John, Others may have different feelings, but I have had a hard time making modems work. I've followed all different types of instructions with quite mixed and unpredictable results.
John Almont, of Communicator-Tel in NY sells a Zoom modem for about $100 that he will pre-program for the voicemail units. I have one that I keep with me for emergencies and I just bought two more for one customer who is at a distance from me. I have tried programming the same model zoom modem with the same setup string and could not get it to work consistantly! If you are not very familiar with Serial port programming and modem set ups, then I would recommend getting one of these from Communicator-tel. If you drove out to the customer for two hours, spent three hours fudging with varied results, and two hours driving back, it might be worth the $100 plus Fed Ex shipping. I still have a collection of about 10 various modems that I plan, one day, to test and set up so they work. I've been planning to do that for about 3 or 4 years now... one of these days. Charles ps Communicator-tel is at (800) 777-1036 and John Almont is also on the kxt mail list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SloopJohnB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'kxthelp'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: KX-T: Installing a USR Modem on the TVS 75-200 This is captured text from a doc from Panasonic Tech Support. In explains how to connect a USR 56K external modem to a TVS 75, 100, 200 VPS. If anyone has any suggestions or comments, please post as I will be driving two hours to a customer to install this next week so I can save on future drive time. Unfortunately, I cannot just hang a cheap PC off their network for this install, they won't allow any outside computers in their building for remote access (even if I just dial in!) but they will allow me to DIL1:1 two CO lines at night! Go figure. Anyways, here is the text. 1) Connect a modem cable (straight through) from you computer to the US Robotics 56k modem 2) With the modern power off assure that the dip switches am all set to the default values. SW I = OFF SW 2 = OFF SW 3 = ON SW 4 = OFF SW S = ON SW 6 = OFF SW 7 = ON SW 8 = ON 3) Turn the modem on and using; communication software (Hyper term works great). Enter the following modem AT command: At&D0&K0&M0&COQ1S0=1&WO Remember that the 0 entries above are all zeros! 4) Power the modem down and set the dip switches to the following new values, SW 1 = OFF SW 2 = OFF SW 3 = OFF SW 4 = ON SW 5 = OFF SW 6 = OFF SW 7 = OFF SW 8 = OFF (By the way, OFF means that the switch is UP.) 5) Attach a straight through 25 pin ma4s to 25 pin male serial cable from the modem to the R5232 port of the TVS 75/100/2OO. You can also use a standard D8 9 female to PB 25 mail serial cable and a Radio Shack Serial Port adapter 9 pin mail to 25 pin mail ( part number 26-1388B ) and put the adapter on the modem end of the cable. 6) Power up the modern and then the AA, CS, & TR lights should be on. 7) Call the TVS from an extension to test & Connect using the usual methods. Thanx, SloopJohnB multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
