CLASS 2 MODEM SCAM

Mario Becroft (mb@tos.pl.net)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:52:18 +0200


On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> Mario Becroft wrote:
> > different modems claiming to be class 2 before I finally hit upon one that
> > really was. The two bad modems were KTX and Dynalink. The one that finally
> > turned out to be truly class 2 was a US Robotics Sportster which has been
> > working perfectly for fax ever since (despite all the problems other
> > people seem to have with this model).
> 
> Could you please send me the exact version infos (ATI, ATI7, ...) of this
> Sportster?  It seems that *very recent* Sportsters have started working
> again.

I seem to remember sending that info before. Anyway here is the result of
all the ATI commands. If there is something else I am supposed to include
please tell me.

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ati0
3362

OK
ati1
B9C9

OK
ati2
OK

OK
ati3
U.S. Robotics Sportster Flash 33600 Rev.10.3.81

OK
ati4
U.S. Robotics Sportster Flash Settings...

   B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X4  Y3
   BAUD=38400  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8
   DIAL=TONE    ON HOOK

   &A3  &B1  &C1  &D2  &H1  &I0  &K1
   &M4  &N0  &P0  &R2  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1  

   S00=000  S01=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=002
   S07=060  S08=002  S09=006  S10=014  S11=070  S12=050  S13=000
   S15=000  S16=000  S18=000  S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019
   S25=005  S27=000  S28=008  S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002
   S33=000  S34=000  S35=000  S36=014  S38=000  S39=000  S40=000
   S41=004  S42=000
 
   LAST DIALED #: 

OK
ati5
U.S. Robotics Sportster Flash NVRAM Settings...

 Template Y0

   DIAL=TONE   B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X1
   BAUD=38400  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8

   &A1  &B0  &C1  &D2  &H0  &I0  &K1  &M4  &N0
   &P0  &R1  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1

   S00=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=002  S07=060
   S08=002  S09=006  S10=014  S11=070  S12=050  S13=000  S15=000
   S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019  S25=005  S27=000  S28=008
   S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002  S33=000  S34=000  S35=000
   S36=014  S38=000  S39=000  S40=000  S41=004  S42=000
 

Strike a key when ready . . .


 Template Y1

   DIAL=PULSE  B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X4
   BAUD=38400  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8

   &A3  &B1  &C1  &D2  &H2  &I2  &K1  &M4  &N0
   &P1  &R1  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1

   S00=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=002  S07=060
   S08=003  S09=006  S10=014  S11=070  S12=050  S13=000  S15=000
   S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019  S25=005  S27=000  S28=008
   S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002  S33=000  S34=000  S35=000
   S36=014  S38=000  S39=011  S40=002  S41=004  S42=000
 

   STORED PHONE #0: 
                #1: 
                #2: 
                #3: 

OK
ati6
U.S. Robotics Sportster Flash Link Diagnostics...

Chars sent                    0      Chars Received                0
Chars lost                    0
Octets sent                   0      Octets Received               0
Blocks sent                   0      Blocks Received               0
Blocks resent                 0

Retrains Requested            0      Retrains Granted              0
Line Reversals                0      Blers                         0
Link Timeouts                 0      Link Naks                     0

Data Compression       NONE
Equalization           Long
Fallback               Enabled
Last Call              00:00:00

No Connection

OK
ati7
Configuration Profile...

Product type           Asean External
Product ID:            xx114003
Options                V32bis,V.34+
Fax Options            Class 1/Class 2.0
Voice Options          Speakerphone, TAD
Clock Freq             92.0Mhz
EPROM                  256k
RAM                    32k

FLASH date             10/9/97
FLASH rev              10.3.81

DSP date               10/9/97
DSP rev                10.3.81

PTT Approval rev       1.0.0

OK
ati8
Blacklist
Time: 04:51:22
Dialed Numbers: Inactive
Dial Attempts:  Inactive

OK
ati9
(1.0USR0007\\Modem\PNPC107\Sportster 33600 FAX/VOICE EXT)FF

OK
ati10
ERROR
ati11
U.S. Robotics Sportster Flash Link Diagnostics...


Modulation                  Unknown Speed
Carrier Freq     (Hz)       
Symbol Rate                 
Trellis Code                
Nonlinear Encoding          
Precoding                   
Shaping                     
Preemphasis      (-dB)      
Recv/Xmit Level  (-dBm)     
Near Echo Loss   (dB)       
Far Echo Loss    (dB)       
Carrier Offset   (Hz)       
Round Trip Delay (msec)     
Timing Offset    (ppm)      
SNR              (dB)       
Status :                    

OK

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Fax seems to work well on this modem with mgetty, I have been able to send
and receive faxes without problems. I don't use the fax a lot, but so far
it has worked fine.

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| Mario Becroft             | Tariland, Atari user group in New Zealand |
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