Re: AE 2400 mdm: receives calls!

[ssarkes@netcom.com (Steve G. Sarkes)]

Stephen Buggie (sebugg@presby.edu) wrote:
: sebugg@presby.edu                                             June 19, 1993


:                       AE DATALINK 2400 INTERNAL MODEM:
:            IT ANSWERS PHONE CALLS UNINTENTIONALLY WHEN THE COMPUTER
:                       IS ON!     SUGGESTIONS APPRECIATED
:                       ----------------------------------


: To readers of Apple-communications group and Info-Apple:

:        My main computer is a fully loaded IIe.  Recently I bought a used
: 2400 internal modem to replace my AE Datalink 1200:  the AE Datalink 2400.

:        I have used it for about five days now.  On a few isolated occasions,
: the modem has created gibberish from the incoming messages.  That is not a
: serious problem because it has happened so rarely and all that has been
: needed is to restart the message.

:        But I have now detected a potentially BIG problem!  When I am doing
: word processing, the phone line is open and the modem should not be in use.
: But, three times in the past two days, when incoming calls have arrived
: when the computer is on, THE MODEM ANSWERS THE CALL!   It answers with the
: shrieking static that you have all heard when an extension phone is lifted
: while you are transmitting.  I even heard the calling party via the on-board
: speaker on the Datalink 2400.  This caused great confusion with the incoming
: party as well as with family members who wish to speak to their friends.

:        I am sure we will all agree that occupying the phone line  is a
: friction point with our families.   I hope that this fault can be fixed ---
: I spend about 1-2 hours daily on the net but also 1-2 hours daily using the
: computer for other duties.

:        The eight DIP switches on the Datalink 2400 are all set "closed"
: (tilted upwards towards the top of the board).  The manual suggests that this
: setting array is the normal default.

:        Any advice will be appreciated!!!   Stephen Buggie


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Well you might check the manual to see if any of the switches are associated
with an auto-answer function, and turn it off.  Only other thing I can think
of is unplug the phone line from the modem jack when not in use...!


Steve G. Sarkes  ssarkes@netcom.com  Apple II Infinitum!