Distinctive Ringing: Modem Ring Recognition (or lack of it)

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On 28 Jun 1999 09:46:17 +0200, gert@greenie.muc.de (Gert Doering) wrote in
de.alt.comm.mgetty:

>> This call came in on the normal ring:
>> 06/27 17:08:51 yS2  waiting for ``RING_'' ** found **
>
>This is only what mgetty is waiting for.  To see what the modem actually
>sent, you have to set the debug level higher (to -x6 or -x7).

I found when debugging my distinctive ring the best solution was to use
Minicom to converse directly with the modem.  I found out that my USR V.90
voice/fax modem has buggy distinctive ring detection.  It took about 6
emails for 3Com to stop telling me to install a new Windows driver.  When
they finally realized that A) I was not using Windows, B) I was not an
amateur who needed hand-holding and C) the modem really *is* defective,
they simply told me "that's the way it is" and left it at that.  They
aparently have no plans to upgrade the firmware.

I won't be buying from USR or 3Com again....