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- Path: user1.mnsinc.com!mintz
- From: mintz@mnsinc.com (Larry Mintz)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: SDL problems with new Courier modems
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 13:03:31 GMT
- Organization: Monumental Network Systems
- Message-ID: <4klkb3$eb@news1.mnsinc.com>
- References: <4kj6e1$jjn@chagall.cti-software.nl>
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- Pim Zandbergen (pim@chagall.cti-software.nl) wrote:
- : Over the last year, we have acquired a number of USR Courier V.Everything
- : modems. Product types of all modems are "Netherlands External MSK".
-
- : Recently acquired modems are of a different type. They can be recognized
- : by the different power supply, which has only one instead of four pins.
-
- : I have been unable to download any FLASH ROM code to these newer type
- : modems. I have tried SDL_31.EXE and SDLPALLA.EXE, which I downloaded from
- : ftp.usr.com.
-
- : The program fails with the message "ERROR(15) Handshake failed".
-
- : I have tried to lower the baud rate to 9600 and I did use the suggested
- : dip switch settings for downloading. Still, the new type modems would
- : fail and the old type modem would succeed using the same PC & cable.
-
- : One of the primary reasons to buy this product was its V34+ feature.
- : This feature, however, cannot be used until after a firmware download.
-
- : Has anyone else encountered this problem ? Is there a fix somewhere ?
-
- Yes. The modem's baud rate *must* be allowed to float during the SDL
- download into the modem's flash ROM. The handshake requires it, as part
- of the testing to see if the modem is functioning correctly.
-
- Larry
-