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> From: Duo/2400 List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Tomasz Nidecki
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:52 PM
> To: Duo/2400 List
> Subject: [Duo2400] Express Modem problem.
>
>
> Hi everybody, new to the list. Recently acquired a Duo 230
> w/dock and an
> Express Modem. And the modem is where the trouble started...
>
> I installed the modem by replacing the 'power card', no
> problem. Connected
> the other part of the modem. Got the newest Express modem
> software that I
> could (Apple Telecom 3.0). Set up the modem in the Express
> Modem control
> panel. Chose "internal port" and "Geoport/Express Modem"
> script in the
> Modem Control Panel. And I can't get any reaction from the modem.
>
> I get a message that the modem could not detect a dial
> tone. But in reality
> the modem seems to be unable to connect to the line at all. I have a
> terminal that shows when a phone is picked up and it shows
> nothing when the
> modem starts dialing. Also auto-answer does not work. It
> seems the modem
> does not "see" the phone line at all.
>
> I tried throwing out all preferences, resetting PRAM, no
> chance. Nothing
> seems to work.
>
> I was wondering, perhaps the phone cable (from the modem,
> external part, to
> the phone outlet) for the Express Modem is wired
> differently than a normal
> phone cable? That, or the fact that the modem is broken,
> seems to me the
> only viable explanation of what's going on...
>
Yes, the Modem cable is usually wired differently to a standard phone
cord, see:
http://home.worldonline.dk/~andersa/technotravel/usinuk.htm
or
http://www.gbnet.net/net/uk-telecom/p3-1.html#6
for more info.
Nb a lack of dialtone is commonly a sign that you have the wrong
cable.
Ben.
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