[H-GEN] far from the madding crowd..

[Michael Anthon]

What do you mean by "swallowing my dial".
If you mean that you get a modem error saying "no dialtone", then you are 
correct, it is a difference between the US and Aus dial tones.  The US 
modems will NOT detect our dial tone.  To overcome this problem, you need 
to use the ATXn (call progress control) command.  A value for n of 0,1 or 2 
would probably work, although a look at the manual for the specific modem 
is normally worthwhile.

If you mean something else, then I have absolutely no idea what the problem 
could be. (without trying to sound condescending, one thing worth checking 
is that you have the line plugged into the correct socket, some modems 
disconnect the phone socket when they go off hook)

Regards
Michael Anthon

On Thursday, September 25, 1997 9:44 AM, Robin & Andy McPherson-Bruce 
[SMTP:rampo at nrg.com.au] wrote:
<snip>
>
>     anyway, my one remaining (& constant since i bought the thing)
> problem is a spirit viper 28.8 fax/data modem (hi michael!).. for
> reasons beyond my ken, this little critter has been swallowing my dial
> tone every time i hook it up.. if there's an obvious reason in the
> factory default settings, then i can't seem to spot it.. the one clue i
> _may_ have is that it returns a u.s. country code.. are there variations
> in line impedance or similar between countries? makes no diff.
> with/without the handset attached, & very occasionally i get a dialtone
> (very briefly), at least long enough to attempt a dialout (singular-
> haven't achieved two in a row yet..). cable fault is unlikely, i've
> tried two or three models; line has been functioning perfectly with a
> creative 28.8 internal in the Winge box since aug. last year.. just
> quietly, i'm rather pissed off with the spirit..
>

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