Re: [hylafax-users] usr modem - dials but won't connect

[Matthias Jaenichen <mj@percomp.de>]

At 11:36 16.08.00 -0600, Lee Howard wrote:
>At 01:15 PM 8/16/00 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> >> Hey, I have the same problem :) The remote just doesn't understand the
> >> gibberish setup the USR is sending...
> >> I think those modems just aren't very compatible with the other ones.
> >> IIRC, they always had that problem, also for data connections...
> >
> >Well, I can't speak for the Sportsters (of which I believe that
> >internal is one), but the Couriers always performed flawlessly with
> >data connections.
> >
> >I was searching the mailing list archive the other day for something
> >else, and saw several postings that people were running just fine with
> >USR products; it might be productive for those of you having problems
> >to do some searching there and see what you find.
>
>I've got a 3Com-USR 56K modem internal that's working fine with HylaFAX in
>Class 2.0.  They do fine with faxing and they do fine with data.  Their
>biggest downside is the lack of error checking and reporting in the
>firmware - which has been the biggest difficulty in getting Class 2.0
>modems to work with HylaFAX (because the firmware lies about its
>capabilities).
>
>As a plus, though, I have noticed that 3Com-USR modems in general are much
>more tolerant of line noise and static, and so I've rarely seen any
>corrupted scan lines on any fax received by a 3Com-USR modem.

We have downgraded to Class 1.0 to make it work, but still encounter 
problems. If you have a working configuration, it would be nice to make it 
available to everyone.


Matthias Jänichen



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