Silence of the Modems

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2 total messages Started by Bill Owen Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:52

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Author: Bill Owen
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:52

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After working fine for years, my Netcomm InModem 336 internal
modem has gone mute. The information at www.netcomm.com.au is
not much help for this problem.

I didn't knowingly change anything. It has stopped making sounds
for all of the operating systems on my machine (NT, 95, Linux).

Going to, e.g. Hyperterminal on NT, I can type modem AT commands
to see what's going on. I have the manual that came with the modem,
so I know which AT commands I can use:

AT&V shows the active profile. The values are all the same as
the factory defaults specified in the manual. Specifically, 
"M1" is still active (speaker on when dialling, off otherwise),
as is "L3" (high volume level).

In NT, going to Control Panel->Modem, shows that modem speaker
volume is set to maximum. Further going to Connection->Advanced
shows that there is nothing in "Extra settings".

So for all intents and purposes, I think the modem shouldn't be
silent.

Other than the modem sounds, everything about the modem still
works fine.

Do I assume that the modem speakers are zappo kaput? Or can I
blame a virus, Y2001, or Bill Gates?

Re: Silence of the Modems

#141

Author: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 08:41

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Bill Owen <bowen@442.ar.com.au> wrote in message
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> After working fine for years, my Netcomm
> InModem 336 internal modem has gone mute.

Struck dumb by what you downloaded thru it most likely.

I've reported you to the RSPUPFOM

> The information at www.netcomm.com.au
> is not much help for this problem.

Its a pretty standard Lucent chipset Winmodem.

> I didn't knowingly change anything. It has stopped making sounds
> for all of the operating systems on my machine (NT, 95, Linux).

> Going to, e.g. Hyperterminal on NT, I can type modem AT
> commands to see what's going on. I have the manual that
> came with the modem, so I know which AT commands I can use:

> AT&V shows the active profile. The values are all the
> same as the factory defaults specified in the manual.
> Specifically, "M1" is still active (speaker on when
> dialling, off otherwise), as is "L3" (high volume level).

> In NT, going to Control Panel->Modem, shows that modem speaker
> volume is set to maximum. Further going to Connection->Advanced
> shows that there is nothing in "Extra settings".

> So for all intents and purposes, I think the modem shouldn't be silent.

Yep, specially not in all OSs.

> Other than the modem sounds, everything about the modem still works fine.

> Do I assume that the modem speakers are zappo kaput?

Yep.

> Or can I blame a virus, Y2001, or Bill Gates?

You're welcome to blame all those. Its just the 'speaker' thats
died tho. Doesnt really qualify as a speaker, its a tiny little piezo.

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