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- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 23:37:33 -0800
- From: satchell@accutek.com (Stephen Satchell)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How to connect Modem to Modem?
- Message-ID: <satchell-1104962337340001@ppp68.accutek.com>
- References: <3166d2ce.0@news.shelby.net> <4kifkt$ob@nntp1.best.com>
- Organization: Satchell Evaluations
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- In article <4kifkt$ob@nntp1.best.com>, Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox) wrote:
-
- > In article <3166d2ce.0@news.shelby.net>, n4fan@shelby.net says...
- > >
- > >Is it possible to connect a modem directly to another modem ?
- > >Or use some type of interface?
- > >I have a need to do this.
- > >Can anyone help ?
- > >--
- > >
- >
- > all you really need is on one modem just type ATA and on the other modem
- > type ATXD and they should connect with just a line cord. if you have
- > the 2 computers right next to each other using a null modem cable/adapter
- > or a copy of something like laplink would probably be a better idea..
- > higher transfer rates ya know
-
- Depending on the design of the modem(s) this can be a little trickier. If
- the modems are designed to operate on 2-wire leased lines without loop
- current, you can just stick an RJ-11 cable between them and everything
- works. (It works better if you put a 600-ohm 6-dB pad in the middle, so
- you don't overload the receivers.)
-
- If you are required to provide some bias voltage, things get tougher. You
- can't just put in any old power supply, particularly a switching supply,
- because the hum and spikes will drive the modems nuts. I've seen people
- use six-volt and nine-volt batteries with resistors in series, but the
- batteries will go after a while of use and you're dead in the water again.
-
- So the ultimate result depends on what you want to do. The permanent
- solution is to get a 48-volt linear power supply, put a 1-kilohom 1 watt
- resistor connected in series with the supply, put the resulting network in
- parallel with a 2.2-uF ceramic capacitor (if you want, you can also put a
- 100 uf electrolytic in parallel as well), then put the resulting network
- in series with one of the leads between the modems. The resistor limits
- loop current to a reasonable value. If you need to, consider putting a
- suitable load resistor in parallel with the power supply to get a minimum
- load on the power supply -- some supplies will hum and brack if run
- "open".
- --
- Stephen Satchell, Satchell Evaluations
- Testing modems and telecomm gear for magazines since 1984
-