David Wright wrote: > Quoting A R ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Not always when I "pon" I get my modem going. A lot of times it just > > lights a few of the little lamps. > > It is already the second external modem I use, and is the same. Now I am > > using a motorola 28.8, and most of the times when I pon only the second > > light (tr) turns on, the rest just remain off. Then I have to do poff, > > some times this repeats sevral times, until finally some pon gets the > > modem going. I can already tell from the lights that go on. Now, why is > > this happening? Isn't pon the same sequence of orders to hardware at all > > times? > > Does this problem reoccur if you cycle the power on the modem? > All my USR modems have a fault which develops only after the > modem has been switched on a long time. The modem "works" in the > sense that it reflects the various commands including the Dial string, > but it just doesn't go off hook, so nothing actually happens. > This can even happen just after it has answered a call which instructed > mgetty to callback. (I've never noticed what the lights are doing.) > > Cheers,
Now that you mention it, it seems to me that when I just turn on the modem, it is likely to work better and from the first attempt. But I think not always.