3Com OfficeConnect 56K Business Modem Command Reference
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 Contents
 Making International calls
If You Are Using MS-DOS
Command and Online Modes
Other Operating Systems
 Overview Serial Port Rates Connection Rates
Result Code Display Commands Additional Result Code Subsets
Overview
Data Terminal Ready Data Set Ready Carrier Detect
 Remote Configuration
Setting DTE Rate to 230 Kbps
Setting up Dial Security
Password Prompting
 Received Data Flow Control
Error Control
MNP Error Control
Testing the Business Modem using AT&Tn
 Testing Using Keyboard Data AT&T6
Digital Loopback Testing AT&T3
Remote Digital Loopback Testing AT&T6, AT&T7
Canceling All Digital Loopback Test Requests &T5
 Hardware Flow Control Software Flow control No Flow Control
Getting New Operating Software
Sending New Software to your modem
If Your Modem Doesn’t Respond
 Serial Ports Macintosh modem
Additional Specifications Serial Ports
Registers
 Information This Guide
About this Guide
Introduction
Finding Specific
 Wait n seconds between losing the connection
Conventions
Icon Description
Convention Description
 Related
 About this Guide
 Windows 95/98
Connecting to Your ISP
 This file Does this
Your modem is now ready to use
Modem software
 Networking
If Dial-Up Adapter Do this Is listed
Is not listed Go to Step
 If TCP/IP Dial-Up Adapter Do this
Click Finish
Click Add Protocol Microsoft TCP/IP OK
 Windows 95/98
 If your ISP Do this
Step Four Customizing the TCP/IP Settings
Click TCP/IP Settings
Click OK, and OK
 Click Server assigned server address
Specify an IP address, if needed
Click Server assigned IP address
Click Specify name server addresses and enter
 For you to Use this connection
 Check Don’t detect my modem I will select it from a list
Go to Start Settings Control Panel Modems
Setting up RAS
Select Remote Access Service and click Properties
 Click Network
Click Continue to complete RAS setup
Select Start Settings Control Panel
Go to Start Programs Accessories Dial Up Networking
 Specify an IP address by clicking TCP/IP settings
Select Enable software compression
Double-clickDial-Up Networking
 Make sure Use Telephony Dialing Properties is unchecked
Macintosh
Macintosh computers
 Slip or PPP dialing software
System Configuration Accessing Internet
Installation Script and then configure Open Transport PPP
Installing the script
 Transport PPP Go to Apple Menu Control Panels Modem
 Macintosh
 Go to Apple Menu Control Panels PPP
 Windows
If You Are Using
Other Operating
Systems
 18CHAPTER 1 Connecting to Your ISP
 General rules for
Using the AT Command SET
Using AT commands
Overview
 Use the X2 result code subset
Dial the following number using tone dialing
To configure your modem to Command
Re-execute the last-issued command
 ATI5
Settings for a register in the current configuration
To display Command
To change Command
 Getting a list Registers
Understanding
Bit-mapped
Registers
 ATO0
Command and Online Modes
If you want to Set the modem to Use this command
Modes of Operation
 ATO1
If you want to Command Return online
Mode
Return online and retrain
 Controlling Local
Online Mode
Echo
 Software manual
Or Fax mode
Data and Fax
Modes
 If the modem This indicates Returns a value
Class 1 Fax Mode
 6CHAPTER 3 Modes of Operation
 Dialing
DIALING, ANSWERING, Hanging UP
Dial options
 Atdl
ATD@
ATD
Atdr
 Redialing This command also defines the interval in seconds
Command does. Also can be used to repeat any
Disable carrier loss redial
Enable carrier loss redial
 Received an incoming call Manually answer a call
Force Answer Mode
Go through the answer sequence when it hasnt
ATA
 International calls above 1200 bps
If you want your modem Command
Making
International calls
 Make/Break Ratio
Call Detection
Pulse dialing
 Caller ID Functions
 Caller ID
Modem Handles
 AT#CID=1
Caller ID Action Command
An Example of Unformatted caller ID presentation
AT#CID=0
 Support
Distinctive Ring
References
 Ring
Commands
There are four ring patterns in common use
Are graphical depictions of each ring pattern.These
 Verbal Numeric
Result Codes
 Working with Memory
Memory type Applies to Loss of power will Command
NVRAM, and Flash memory
 ATDS2
Saving a Phone Number to Nvram
 AT&F1
Saving a Command String to Nvram
Displaying S-Register Value Information
AT&F0
 AT&F2&W
Substitute a template other than &F1
 What format they are displayed
Commands
Controlling Result Code Displays
Additional Result Code subsets
 AT&A2
Additional Result Code Subsets
