MessageSaver User Guide
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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Multi-Tech MessageSaver! You have acquired
one of the finest intelligent data/fax/voice messaging modems available today from
one of America’s oldest and most respected modem manufacturers. This owner’s
manual will help you install, configure, test and use your modem.
Product Description
Unlike most modems, the MessageSaver can receive and store voice and fax messag-
es when your computer is off or the bundled communication software is not run-
ning, making it the ideal modem for the small office or home office. The MessageSaver
is fully compatible with Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT.
Using the included software, you can retrieve stored messages, faxes, and telephone
numbers (telephone number retrieval requires Caller ID service), retrieve configura-
tion and systems messages, and print a received fax.
The MessageSaver supports both the K56flex™ and the ITU-T V.90 protocols, both of
which enable Internet connections at data rates up to 56K bps* over standard tele-
phone lines. Using these protocols, Internet service providers (ISPs) are able to send
data downstream to your computer at high speeds because data on the telephone net-
work typically is converted from digital to analog only once before it reaches your
modem. Upstream transmissions, and transmissions between client modems, are limit-
ed to data rates of 33.6K bps, as are downstream transmissions that are converted
more than once on the telephone network.
The MessageSaver is Plug and Play-capable. It offers interactive automatic dialing
and command mode configuration. It stores up to three telephone numbers or com-
mand strings of up to 40 characters each in nonvolatile memory. The modem pulse-
or tone-dials, and it recognizes dial tones and busy signals for reliable call-progress
detection. It also has AT&T calling card tone detection, DTR dialing, Caller ID (if
you have a Caller ID subscription from your telephone company), and incorporates
self-resetting lightning protection. Serial port speeds can be set to 230,400 bps. The
MessageSaver is a full-duplex intelligent modem with V.42 error correction; V.42bis
data compression;and V.17 (14,400 bps), Class 1 and 2, and Group 3 fax capabilities.
It is FCC-registered for connection without notification to the telephone company.
*Though this modem is capable of 56K bps download performance, line impairments, public
telephone infrastructure, and other external technological factors currently prevent maxi-
mum 56K bps connections.