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- From: swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: V32Bix Supra Fax Modem Settings
- Message-ID: <o93NPB3w164w@cellar.org>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 20:10:47 GMT
- Sender: bbs@cellar.org (The Cellar BBS)
- Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system
- Lines: 206
-
- Hi... I have had this file around for a bit, and I'm posting (reposting?) it
- because of the Supra V32bis modem thread...
- -steve
-
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- Well, if you're one of the lucky stiffs that has purchased a new
- SupraFaxModem in the last month or two, you're no doubt itching to do
- that first download at 14400 baud. Problem is, if you're like the
- average SupraFaxModem buyer, you've exactly ZERO experience setting up
- these things. What this text file is intended to do is to get you up
- and flying with your new modem.
-
- This file is divided into five sections:
-
- 1. Modem NRam settings.
- 2. JRComm settings.
- 3. NComm settings.
- 4. Term settings.
- 5. TrapDoor settings.
- 6. Serial Prefs settings.
-
- 1. Modem NRam settings.
-
- No matter what term program you use, you can program your modem
- directly from the terminal program's screen. Once you've plugged
- in all of the values needed, you can then save them off into the
- modem's NRam and simply call them back using ATZ0 or Z1.
-
- Programming the modem is accomplished by typing in a series of AT
- commands. In the following text, you must prefix all strings with
- the AT (Hayes command set) designation, which will get the modem's
- attention and tell it that what follows is a command. For
- instance, "V1" would mean that you type in ATV1 and then hit
- return, and hope the modem says "OK" back at you.
-
- OK, here's a brief breakdown:
-
- E1 Enables the modem to echo back the commands you send.
- Lx Set this wherever you like. It is the speaker volume,
- which can be any number from 0 (low) to 3 (high).
- Mx If x is 0, the speaker will always be off. If you want to
- hear the phone lines while dialing, use M1.
- N1 Tells the modem to connect at the highest possible speed.
- Q0 Tells the modem to send results back to the computer.
- V1 Tells the modem to use verbose (wordy) result codes.
- W2 Tells the modem to report the actual connect speed to the
- computer. IMPORTANT!!! If you leave W set at 0, and use
- TrapDoor, your users will get massive download errors!
- X4 Waits for dial tone before dialing; reports CONNECT XXXX
- &C1 DataCarrierDetect line from modem only on when another
- modem is connected.
- &D2 Disconnects when Data Terminal Ready (TR light) is off
- &K3 Enables hardware flow control between the computer and the
- modem. Make sure Serial prefs and software is configured
- for this.
- &Q5 Enables Asynchronous Reliable mode. Modem will attempt
- the best speed/reliability connection possible.
- &R0 Makes CTS respond to RTS in hardware handshaking.
- \N3 Autoreliable mode is ON.
- %C1 Enable compression.
- *H Negotiate connection at highest speed possible.
-
- After programming all of this in (and assuming you haven't changed
- anything else), you should be ready to go. Type AT&W0 or &W1 to
- save your new configuration in NRam location 0 or 1. Now, to
- initialize your modem, all you need to do is send ATZ0 or Z1
- (depending on which location you stored the settings at) and your
- modem will come up ready to blaze!
-
- 2. JRComm 1.02a settings.
-
- JRComm can be set up from either JR-Edit or from JR-Comm itself.
- Either way, the same menu options are available. Once your modem
- is set up, you need to make sure the following things are set up
- right with JRComm.
-
- General Serial Port menu option:
-
- Make SURE that XOn/XOff is deselected. Also, it is wise to have
- the baud setting at 2400 unless ALL boards you call are at least
- v.32 boards. But usually it is a good idea to have the default
- at lower speeds and set the BBS's that have high speed modems to
- the appropriate speed.
-
- General MODEM menu option:
-
- Init Command: Set to either ATZ0^M or ATZ1^M, depending on
- where your settings were stored.
- Hangup Command: Set to ~~~+++~~~ATH0^M .
- Dial Prefix: Set to ATDT or ATDP, depending if you have
- pulse or tone dialing available.
- Dial Postfix: Set to ^M.
- Dial Timeout: Set to 60. This determines how long your
- modem can attempt to negotiate a link before
- JRComm gives up and hangs up. Normally, with
- a 2400 baud modem, the negotiating session was
- short. But, with more capability comes more
- complexity in the connection. If you do not
- have this set to long enough a period, you
- will have trouble with connects to many high
- speed systems, especially those that use older
- modems.
- Drop DTR Set this to ON.
- Dialer Auto-baud Set this to ON.
-
- General Parameters:
-
- Set RTS/CTS handshaking to ON.
-
- Don't forget to edit your phonebook entries, as well, along the
- same lines.
-
- 3. NComm 2.0 settings.
-
- COM: HANDSHAKING:
-
- Set to RTS/CTS
-
- PHONE: MODEM SETUP:
-
- Init String: Set to either ATZ0\n or ATZ1\n, depending on
- where your settings were stored.
- Locked Rate: Set this to ON.
- DTR-Hangup Set this to ON.
-
- 4. TERM 2.1 settings.
-
- Once your modem is set up, you need to make sure the following
- things are set up right with JRComm.
-
- Preferences: Serial:
-
- BAUD RATE Slider as high as possible.
- HANDSHAKING = RTS/CTS
-
- Preferences: MODEM:
-
- Modem Init String: Set to either ATZ0\r or ATZ1\r, depending on
- where your settings were stored.
- Hangup Command: ~~~~~~~~~ATH0\r .
- Dial Prefix: Set to ATDT or ATDP, depending if you have
- pulse or tone dialing available.
- Dialer Auto-baud Set this to ON.
- Drop DTR Set this to ON.
- Dial Timeout: 1.00 Min
-
- Don't forget to edit your phonebook entries, as well, along the
- same lines.
-
- 5. TrapDoor settings.
-
- Unless you're running a BBS or point, you shouldn't need to mess
- with TrapDoor. In the event you do, here are the TrapDoor.cfg
- parameters you need to look at.
-
- BAUD 19200 (or whatever your serial prefs can support)
- LOCK
- MINBAUD 300 (or whatever)
- NOMAXBAUD
- SNIFFARQ
- SLOWMODEM 8 (may need tweaking, but 8 works great here)
-
- MODEMINIT "~~AT~Z0~~|~~" (or AT~Z1)
- MODEMHANGUP "^|^"
- MODEMDIALPRE "~~AT~DT"
- MODEMDIALPOST "|"
- SHARED (maybe)
- DSR <== these two are IMPORTANT
- 7WIRE <==
- ADJUST 0 (see SlowModem)
- NOSWEPULSE
-
- 6. Serial Prefs:
-
- Two things to look at in your Serial Prefs. One, you should have
- RTS/CTS handshaking enabled, and two, you should have your baud
- rate set as high as your serial port supports.
-
- Afterword:
-
- I'm no expert with these things. However, I have tested the
- SupraFaxModem with all of the mentioned programs, with good
- results, with the remote modem being both Supra and DST. My best
- CPS to date is with a DST using Trapdoor, where I get 1600-1700
- routinely.
-
- If you spot something to tweak the modem/program even higher,
- please let me know so I can add it here.
-
- Happy modeming!
-
-
- Jeff Grimmett
- Sysop, SuperBitMap BBS (fido!1:202/1005.0, vnet!45:513/410.0)
- Somewhere in California.
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-
- Hope this helps people out!
-
-
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