AT&A0
AT&A1
 Ready
Controlling EIA-232 Signaling
Tells the modem how to respond to the DTR signal
Data Terminal
 Data Set Ready
Signal
 AT&C1
Business Modem sends the CD signal
Carrier Detect
AT&C0
 4CHAPTER 7 Controlling EIA-232 Signaling
 Serial Port Rates
Controlling Data Rates
 AT&B0
To allow your modem Set the serial port Command Rate as
AT&B2
 AT&N2
AT&N0
AT&N1
AT&N9
 AT&N
Command Values
Speeds with &N and &U
Speeds
 If &U Then your modem
To limit Use this command Where x is Lowest possible connect
 Link Speed Index
 Enhance throughput
Kbps
46666 48000 49333 50666 52000 53333 54666 56000 57333
 8CHAPTER 8 Controlling Data Rates
 You should be familiar with these terms before you continue
Accessing and Configuring Business Modem Remotely
Setting Up Remote Access
Its configuration remotely
 AT%P0=password
 Accessing the Host
 You should see a display similar to this
Configuration computer
 AT%B7
AT%B0
AT%B6
AT%B1
 You can use the AT%Fn command to control the data format
 Quitting a
Remote-Access
Password, return online by pressing CtrlC or typing ATO
Commands
Page
 Dial Security
 Security
Setting up Dial
 For your modem to Command Example
To make the host Business Command Example Modem
AT%L AT%L=PW0
 Enabled
Enable Local Security
 When using Autopass Prompting When using Password Prompting
 Dial Security with Password Prompting
For your modem to enable Command
Autopass Dial Security
 Account information
Example Sending AT%E=3 erases passwords for accounts
Maintaining
Security Accounts
 Dial Security by entering ATS53.0=1
For your modem to Command Enable Dial Security
What the Guest
User Needs to Do
 Dialing In From the Remote Site
For your modem to be set Command
For your modem to Command Disable Auto Answer
Security Remotely
 10-10CHAPTER 10 Dial Security
 Transmit-data flow control
Flow Control
Hardware and software flow control
Received-data flow control
 Software Flow
Hardware
Control
 AT&I1
AT&R0
AT&R1
AT&R2
 Characters from the data stream
Enable Hewlett Packard-Terminal mode. Applies only to
Does not look for your typed XON/XOFF commands
AT&I4
 By its attached computer
Transmit-Data Flow
 11-6CHAPTER 11 Flow Control
 Handshaking
HANDSHAKING, Error Control Data COMPRESSION, Throughput
 Controlling the V.8 Call Indicate Tone
For your modem to Command Enable the call indicate tone
Attaining Speeds Above 28.8 Kbps
Attaining 56 K Connections
 Other Protocols
Enable
Disable
Capabilities
 Leveling ASL
 Protocols
Error Control
Error-Control
Lower-speed
 AT&M4
Have no error control Normal Mode
Asynchronous Mode
AT&M0
 Remote end until it is acknowledged by the receiving device
Scheme similar to MNP
Flow Control
Two reasons
 AT&K3
For the modem to Command
AT&K0
AT&K2
 Throughput results
Getting Maximum
Throughput
Maximum
 Public Domain Effects
 Getting Maximum Throughput
Page
 Product code, and call duration
Here is a complete list of ATI n commands
Displaying Querying and Help Screens
Querying
 ATI11
ATI2
ATI3
ATI7
 AT$
For your modem to display Command
 13-4CHAPTER 13 Displaying Querying and Help Screens
 All loopback testing conforms to ITU-T Recommendation
Testing the Connection
Testing the Business Modem using AT&Tn
Testing the Business Modem using S-Register
 Modem using
Testing the Business
AT&Tn
 Using AT&T1
 Using AT&T8
 Loopback DL testing
 Request AT&T4
AT&T6, AT&T7
Phone line. Data flow is shown in the figure below
There are two remote digital loopback options
 Testing Using Keyboard Data AT&T6
 14-8CHAPTER 14 Testing the Connection
 Remote digital loopback with built-in test pattern
Testing the Business Modem using S-Resister
For your modem to use Use one of these command
Remote digital loopback using keyboard data
 Testing Using Keyboard Data ATS16=8
 Register
Starting Testing That Uses the Test Pattern
To use the test pattern during Command Testing with
When S16 is set to 4, the Business
 14-12CHAPTER 14 Testing the Connection
 Problems That Occur Before Connecting
Troubleshooting
 Business Modem wont dial
For your modem to Command Enable message display
Display verbal messages
 Hear ringing but the Business Modem wont answer
Double characters are appearing on your monitor
 Your screen displays random or garbage characters
Problems that Occur After Connecting
 Mainframe computer keeps dropping your connection
 If You Still Have Problems
Errors during software download
 Problems that Occur After Connecting
 15-8CHAPTER 15 Troubleshooting
 Checking Your Business Modem’s Software Version
Upgrading Your Modem
