Re: Hardware Modems
This is a Lucent Venus chipset modem. AFAICR, this is a PCI modem chipset
with an hardware DSP. You will need to have PCI serial support in your
kernel, or you will have to use 'lspci' to determine resource use.
You may want to check out www.linmodems.org for more information. There
should be a little HOWTO about manually configuring setserial.
Or you could try a 2.4.0-test kernel, if you are really desperate.
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 romeu@petrobras.com.br wrote:
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> I used to think that way, to.
> But, according to the reply they gave me (with an English even worse than
> mine), they did it !!! "Our modem is a hardware modem, but it has not
> direct access to the COM port, so it will not work under weird operating
> systems", or something like that. Actually, the modem runs well under
> windows, reaching the capacity of 115 Kbps (at least, windows say that).
> Take a look at their DOS readme section:
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> For WINDOWS 3.1 or DOS 6.X users:
> Because you need to tell modem what resource is available on
> your system, you need to run CONFIGP.EXE first.
> For example:
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> To set modem on com2 use: CONFIGP /i3 /0x2F8
>
> To inquire usage: CONFIGP /?
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> I think this CONFIGP is a TSR that makes the connection between the
> (hardware!!!) modem and the COM port.
>
> Isn't great? I spent a lot of money ($150) buying a hardware modem that
> cannot work under linux.
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> I think that writing a driver for it is painless than doing so for
> winmodems.
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> By the way, what does oxymoron mean?
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> David Teague
> <dbt@tinuviel.c Para: romeu@petrobras.com.br
> s.wcu.edu> cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Assunto: Re: Hardware Modems
> 17/08/00 14:43
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 romeu@petrobras.com.br wrote:
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> > They're making hardware modems that DON'T work under Linux.
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> What do you mean? Does anyone know what this is about?
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> I know about WinModems, all "winmodems" are certainly hardware
> modems, but different from the ones that have intelligence left in,
> that don't off load the work to the CPU to save fifty cents in
> chips, and don't require a propriatary driver that are also hardware.
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> I thought the usage here was "hardware modem" meant modems that
> don't off load to the CPU and don't require a propriatary driver, so
> either already work under Linux or can be made to do so by some good
> soul writing a drivers?
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> What does he mean "hardware modem that don't work under Linux"? I
> HOPE that is an oxymoron, but given the rapacity of some companies,
> I fear the worst.
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> I would normally edit the message in a reply, but someone may be
> able to decipher what these folks are talking about for me from the
> stuff I left in.
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> --David
> David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
> Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
> useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
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> > ----- Repassado por Romeu Freitas Flores Junior/RJ/Petrobras em 17/08/00
> > 11:49 -----
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> > Romeu
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> > <rffjr@zaz.co Para: romeu@petrobras.com.br
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> > m.br> cc:
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> > Assunto: En: E0008224/Lucent
> Venus
> > 16/08/00 Voice Modem
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> > 23:22
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: support@askey.com.tw
> > To: rffjr@zaz.com.br
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:50 AM
> > Subject: FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem
> >
> >
> > ---------------------- Âà§eªÌ support/askey_notes ©ó 2000/08/15 11:49 AM
> > ---------------------------
> >
> >
> > kain
> > 2000/08/14 03:31 PM
> >
> > ¦¬¥ó¤H¡G support/askey_notes@askey_notes
> > °Æ¥»§Û°e¡G
> > ¥D¦®¡G FW: E0008224/Lucent Venus Voice Modem
> >
> > Dear Sir
> > This modem is hardware modem
> > But we not have set com port tool for linux
> >
> > Regards
> > Askey Technical Support
> >
> >
> > "Romeu" <rffjr@zaz.com.br> ©ó 2000/08/10 06:56:39 AM
> > ½Ð¦^À³ µ¹ "Romeu" <rffjr@zaz.com.br>
> > ¦¬¥ó¤H¡G support/askey_notes
> > °Æ¥»§Û°e¡G
> > ¥D¦®¡G Lucent Venus Voice Modem
> >
> >
> >
> > Is FCC H8NV 1456VQH-T (Lucent Venus Voice Modem) a hardware modem? I
> bought
> > it expecting so.
> > It works fine with MS Windows, but I cannot set it up under linux. It's
> > not detected.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Romeu F. Jr.
> > Rio de Janeiro
> > Brazil
> >
> > - att-1.htm
> >
> > (See attached file: att-1.htm)
> >
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