[plug] Directcom modems

[Paul Wilson]

From: "Matt Kemner" <zombie at networx.net.au>
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Paul Wilson wrote:
>
> > Has anyone managed to get a Directcom V90 voice/fax modem working with
> > Linux?
>
> Yeah, I plugged it in and it worked, just like any other modem :)

I'm getting more and more impressed !!  Could you pass on the init string
that you used (particularly to lock V90) ?

Reading the minute manual that comes with the modem, it's interesting to
note that the Select Modulation command examples, as given in the manual
itself, give an error !  Of course the warning notice to Australian users
insisting that AT&P1 must be maintained, also gives rise to an error.

> > iinet have a page showing a suggested init string which gets 'ERROR'
> > back from the modem.
>
> Which implies a problem with the init string, rather than the Operating
> System.  - you'd get the same error typing that init string under windows.
>
> Try &F&C1&D2%C3

I agree - but under MickeySoft the problem doesn't arise because the
installed drivers handle everything for you, including init strings.  BTW,
what's  %C3  ?  The other elements I recognise.

> If the modem follows the normal AT Command set, Linux will use it.

Poor documentation together with a previous experience of a Winmodem is
partly what prompted my question - is this beast a windows only modem?
Since you got one working, the answer is clearly NO.

Paul