Chapter 4 - Using Your Modem

Other Methods for Accessing Microsoft Fax

In Windows, select File Print and select Microsoft Fax or Fax as the default printer.

In a Windows application, select File Send.

In Microsoft Exchange, select Compose and then New Fax.

MultiModemZPX’s Answering Machine Test

Test the MultiModemZPX’s voice function by using the included software to set up the MultiModemZPX as a telephone answering machine. Have a friend call and leave a message; then play it back.

Remote Configuration

Remote configuration is a network management tool that allows you to configure modems anywhere in your network from one location. With password-protected remote configuration, you can issue AT commands to a remote MT5634ZPX modem for maintenance or troubleshooting as if you were on-site.

Basic Procedure

The following procedure is valid regardless of whether the connection is established by the local or remote Multi-Tech modem.

1.Establish a data connection with a remote MT5634ZPX modem.

2.Send three remote configuration escape characters followed by AT and the setup password. Then press ENTER. Example: %%%ATMTSMODEM, press the Enter key. You have four attempts to enter the password correctly before being disconnected. If the password is correct, the remote modem responds with OK. Note: The default setup password for your Multi-Tech Modem is MTSMODEM. Keep in mind, passwords are case sensitive.

3.You now can send AT commands to configure the remote modem.

CAUTION: Hanging up improperly while you are in remote configuration mode can lock up the remote modem.

4.When you finish configuring the remote modem, save the new configuration by typing AT&W0, press the Enter key. Then type ATO, followed by pressing the Enter key to exit remote configuration. You can then break the connection in the normal way.

Setup

Multi-Tech modems are shipped with a default setup password (MTSMODEM). For security measures, you should change the password. As an added security measure, also change the remote configuration escape character.

Changing the Setup Password

Caution: You can only change the setup password locally; you cannot do it remotely.

1.Open a data communications program such as HyperTerminal.

2.In the terminal window, type AT#SMTSMODEM (or AT#Syyyyyy if you have replaced the MTSMODEM password with yyyyyy) and press Enter. The modem responds with OK if the setup password is correct and ERROR if it is wrong.

3.To change the password, type AT#S=yyyyyy, where yyyyyy is the password, and press Enter. The password can include any keyboard character and must be one to eight characters long. The modem responds with OK.

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