In a message dated 01-30-96 JERRY SCHWARTZ wrote to EVAN LANGLOIS:
 JS> On Jan 29 20:16 96, Evan Langlois of 1:124/7028 wrote to ALl:
EL> My three rings problem seem to be a couple of "features" which I still 
EL> consider bugs.  EDR being turned on causes the first ring to be
EL> ignored, period, although caller ID is still recognized.  This is OK,
EL> since the modem is supposed to be set to NOT answer calls.  Caller ID
EL> however, should still allow the modem to answer on the first ring,
EL> however, if CND is turned on, the modem answers on the second ring - I
EL> would guess its set to answer on the second ring automatically,
EL> instead of just answering after CND info is recieved.  My U1496 seems
EL> to report CND info just fine and can still answer on the first ring,
EL> but its the CND and EDR that causes this.
 JS> I wonder if that's just a matter of how the code in the modem chooses
 JS> to make the "ring" sound.  They could program it to give 16 short
 JS> chirps, or to make one long ringing sound until the modem picked up;
 JS> I think you may be reading too much into this.
 JS> The only way to find out is with a stopwatch.  The actual ring
 JS> cadence on the wires will take the same time, regardless of the
 JS> noises the modem chooses to make.
I can confirm that with my Mac SE/30 and startfaxing software, the 2864
answers on the second ring (the first is silent, I hear it on the extension
phone) while with the same setup the 1496E answers on the second ring.
There are quite a number of differences between how these 2 modems function.
TTYL, .
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