Banksia MyVoice modems

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Hi,

On Sun, May 16, 1999 at 07:53:57PM +1000, Simon Butcher wrote:
> > Well, yes -  RCV288DPi is a typical Rockwell data pump.  The vendor does
> > not have to use the Rockwell controller chip, so they are free to
> > implement any command set they like.
> Whatever happened to international standards organisations? :)

There is an ITU standard for voice, but only few vendors use it (it's
based on the AT+V command set, formerly known as IS-101).

> > > None of the Rockwell voice AT commands work; all return an error,
> > Ugh. Bad.
> 
> Bad? Well, I can assure you the modem can carry out voice functions.. 

I didn't doubt that, but it means "it's a lot more work".

[..]
> BTW, I did get an e-mail back from Banksia, apparently they no longer offer
> support via E-mail. I have to phone a number which is interstate, and
> apparently I'll need my credit card number handy because it most likely will
> require payment for a request of that nature..

Not good.

> > (Could you just run "mid" on your modem?  "mid" is Modem IDentify, can be
> > found in the mgetty source tree in mgetty/tools/mid, and will check all
> > ATI commands and some others - just run it as "mid /dev/ttyS1" or wherever
> > your modem is, and mail me the output).
> 
> Of course! I forgot about mid.. Here's the output; You'll find out why I
> didn't include ATI9.. From ATI8, the modem returns an error.

Thanks.

> testing for modem on /dev/ttyS3 with 38400 bps...
> >>> ATI
> ATI
> Banksia MyFastV34 336 Fax Modem Rev 34151PA1

Ugh.  Whatever happend to "return a numeric code to ATI"?  Talk about
standards...

> >>> AT+FCLASS=?
> AT+FCLASS=?
> 0,1,2,80

Voice is there, but it's not +FCLASS=8, but +FCLASS=80.  Strange indeed.

Marc, ever seen one of those?

gert
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