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- From: Thomas Malcolmson <tmm@inforamp.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm,comp.dcom.fax,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Making Sporster Vi work with WinFax.
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:13:10 -0500
- Organization: InfoRamp Inc., Toronto, Ontario (416) 363-9100
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- I have listed below all the suggestions I have collected and tried for making Winfax 7.0 work with
- the Sporster Vi. A few pertain specifically to overseas faxing, but these won't adversely affect
- local.
-
- Making various USR modems work with Winfax is something I've been working on for years, but their
- new 33.6 Vi's are the most frustrating yet (I've tried two Vi's, both with a Supervisor date of Oct
- 95.)
-
- I should warn you, however, that though some of these suggestions help, the only thing that really
- solved my problems was junking my USRs and buying SupraFAXmodems (not the Express models). I'm
- posting these suggestions since not everyone can afford to do that, but if you can, do so - it will
- save you sanity in the end.
-
- Good Luck,
-
- Tom Malcolmson
-
-
- Sportster/Winfax 7.02 suggestions
-
-
- Alternative Modem Initialization Strings:
- (Spaces and bold within the initialization strings are only for readability.)
-
- modem init string: flow control:
-
- USR T/S suggestion for Overseas faxing:
- "S10 register to 10 or 11 to also allow you to take greater line hits"
-
- Default for USR Sportster
- AT&F&C1&D2&H1 S7=55 AT&H1
- (&C1 = CD - Carrier Detect; &D2 = DTR - Data Terminal Ready)
-
- From Delrina FAX T/S, Feb/96 - for overseas?
- AT&F&H1&R2 S36=0 AT&H1&R2
-
- USR official suggestion for WinFax 4.0:
- AT&F&H3&I2&R2 S7=90S36=0 (S36 optional)
-
- From Delrina T/S rep Feb/96 - official string for USR & WF7
- AT&F&H3&I2&R2 S7=90S36=0 AT&H1&I2&R2 (ie. Hard & Soft FC)
- (&H3 is TD H&S FC)
- (&I2 is RD S FC)
-
- From Delrina Priority Support, Mar 96 - based on official string as above
- AT&F&H3&I2&R2 S7=90S9=1S32=16S36=0 AT&H1&I2&R2 (ie. Hard & Soft FC)
-
-
- My Current Best Bet:
- AT&F&H3&I2&R2 S7=90S9=1S10=11S32=16S36=0 AT&H1&I2&R2
-
-
- Legend:
-
- Flow Control
- - &H1 is TD (Transmit Data) only on CTS (Clear to Send) - ie. TD Hard FC
- - &R2 is RD (Received Data) to computer only on RTS (request to send) - ie. RD Hard FC
-
- S Registers
- - S7 is the number of seconds the modem waits for a carrier.
- - S9 is the required duration (1/10s) of destination's carrier signal
- - S10 is how long the modem wait (1/10s) after loss of carrier before hanging up.
- - S32 is classified (seriously!).
- - S36 is classified.
-
-
- Other suggestions:
-
- In Modem Properties under the Setup menu:
- - switch the modem from the TAPI port to COMx port. (not really practical)
- - Turn off ECM for send and receive under Options
- - Turn off 'High Speed Compression(2D)' under Options
- - Set the Maximum Transmission Speed lower (9600) to account for noise on the phone lines.
- - Modem Properties, Port Settings: Set Receive Buffer to the 2nd of 4 positions, Transmit Buffer
- to 3 of 4. Or just disable the FIFO completely since the modem has its own FIFO.
- - Add ATZ back as the RESET string under modem properties (its dissapearance is a bug).
-