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2-22-94 Checking for Conflicts
In Terminal mode can you type AT and get an OK reply? If not then the
modem either isn't displaying the echo or not getting the command. Try ATA
and see if you hear the modem pick up the telephone line and start
squealing. If it does, the modem is getting and responding to the command
and probably is OK and there is a computer hardware/driver conflict (modem,
mouse, scanner and so forth). The RD/SD LEDs should blink breifly as you
type commands. If only the SD blinks the modem is probably defective. The
MR is Modem Ready and should come on with poer on.
If the RD/SD lights are on steady then most likely it is a defective
cable or wrong (null-modem) cable, although it's also a possible defective
serial port. Some cables used with old 1200/2400 modems also will not work,
as they have too few wires inside for hardware control of a v42bis modem.
If you have Mac you cannot use a printer cable (though they look the same
as a modem cable) and it must be a hardware flow cable or universal cable
for any V-series modem.
If none of these produce any response, the modem most likely is
defective.
Don Hinds - Zoom Tech
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