Hardware Installation
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Terminal Mode
–
M
for Terminal Mode at @ maximum bits/sec
–
Q
to QUIT
8.
Select
D
to test the serial I/O, IRQ and telephone type. If you have more than
one board installed, the diagnostic repeats until all boards have been tested.
Progress messages are displayed on the left bottom of the screen.
Note:
on Page 7 for information about using the
T
and
M
options.
9.
When prompted by the diagnostic, press any key to continue.
10. After reviewing the
TEST
SUMMARY
, press any key to continue. The
diagnostic resets all modems and re-initializes all RocketModem boards.
11. To run additional tests, press
Y
and
Enter
to restart the diagnostic at
or
N
and
Enter
to quit.
12. If you select
N
, remove the diagnostic diskette from the drive, then press the
space bar or
Enter
key to boot the system.
Note:
Do
NOT
use the
CTRL-ALT-DEL
reboot command
,
may result in
CMOS errors on some systems.
Terminal Mode
If you select either the
T
or
M
Terminal Mode option while running the diagnostic,
the diagnostic starts a simple terminal emulation program.
•
The
T
option selects terminal mode at 9600 baud.
•
The
M
option selects terminal mode at the maximum baud rate supported by
your RocketModem model.
If necessary, use the previous discussion to start the diagnostic (
7). If there is more than one RocketModem installed, you are asked to select a
board.
1.
When the
Modem Terminal Menu
appears, select the number and press
Enter
that corresponds to the port you want to test with AT commands or select one
of the following (and
Enter
):
•
H
for help with AT commands
•
R
to reset a single modem
•
T
to reset all modems on the selected board
•
X
to exit
2.
Type AT commands to communicate with the modem.
3.
When you are done, press
Esc
to return to
Testing Two Modem
Ports
You can use this procedure to test two modem ports. This example requires that
phone lines be connected to both Ports 1 and 2.
1.
Select
Port 1
.
2.
Enter
AT&F0
to initialize the modem to factory default parameters.
3.
Enter
ATS0=1
to direct the modem to answer the phone on the first ring.
4.
Press
Esc
to return to the port menu.
5.
Select
Port 2
.
6.
Enter
AT&F0
to initialize the second modem.
7.
Enter
ATD
xxx xxxx
(where
xxx xxxx
is the phone number of the line connected
to the first modem).
Watch and wait. The Port 2 modem should dial the Port 1 modem and you
should eventually see the CONNECT message.
8.
Press
Esc
.