Elsa 56k - Firmware later than 1.29

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hi,

On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 01:39:04AM +0100, Frank Doepper wrote:
> On 6 Nov 98 20:40:25 GMT, Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> wrote:
> >Some fax modems insist on 19200 for fax mode, which is not very useful,
> >but compatible to the Rockwell way of breaking things.
> Well, but with Firmware V.1.29 fax worked. With 115200 bps.

Well, what exactly does that prove, except maybe the fact that the modem
*hardware* is not broken?  Vendors change modem behaviour between
firmware versions...

> >> BTW2, fax class 2.0 doesn't work, too (with V.1.29). I have to switch to
> >> cls2, although the modem and its manual tell support for 2 and 2.0.
> >How does "doesn't work" look like in the logs? Is the AT+FCLASS=2.0
> >command rejected, or will it fail later.
> 
> 't will fail later (Firmware 1.00, later versions not tested yet):

Let's see...

> 06/23 16:19:35 yS1  additional info: 'Ver. 1.00 vom 06.09.1997'
> 06/23 16:19:35 yS1  mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0'
> 06/23 16:19:35 yS1    got:[0a]AT+FCLASS=2.0[0d]
> 06/23 16:19:35 yS1   mdm_command: string 'AT+FCLASS=2.0'
> 06/23 16:19:35 yS1    got:[0d][0a]OK[0d]
> 06/23 16:19:35 yS1   mdm_command: string 'OK' -> OK
> 
> [...]
> 
> 06/23 16:21:56 yS1    vgetty: unqueued event RECEIVED_DTMF at position
> 0006
> 06/23 16:21:56 yS1    vgetty: voice_handle_event got event RECEIVED_DTMF
> with data <0>
> 06/23 16:21:56 yS1    vgetty: trying data and fax connection
> 06/23 16:21:56 yS1   voice command: 'AT#CLS=2.0' -> 'OK'
> 06/23 16:21:56 yS1    vgetty: AT#CLS=2.0
> 06/23 16:21:56 yS1    Elsa MicroLink: ERROR

Hmmm.  OTOH, 1.00 is very old, so we shouldn't really bother with that
one, I'd say.

gert
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