The Courier will return
- a
- result code of RING for either Ring type A or B. Settings bits 0
- through 3
- will enable distinctive ring and the Courier will recognize the ring
- type
- selected by the bits which are turned on. The Courier will return a
- result
- code of RING A, RING B, etc.
-
- New Result Codes
-
- RING A 170
- RING B 171
- RING C 172
- RING D 173
-
-
- 3. Plug and Play
- -----------------
-
- The Courier modem now supports Plug and Play as defined by the
- Microsoft
- Plug and Play Specification for External COM devices v1.00. To
- disable Plug
- and Play for the external, set S69.0=1. The default is S69.0=0 which
- enables
- Plug and Play for the external Courier modem.
-
- A new Courier ISA bus modem will begin shipping in March 1996. This
- new
- internal Courier (ISA bus) supports Plug and Play, but is shipped
- configured
- for COM2: IRQ 3. To configure the Courier ISA bus modem for Plug and
- Play,
- set the COM jumpers to cover both positions on columns B and C.
-
-
- 4. Carrier Loss Dialback
- -------------------------
-
- The Courier can now re-establish lost connections automatically. To
- enable
- this feature, set S44.1=1 (S44=2). When a connection is lost and
- carrier is
- no longer present, the modem will wait the time specified by S44
- (seconds)
- and then redial the previously dialed number. The Courier will
- attempt to
- reconnect up to 10 times.
-
- ======================================================================
- =======
- FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
-
- 1. When the modem is configured to reset on DTR drop, it will now
- send a
- V.42 DISC command to the remote modem before disconnecting and
- resetting.
-
- 2. ATI3 changed to output banner "USRobotics Courier V.Everything".
- ATI3
- can still be used to set the modem's clock in the same manner as
- previous
- firmware.
-
- 3. Corrected intermittment failure to send TSI frame in Class 2.0
- fax.
-
- 4. Corrected ability to use ";" to send multiple commands in fax
- mode. ie.
- AT+FCLASS=2.0;+FAA=1 now works.
-
- 5. Improved V.25bis to support ">" and ":" dial modifiers.
-
- 6. Added &ZC to AT&$ help screen.
-
-
-