Introduction
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Introduction
Congratulations! Your 56K Faxmodem is a powerful, flexi-
ble tool that will help you manage your communications,
work more efficiently, and present a polished and profes-
sional image at home or at the office.
This product includes high-speed data and fax capability
with the ability to receive data from compatible central
sites at speeds up to 56 Kbps, and even higher rates
using data compression.
As discussed in Appendix A, your faxmodem’s ability to
achieve speeds above 33,600 bps depends on your calling
a compatible central site such as a compatible Internet
Service Provider (ISP), online service, or corporate net-
work. It also depends on the characteristics of the phone
line connecting your modem to the local telephone office.
Your 56K Faxmodem can also perform as a top-of-the-line
V.34 data and fax modem, operating at speeds up to 33.6
Kbps.
This manual is primarily an installation, troubleshooting,
and reference guide. Once you have successfully installed
the modem in your IBM PC-compatible computer,
software controls virtually all access to the fax and data
product features.
While many data communications features can be con-
trolled using AT commands and S registers, there is
rarely any reason to do so
.
The software shipped with this
product allows you to change your modem’s configuration
and to control the communications features easily
.
Summaries of AT commands and S registers have been
included in this manual primarily for programmers and in
the interest of tradition and completeness.
The use of AT commands and S registers is neither re-
quired nor recommended for the average user.
