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Visual Modem 3.5
Mark J. Findlay
Copyright (c) 1992
All Rights Reserved
D I S C L A I M E R
The author makes no warranties expressed or implied
as to the quality or performance of this program.
The author will not be held liable for any direct,
indirect, incidental or consequential damages
resulting from the use of this program.
Your use of this program constitutes your agreement
to this disclaimer and your release of the author
from any form of liability or litigation.
Table of Contents: i
I. Visual Modem: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
B. User Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1. Com Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Number of Seconds to Wait for Modem Response . . . 2
3. Display Modem Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
C. Using Visual Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
D. Saving Settings to File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
E. Ready to Go... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
II. Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A. File Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Print Modem Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Write Current Settings to Clipboard . . . . . . . . 4
7. Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Configure Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. Modem Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Fetch Current Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. S Register Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A. S Registers 0 Thru 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. S Register 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. S Register 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D. S Registers 19 Thru 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. Build - A - Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. Create Command File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Send Current String to Modem . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9. Write Settings to NRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10. Fetch Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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III. Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A. Save Current Modem Settings to Disk . . . . . . . . . . 9
B. Retrieve Previously Saved Modem Settings . . . . . . . 9
C. Fetch Current Modem Settings into Visual Modem . . . . 9
D. Send Customized Command String to Modem . . . . . . . . 10
E. Create Customized Modem Command File . . . . . . . . . 10
F. Send Current Settings to Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
G. Write Current VM Settings to Modem's NRAM . . . . . . . 11
H. Fetch Factory Settings into VM and Your Modem . . . . . 11
I. Define Visual Modem Startup Parameters . . . . . . . . 12
J. Inhibit Display Of Modem Responses in Visual Modem . . 12
K. Remove Registration Reminder Popups . . . . . . . . . . 12
L. Printing Current Modem Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
M. Writing Current Settings to Clipboard . . . . . . . . . 13
N. Contacting Visual Modem Author . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
IV. Keyboard Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
V. Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
* * * * * * * * * *
I. Visual Modem: Overview Page 1
Visual Modem is a simple way to examine and alter the settings of
your USR HST Dual Standard 9600 Modem. While full functionality is
geared towards use with the USRHST, any modem can take advantage of
the custom modem command creation facility to create, save and send
modem commands especially tailored to a particular modem.
Instead of having to wade through the complex maze of cryptic modem
commands (i.e. ATB1&S0=0E1F0&F) etc., Visual Modem offers the user
a collection of screens which display all of the settings options
in text format, allowing the user to comfortably scroll through the
listing of available modem commands and change or reset any of the
modem's configuration settings.
Visual Modem also acts as a tutor, displaying the actual modem
commands for each setting sent to the modem and each response
received. (Just in case you find yourself without Visual Modem
someday...). Once the desired modem settings have been set, t
user can send the entire set of new configuration settings to the
modem with the selection of a single Visual Modem menu item. For
those occasions when you prefer to send individual modem commands
to the modem, Visual Modem also provides a Build-A-Command feature
which allows you to scroll through the entire library of commands
and select any combination, building the command string as you go.
Visual Modem also offers the user the ability to save to a file at
any time, the settings which the user has configured. This provides
an ideal way of quickly and easily setting your modem for any
number of different calling requirements. As the opening screen
says: "You don't have to be a modem "Einstein" anymore to get
maximum use and enjoyment out of your modem.
I.A Getting Started
When you first enter Visual Modem, you are given the Main Menu from
which you may either open a previously saved Visual Modem settings
configuration file, or simply configure a new settings file from
the default values provided at startup.
I.B User Preferences
This option allows you to set certain operation preferences which
will take effect each time you use Visual Modem. Before sending a
string to the modem or attempting to read from the modem, you
should enter the User Preferences area from the Configure menu and
confirm the options provided.
I.B.1 Com Port Page 2
Insure that the proper Com Port has been established. The default
value is Com 1.
I.B.2 Number of Seconds to Wait for Modem Response
This value represents the number of seconds Visual Modem should
wait before attempting to read the return value from any command
sent to the modem. It is important that you provide enough time for
the modem to absorb the sometimes lengthy command strings that
Visual Modem sometimes sends to the modem. If insufficient time is
allowed, it is possible that Visual Modem will not be able to
completely interpret the expected return values from the modem.
I.B.3 Display Modem Responses
This switch enables you to turn off the display of modem commands
sent and received from the modem. Although it is quite informative
to be able to see exactly what is transpiring between you and your
modem, turning this option off does make interaction much faster.
I.C Using Visual Modem
Now that you have the basics, it is time