 Software to your
Getting New
Operating Software
Sending New
 Enter AT~X!. The modem should respond as follows
 Doesn’t Respond
If Your Modem
 Values
Registers
How bits are
Mapped to decimal
 113
Converting Bits to
Decimal Values
01001111
 Values of the bits and entering the total
Using Bits
Using Decimal
Settings
 Bit-mapped registers have up to eight functions
 Complete list of S-Registers
Register Default Function
 Bit Value Result
 Information about setting bit-mapped registers. For
Be a problem if you expect a great
Number of errors during a call
Off their screens. When remote
 Enable ITU-T V.21 modulation at
Up. S19=0 disables the timer
To ARQ mode only
Default is 3 seconds
 Bit Result
 Default setting of zero allows no remote login
Disable the remote-access busy
128 Disable V.32 terbo S38
Thus enabling or disabling remote access
 Disable 2400 symbol rate
Dial security enabled
Prompting enabled
Enabled
 128 Disable V.FC S58
Disable precoding
Disable shaping
Disable V.34+
 Basic Command Set
Alphabetic Command Summary
Command Function
 Optional parameters
 Command mode echo ON. Your typing will
When other modems share the line
Store the number in memory using the &Z command
Display help for the dial commands
 Errors in a non-ARQ data transfer
Display the actual time. Set the clock using
Control when the speaker sounds
Between command and online modes
 Ampersand Command Set
 DTR signal. Dropping DTR ends a call
CD when it disconnects
Mode during a call by dropping DTR
With the Hn command
 Error control. For this to work, the remote device
Software support XON/XOFF signaling
Recommended setting for ARQ mode
Mode only
 Line type Normal
This setting to transfer compressed files
Selective data compression. The modem
Negotiates only for V.42bis compression,
 Ampersand & Command Set B-9
 When Carrier is lost, send a pulsed DSR signal
Enable hardware flow control of received data
Send the computer a Data Set Ready DSR signal via
Originate mode Send DSR after dialing, on
 Percent % Command Set
 Cancel configuration changes and restore
Create and configure security accounts
Remotely configure a modems serial port rate
B10 115200 bps Remote configuration control
 Octothorpe # Command Set
 14APPENDIX B Alphabetic Command Summary
 Hardware Flow
Flow Control Template
Template send AT&F1 to your modem
 DTE rate* Kbps
None
19.2
 Software flow control
Template send AT&F2 to the modem
 Basic
 9600
Even
 6APPENDIX C Flow Control Template
 Result Code Meanings
Result Code Meanings Sets
Result Code Meaning
 Wait for 2nd Dial Tone W Wait for Answer @
Result Codes Sets for Xn Values
10/CONNECT
Functions
 Schemes are supported
Specifications
Technical Information
Technical
 This Supports
Error Control, Data
Dialing
Adheres to the following standards
 Additional
This feature Supports
Word Length Parity 1 Bit Stop Bits
 Operate asynchronously follows
Pin Function Transmitted Data Received Data Signal Ground
DB-25 DB-9
 Mac Pin Mac Pin Description Modem Pin Modem Pin Description
Most reliable performance
 Macintosh modem
 Ascii Chart
 2APPENDIX F Ascii Chart
 FAX Information for Programmers
Fax Service Class 1 Commands
FAX Service Class
Following optional Class 2.0 fax commands
 Control Setting
Fax Mode Flow
FCC Notice
 Protocol
Is making a data connection using an error control
Viewing Leds
This LED Status Means your Business Modem
 Off Has not detected the RTS signal from your computer
RS232 mode has detected DTR signal
USB mode has detected successful USB registration
Off RS232 mode has not detected DTR
 Valid range is 0*127
Registers Their Functions and Default Settings
Counts and stores the number of rings from an incoming
Character. Valid range is 0*127
 Disable HST
Disable 250 ms pause before result
On DTR signal, autodial the number
At power-on/reset, autodial number
 Calls from remote users of slower
Problem if you expect a great
For HST modulation only
From 1.5K bytes to 128.* for
 Remote digital loopback
Line, and at the timeout the Business Modem hangs up
S19=0 disables the timer
Disable V.32 modulation used for
 Register Default Function Bit Value Result
 Thus enabling or disabling remote access. The default
Disable the faster retrains that occur
128 Disable V.32terbo S38
To acknowledge receipt of all transmitted data. Default =
 128 Enable phase roll detection
Disable V.8 Call Indicate CI
Reserved
 Enable ring type C
Disable preemphasis
Enable ring type a
Enable ring type B
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