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MINI-MODEM (56 KBPS DATA/FAX MODEM)
modem’s dial prefix—for example, ATDT9,.
Note the comma, which inserts a pause before
the number is dialed. By inserting 9 and a comma
into the dial prefix, you do not have to include
it in each directory entry.
To change the dial prefix in your communications
package, select
Setup, Modem
; then select the
modem type you are using, and type the new
prefix in the Dial Prefix box. To change the
dial prefix in Windows Terminal, select
Settings,
Modem Commands.
To change it in Windows 95 or 98 HyperTerminal,
select
Call
, Connect from the menu bar, click
Dialing Properties
, and type 9 in the local and long
distance boxes in
How Do I Dial from This Location
.
• If the modem reports NO ANSWER, the other
system has failed to go off-hook, or you might have
dialed a wrong number. Check the number.
• If the modem reports NO CARRIER, the phone
was answered at the wrong number, and a person
answered instead of a computer, or you might
have dialed the correct number but the other
computer or software was turned off or faulty.
Check the number and try again, or try calling