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MINI-MODEM (33.6 KBPS DATA/FAX MODEM)
• Make sure you are in terminal mode in your data
comm software. Type AT and press ENTER. If you
get an OK response, your connections are good
and the problem likely is in your phonebook entry
or session settings.
• Try resetting your modem by turning it off and on.
Make sure there is a reset command (&F) in your
initialization string, or your modem may not
initialize correctly.
• If you don’t get an OK, the problem may still be
in the communications software. Make sure you
have done whatever is necessary in your software
to make a port connection. Not all communi-
cations programs connect to the COM port
automatically. Some connect when the software
loads and remain connected until the program
terminates. Others can disconnect without exiting
the program or allow multiple terminals to be
open, but only one can access the modem at a
time. If the terminal reports that it cannot make
a connection, yet the modem’s TR indicator is on,
click on the Window menu to see if more than
one terminal is open. The modem’s TR indicator
shows that the software has made a connection
with the modem through the COM port.
