ATA->ERROR with ZyXEL U-336S

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> > After having lots of problems with a USR Sportster, I finally got a
> > ZyXEL U-336S (the loarge one with the LCD display). Well, it looks
> > great, itīs big enough to place my ISDN-TA on top of it, but it does not
> > work as I expect it to :-(
> 
> I haven't had any experience with the 336S yet, but basically it's similar
> to the 2864 series, so it really *should* work, at least for basic stuff.
> 
> > When I call it, it says "RING", mgetty says "ATA", the Modem says
> > "ERROR". Very nice, after the 5th time init says "mgetty respawning too
> > fast".
> 
> Ugh.
> 
> > I can reproduce the problem easily using minicom. I use the default
> > configuration, and tracked down the problem a bit: I have to insert a
> > large pause between the RING and the ATA, and another pause after the
> > ATA and before the Carriage return. If I use a answer-chat like
> >    "" "\d\d\d\d\d\dATA\d\d" "CONNECT",
> > it works _sometimes_. This is annoying, isnīt it?
> 
> This is really annoying, yes, and makes the modem unusable for reliable
> operation.  Did you contact ZyXEL about it?  It might be some problem with
> German postal regulations ("no ATA allowed") - but ZyXEL has known about
> this for a long time, and *fixed* it in other products (permit ATA *only*
> after an incoming RING, which is sufficient for us).
> 
> I'd talk to my distributor, and tell them that you can reproduce it with a
> terminal program (this is important - otherwise, everybody keeps saying
> "we don't support Linux, go away", which is clearly nonsense here), and
> ask them for a fix.
> 
> If they have any specific questions about the environment, tell them
> that you're using mgetty, and offer to send them log files -- mgetty is
> actually mentioned in the ZyXEL 2864 manual (in the "Unix" section), so
> maybe you can point to that...  - feel free to send further questions to
> the list, but I'm afraid we won't be able to help much.
> 
> [Hmmm. I see you're writing from Austria.  The ZyXEL support for Austria
> is a LOT better than the support for Germany - you might want to contact
> Manfred Recla directly, he's also coordinating all the beta test groups.
> His E-Mail address is m.recla@zyxel.co.at]

Thanks a lot. Manfred Recla told me that itīs a problem with the
austrian telekom regulations. Switching the modem to "international"
solved the problem. 

If someone needs it, hereīs the command:
ats13.1=1#g255ats13.1=0

and check the setting with
at#h

255 means international, 233 is austria

bye,

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