From: [email protected]@INTERNET on Fri, Nov 7, 1997 5:15 AM
> In general, in terms of telecom testing, will there be a lesser or
more
> stringent testing requirements on software modem as compare to
hardware
> modem?
>
> On telecom standards apply to h/w & software modem, are there the
same?
The standards are the same. Depending on how you implement your modem, as a
plug-in card verse integrating it to the mother board you may run into
issues with obtaining host indpendant approval. In the countries we have
approved our reference design software modem it has not bee an issue so far.
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> Software Modem is:
> A modem implemented entirely in software. Software modems rely on
the
> computer's processor to modulate and demodulate signals.
>
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Not exactly true, you will still have a DAA and the associated interface
devices that interact between the host bus and the DAA.
Dave Clement
Motorola ISG
