Chapter 1 - Introduction and Description

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of one of the finest internal data/fax/voice modems available today - the MultiModemZPX™ from Multi-Tech Systems.

Product Description

One Modem, Worldwide Use. The MultiModemZPX MT5634ZPX global build is designed for global applications with approvals in many countries. This means one modem can ship around the world. The global modem is ideal for businesses with global operations that want to standardize on one modem and are looking to simplify the ordering process. Visit www.multitech.com/ to see a complete list of all the countries for which this modem has approvals.

The MultiModemZPX is an internal, half-length, fax modem card that can be plugged into any 16-bit ISA expansion slot. Your MultiModemZPX incorporates V.90/K56flexTM modem technology, which enables Internet connections at data rates up to 56 Kbps over standard telephone lines. V.90/K56flex technology is able to propel data downstream from the Internet to your computer at speeds of up to 56 Kbps because data is digitally encoded instead of modulated. Upstream transmission, mostly keystroke and mouse commands from your computer to the central site, continues to flow at the conventional data rate of 33.6 Kbps.

Note: Though this modem is capable of 56 Kbps download performance, line impairments, public telephone infrastructure, and other external technological factors currentlyprevent maximum 56 Kbps connections.

Your MultiModemZPX offers interactive automatic dialing, as well as command mode option configuration. You can store two command line/telephone numbers, of up to 40 characters each, in the modem’s nonvolatile memory. The modem pulse or tone dials and recognizes dial tones and busy signals for reliable call-progress detection. The modem can detect AT&T calling card tones. It is FCC-Registered for connection to telephone networks without any Data Access Arrangements (DAAs).

The MultiModem ZPX is a full-featured internal data/fax/voice modem designed for Pentium computers in either Windows Plug and Play or non-windows environments.

General features

•Compliance with major ITU-T, TIA, and EIA international standards to ensure compatibility with other modems

•Distinguishes data, fax, and voice calls

•Easy Windows Plug and Play (PnP)

•Compliance with the V.80 standard, allowing video conferencing over analog telephone lines with any H.324 video phone system

Data

•Supports V.90/K56flexTM for data transmission speeds up to

56 Kbps while maintaining compatibility with lower-speed modems

Note: The V.90/K56flex standard asymmetrically transfers data—client downloads at speeds up to 56 Kbps; client uploads at speeds up to 33.6 Kbps

•Supports the enhanced ITU-T V.34 standard with data transmission speeds to 33.6 Kbps while also maintaining compatibility with lower-speed modems

Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. MT5634ZPX User Guide

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