Black Box MD1641A, MD1640A manual Send Xon/Xoff Characters #X, Hewlett-Packard ENQ/ACK Pacing &E9

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SERIES II INTELLIGENT DATA/FAX MODEMS

When two Series II Modems are connected in Normal mode (not using error correction), Xon/Xoff can be used to control the flow of data between the modems. Flow Control can be turned on or off with the Normal Mode Modem Flow Control commands. When the modems are connected in Reliable mode, a different method of modem Flow Control is used, and the commands for Normal Mode Modem Flow Control are ignored.

When you are using Speed Conversion in Normal Mode, you must activate the modem’s Normal Mode Modem Flow Control. (Speed Conversion is explained in Section 5.4.11.)

Send Xon/Xoff Characters #X

The #X phone interface command allows the Series II Modem to send either a single or multiple Xoff characters at the modem's buffer full level. When the Modem's buffer reaches it's "buffer full" level, the next character received causes another Xoff to be sent for every character subsequently received by the Modem.

The AT#X0 command (factory default setting) causes one Xoff to be sent until the buffer reaches the Xon level. The AT#X1 command causes an Xoff to be sent for every character received after the modem reaches its buffer full level.

Hewlett-Packard ENQ/ACK Pacing &E9

If the Series II Modem is being used with Hewlett Packard (or similar) equipment that employs ENQ/ACK pacing, the modem can be configured to respond to ENQ/ACK commands, making it compatible with HP systems. Doing so does not affect any other flow control or pacing already configured in the modem.

When configured for ENQ/ACK, the ENQ (Control-E) and ACK (Control-F) signals from the HP equipment will be accepted and re- sponded to according to Hewlett-Packard protocol.

Normal Mode Modem Flow Control On &E11

When two Series II Modems are connected in Normal mode (not using error correction), Xon/Xoff can be used to control the flow of data between the modems. Flow Control can be turned on or off with the Normal Mode Modem Flow Control commands. When the modems are

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