Hi Arthur,

AM>AM>Can you say "no out of band management or control"?, he
AM>AM>says, looking at the LCD front panel display and controls
AM>AM>of his Motorola Codex 3265.

AM> PM> OK can you "educate" me about the 3265?

AM>OK, one can reprogram anything from the front panel, which
AM>has about 4 buttons,

Jeez, 4 buttons eh, I did an morse code exam about 20 years ago. Only 5
WPM, but I don't remember any of it now 

AM>and any setting that can be obtained
AM>by an AT command, including online S/N ratio can be
AM>displayed on a back-lit one-line LCD. It doesn't give quite
AM>as detailed results as the USR diagnostics, but they are
AM>preserved across an ATZ.

So you can go into your favourite terminal program after the event and
interrogate it. :-)

AM>For $$$$ one can get a cable and management software that
AM>connect the modem through a second serial port to a PC.

Sounds useful for tracking down those strange intermittent errors
occuring during an online session? (hey maybe Dave H would like to
borrow one of them....)

AM>The 3265 was about $1299. For about $1500 one can get the
AM>Penril Datalink V34M which has similar features (LCD
AM>display and front panel controls, separately available
AM>cable and management software).

I'd love to have the 2nd serial port and management s/w on my USR (in
addition to a programable LCD display) but not for those kind of $$$. I
guess I'm just stuck with the IN BAND stats/management for now, (life's
tough sometimes, ain't it?? :-))

regards, Peter.

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