Re: Mwave Modem - dialtone recognition ???

["Clarence C.Collins" <cue33@ibm.net>]

I am not sure if this will help you, but I think the answer to your problem
is in the tel# line. 
try this if you haven't already done so, "9,,,XXX-XXXX " the commas will
force the modem to dial for your outside line, then pause, pause, pause
then dial the tel.#
It's recommended when using PBX.

Clarence.

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> From: Tony Staples <tstaples@sprintmail.com>
> To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Mwave Modem - dialtone recognition ???
> Date: Tuesday, October 08, 1996 6:11 AM
> 
> 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