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- From: Jim & Dee Williamson <j+dwill@rain.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster Power On Problem
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 10:29:22 -0800
- Organization: RAIN Public Access Internet (805) 967-RAIN
- Message-ID: <31486582.4843@rain.org>
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- Chuck Macenski wrote:
- >
- > >
- > > In article <3140C832.1E9@rain.org>,
- > > Jim & Dee Williamson <j+dwill@rain.org> wrote:
- > > >I have a fairly new (1 month old) 28.8 sportster External Modem. All of
- > > >my comm. programs (3 on my computer that I've tried) refuse to recognize
- > > >the sportster after initial power up. I must turn the sportster off and
- > > >back on again to get an "ok" after the ATZ prompt. Far as I can tell
- > > >everything else is just working fine.
- > > >
- > > >Can anybody tell me the magic that will make the thing work on the first
- > > >power on sequence? ;-|
- > >
- >
- > Bascially, you need to toggle DTR. I saw this with a 33.6 external Sportster purchased
- > very late last November and reported it to USR (in detail) via their BBS. After some
- > back and forth with the Tech support rep, it appeared to me that they simply stopped
- > replying to my email. After about 3 weeks of playing around, I returned it. Neither my
- > old 14.4 Sportster nor my new Courier V.Everything have this problem.
- >
- > Chuck -------------------------------------------------
-
- Thanks for the input Chuck. You are right on the mark.
-
- I received E-Mail yesterday that suggested I set dip switch #1 "ON" (DTR
- override). This eliminated all the problems I was having. However, I
- can't help wonder what kind of problems it might induce. I guess time
- will tell.
-
- I can't imagine USR not being aware of this situation and at least
- posting some sort of interim fix. Makes me wonder about dem guys!
-
- Jim Williamson
-
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- j+dwill@rain.org Jim Williamson
- Santa Barbara, CA.
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