RE: Mwave Modem - dialtone recognition ???

[Arne Johnson <snoacj@wnt.sas.com>]

Try this:
Open up your Dial up 'connectoid' Properties
(Start->Programs->Accessories->Dial Up Networking and right click on
your connection icon).  Under the modem description, click on
'Configure', click on the 'Connection' tab, and de-select "Wait for dial
tone vefore dialing."
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>From: 	Tony Staples[SMTP:tstaples@sprintmail.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, October 08, 1996 6:11 AM
>To: 	thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
>Subject: 	Mwave Modem - dialtone recognition ???
>
>I have a new (to me) 760C, running Win95, with the MWave modem.  The
>modem works fine on a conventional analog line such as at my home, but
>I m having difficulty with it at work.  I have an analog line, coming
>from an SRX pbx system, and the MWave modem will not recognize the
>initial dial tone.  The line has a higher pitched dial tone when you first
>go off hook.  After a 9 is dialed, to reach an outside line, the
>dialtone drops to the conventional tone.  The MWave modem will not
>dial any digits that are entered, as it does not recognize the initial
>dial tone as being valid.  I only get an error message saying that no
>dialtone was detected, and to ensure the modem is plugged in . . .
>yada, yada, yada.
>
>I normally use a Hayes Optima 288 PCMCIA, and a USR Courier on this
>same line without any grief.  I have looked through the online
>documentation for the MWave, and I cannot find any AT command settings
>that will force the modem to dial the initial 9 to get the
>conventional tone, or to just ignore the tone, an dial blindly.  I
>have upgraded to all the latestbios and drivers,  from the IBM web site, for
>MWave, and everything else.  I have also applied Service Pack 1,
>and all the Win95 patches eleased since service pack 1, as posted on
>the Microsoft Win95 web site.  None of these upgrades affected the
>MWave modem's ability to detect my pbx's dial tone, although they did 
>solve another anomaly I was experiencing with dial up networking not 
>remembering my password.  Any input into solving this one is greatly 
>appreciated.
>-Tony Staples
>tstaples@sprintmail.com   <---NOTE: NEW ADDRESS
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