On Feb 02 15:00 97, John Clarke of 3:713/730 wrote:

JC> I have been getting some rather odd behaviour from the Courier lately and 
JC> can't put the finger on the cause.  Anyone wanna have a chew on this is 
JC> welcome.

JC> Firstly the symptoms.  On certain occasions (when the moon is in the right 
JC> quarter?) the modem flat out refuses to dial out.  When dial out is 
JC> attempted the following happens:-

JC>     start:  TR MR RS CS leds all on.
JC>     dial:   OH comes on for up to 1 second, speaker on and start of dial 
JC>             tone heard.
JC>             OH and MR leds both go off after 1 second.
JC>             MR stays off for 2-3 seconds then CS flashed (retrain?) and MR
JC>             and CS leds come back on.
JC>     finish: TR MR RS CS leds all on.

JC> At other times I can dial out, connect 28.8 /etc /etc like it should.

IMHO, you've met a S3 "upgrade".  The dial tone has changed.

JC> I've tried X5 which should have told it to blind dial with no effect.  I 
JC> have increased S8 to 10 seconds with no change.  I have also tried
&d0 and 
JC> &d2 settings to no avail.

I'm fiddling with X3 for such sites.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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