Confirm hardware settings

Data and fax software setup

Select the correct modem

Each fax application typically has a setup menu that can be used to alter the settings for your modem, as well as define how and when calls are to be received (for example, immediately, on the third ring, etc.). This menu may also provide you with a list of available modems that you can use when sending and receiving fax calls.

Use your fax program settings menu to select your phone as the active fax modem.

Use the modem properties dialog box of your fax software to confirm the following settings:

•Communications port: COMnn (where nn the virtual COM port number assigned to the DKU-5 data cable)

•Initialization: 19200 bps

•Modem type: Class 2.0

•Flow control: Hardware

Note: You may need to add the following initialization string to your fax software, even though the program provides a

drop-down list or checkbox for setting the fax mode/class: AT+FCLASS=2.0

• LEARN ABOUT MANUAL SELECTION OF INCOMING CALLS

You can receive digital data or fax calls with your PC using your Nokia phone the same way that you would using your existing modem.

Certain service providers require that you preset your phone to receive incoming data or fax calls, rather than having the phone automatically detect the type of incoming call.

Note: Your service provider may have special requirements for inbound data and fax calls. Check with your service provider	11
to see if prearrangement of incoming data or fax calls is necessary.

Prearrange data and fax call settings in your data/fax software

Before you can successfully receive a digital data call or fax transmission in this situation, your phone must receive a special command from your data or fax software. This command tells your phone that the next call it receives is a data call or fax transmission.

Your data or fax programs should allow you to send additional commands to the modem when the program is launched or when the fax software instructs the modem to receive a call. Use the modem configuration menu in your fax software to send the following special initialization string to the modem:

To preset your phone to receive a data call, use the following AT command: AT+CSP=1

To preset your phone to receive a fax call, use the following AT command: AT+CSP=2

The following is an illustration of one fax program modem settings dialog box, and is provided as an example of how to configure your software:

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