Re: overly-strange reaction of modem to pon

[A R <arodriguez@worldnet.att.net>]

David Wright wrote:

> Quoting A R (arodriguez@worldnet.att.net):
> > Not always when I "pon" I get my modem going. A lot of times it just
> > lights a few of the little lamps.
> > It is already the second external modem I use, and is the same. Now I am
> > using a motorola 28.8, and most of the times when I pon only the second
> > light (tr) turns on, the rest just remain off. Then I have to do poff,
> > some times this repeats sevral times, until finally some pon gets the
> > modem going. I can already tell from the lights that go on. Now, why is
> > this happening? Isn't pon the same sequence of orders to hardware at all
> > times?
>
> Does this problem reoccur if you cycle the power on the modem?
> All my USR modems have a fault which develops only after the
> modem has been switched on a long time. The modem "works" in the
> sense that it reflects the various commands including the Dial string,
> but it just doesn't go off hook, so nothing actually happens.
> This can even happen just after it has answered a call which instructed
> mgetty to callback. (I've never noticed what the lights are doing.)
>
> Cheers,

Now that you mention it, it seems to me that when I just turn on the modem, it
is likely to work better and from the first attempt. But I think not always.