Re: Modem Garbage: Phase B Error (20)

[Steve Wertz <stevew@clbooks.com>]

> Subject: Re: Modem Garbage: Phase B Error (20)
> 
> On Thu, 15 May 1997, Steve Wertz wrote:
> 
> > SCO Unix 5.0.2 using the binaries from sgi.com on a USR Sportster 28.8.
> > Dialing out works, but when the fax machine reports "Connecting", I
> > get the following garbage.  INcluded are two logs, one each from
> > calls placed to different fax machines.
> 
> > Anybody know what may be wrong?  I'm not using faxgetty.  The following
> > logs contain crontrol characters.  Not sure how these will finally appear
> > on other MUA's.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > May 14 15:01:33.70: [ 7038]: DIAL 14084350689
> > May 14 15:01:33.70: [ 7038]: <-- [16:ATDT14084350689\r]
> > May 14 15:01:49.15: [ 7038]: --> [4:+FCO]
> > May 14 15:01:51.00: [ 7038]: --> [15:+FNF:=14+FIS:1,3,]
> > May 14 15:01:51.00: [ 7038]: REMOTE NSF "=14+FIS:1,3,"
> 
> Your initial negotiation seems to be failing midway (what's that? a
> Control-T from the remote fax?), and you appear to be losing
> characters. Have you got your modem running as a Class 2 modem (which
> I'd suggest)

The culprit was the #&*^$ USR 28.8 modem.  I'm using Multitech as of
yesterady and it (almost) works now.  Thanks for responding.

I will also vote Yes on putting a "modems to avoid" section in the FAQ,
but now that just wouldn't be PC, would it :-)

-sw