Supra 288/336 Data/Fax Receive problems

Paul Miller (paul@3dillusion.com)
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 12:00:51 +0200



hmm.. I have a SupraFAXModem 288i (33.6) and I haven't had any problems
with it.  You may want to check your flash rom version, and download the
latest if necessary.

-Paul

On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Larry M. Bateman wrote:
> > I have a Supra 288 Modem, which will receive data calls
> > fine, but will give a "NO CARRIER" response sometime
> > after the "ATA" command is given.  If I tweek the source code
> > to leave the modem in the class 2 setting (setting MQ_NEED2),
> > then the modem will receive faxes, but respond "NO CARRIER"
> > to incoming data calls.  The logs show no other problems,
> > and I've tried too many other experiments to emunerate.
> > I'm running mgetty 1.1.14.
> 
> Hmmm, sounds like one of those modems that can't properly distinguish
> between incoming fax and data calls.  I am somewhat surprised, because
> Supra has gotten this *right* in the past.
> 
> Did you ask Supra about it?  Maybe there is some magic S-Register...
> 
> gert
> 
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