Re: flexfax: Cardinal modem.

[Nico Garcia <raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu>]

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On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, John Conover wrote:

> Nico Garcia writes:
> > 
> > > I'm trying to make a config.ttyS1 for the Cardinal modem. I keep
> > > getting "unable to determine modem type" in the syslog. How do the
> > > ModemMfrQueryCmd, ModemModelQueryCmd, ModemRevQueryCmd commands work?
> > > I looked in the docs, and couldn't find anything.
> > 
> > Step back here: what operating system, what brand of Cardinal modem,
> > what version of HylaFAX, and is the modem internal or external?
> >
> 
> Its a Cardinal Connecta, model 3480, external 56K X2 Fax Modem,
> running on Linux 1.2.8. The modem claims to support class 2.0, and
> seems to be a US Robotics Sportster clone, which I am currently using
> with HylaFAX in class 1. I wanted to see if the 2.0 worked where the
> USR's doesn't. The Connecta seems to use the same command set as the
> USR, (The I*'s formats may be different,) and the same TI DSP chip. I
> tried the USR's config file for 2.0, but it gave grumblings in the
> syslog.

OK. I strongly suspect that the 2.0 is the problem. We've seen a lot
of reports on this group os people using modems that *claimed* to be
2.0, especially on the box, but when run only worked in Class 1 mode.

This seems especially true of the 33.6 modems, which I tried with a
USR Sportster 33.6 and a PPI 33.6 (I never did get the PPI
straightened out and had to give it back to its owner). It may
also be true of the 56k modems.

> I got the modem as an inexpensive add on for UUCP, started using it
> for diald and pppd, and the firmware seemed robust. So, I thought I
> would give it a test drive in class 2.0.

Completely reasonable approach. One note: is there any reason not to
upgrade your Linux to a more recent, 2.0.30 kernel? There are a *lot*
of patches, drivers, and security fixes in the more recent kernels
that aren't available in the older ones.

			Nico Garcia
			Engineer, CIRL 
			Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
			raoul@cirl.meei.harvard.edu

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