| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
 | Date | Lines | 
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| 2350.1 |  | wook.ogo.dec.com::ogodhcp-124-40-193.ogo.dec.com::read | Bob Read @OGO, DTN 276-9715 | Thu Mar 27 1997 13:07 | 9 | 
|  | I know of a number of people who have had the same problem.  It seems as if the 
length of the dial string buffer that the 33.6 modem can handle is less than other 
modems that we've used in the past.  (The modem must accept the entire dial string 
into its internal buffer before it can process the string; the internal buffer in 
this modem seems to be shorter than the internal buffer in the Digital-badged PCMCIA 
28.8 modem.)
Maybe if enough of us bug the vendor, we'll see a firmware upgrade to increase the 
size of the internal buffer ??
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| 2350.2 | What modem has big enough buffer? | USOPS::JOHNSON |  | Thu Mar 27 1997 13:43 | 6 | 
|  |     Hi Bob,
    
    Thanks for your reply.  Any suggestions on what PCMCIA modem would have
    the correct size buffer and would work with the Hinote VP?  Thanks.
    
    Linda
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| 2350.3 | The 80-column thang is in da house | BUSY::SLAB | Exit light ... enter night | Thu Mar 27 1997 13:44 | 17 | 
|  |     
    <<< Note 2350.1 by
    wook.ogo.dec.com::ogodhcp-124-40-193.ogo.dec.com::read "Bob Read @OGO,
    DTN 276-9715" >>>
    I know of a number of people who have had the same problem.  It seems
    as if the  length of the dial string buffer that the 33.6 modem can
    handle is less than other  modems that we've used in the past.  (The
    modem must accept the entire dial string  into its internal buffer
    before it can process the string; the internal buffer in  this modem
    seems to be shorter than the internal buffer in the Digital-badged
    PCMCIA  28.8 modem.)
    Maybe if enough of us bug the vendor, we'll see a firmware upgrade to
    increase the  size of the internal buffer ??
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| 2350.4 | atx3 works fine | SWAM1::LOYD_DA |  | Thu Mar 27 1997 21:51 | 8 | 
|  |     I had a similar problem after upgrading to 33.6. Try setting ATX3 in
    modem-properties-connection-advanced-extra settings. This ignores 
    no dialtone.  I did have a Megahertz 28.8 upgraded to 33.6 that did
    not exhibit this problem, so it appears the firmware upgrade for the
    optima needs a little work.
    
    hope this helps.
    
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| 2350.5 |  | USOPS::JOHNSON |  | Fri Mar 28 1997 09:20 | 5 | 
|  |     Hi,
    
    Thanks, I'll try that!
    
    Linda
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| 2350.6 | Not a character buffer issue - buffer = 255 on Optima | TRLIAN::mkodhcp-46128111.mko.dec.com::Lail | Robert G. Lail | Wed Apr 02 1997 17:53 | 39 | 
|  | 
	RE .3
	According to the Hayes FAQ posted on their web page the 
character buffer on the Accura and Optima modems is 255 characters so  
this problem should not be caused by the old 40 character buffer 
issue.
	RE .0
	I get the "no dialtone message" from Windows95 and the modem  
fails to complete the credit card string. I suspect it is timeout 
issue rather than a real lack of dialtone because the same thing 
occurs when I replace the $ or W characters with the comma which is a 
dumb wait rather than an attempt to detect any call progress tone. 
I'm still trying to get it to work so I will also try the X3 command.
	For the folks with a Hayes Optima modem there is an online 
Windows format help file available from the Hayes Web site. The URL 
is;
	http://www.hayes.com/popfiles.htm
	Scroll down the page to you get to O336HELP.EXE. CLick on the 
filename and it will download the file. Place the file in a temp 
directory and double-click and it will unpack. Run the Setup 
executable to install the helpfile.
	There are other good files available on that web page for 
Accura and other Hayes Modems.
	\Bob Lail
	\Bob Lail 
	 
	
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