Dialing data calls manually – Konexx Office Konnector User Manual

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OR

To make a connection using a fax machine, press its Start button.

4. Perform the data or fax transfer. When you finish, return the handset to the cradle.

5. To hang up a modem or fax/modem, use your software's call-termination feature, or type ATH0 and press Enter from direct

connect mode.

OR

To hang up a fax machine, press its Stop button.

! The telephone handset is electronically disconnected when the modem goes off-hook. You must hang up your

modem to restore use of your telephone handset.

! Some fax software takes a few moments to prepare a document before dialing. This delay may cause a dial tone "time out"

on many telephones.


" To avoid the dial tone time out, either convert the document to fax format before you prepare to send it, or do not lift the

handset from the telephone cradle until the software indicates that it is ready to dial.


Dialing data calls manually_

If the digital telephone connected to your KONEXX Office Konnector does not support autodialing, use the following procedure
to dial data calls manually.

1. Prepare your computer to autodial a call.

2. If your modem is configured to wait for a dial tone before dialing, reconfigure the Dial command ATDT to:

" ATX3DT number

where:


X3 tells your modem to dial without waiting for a dial tone.


DT specifies Touch-Tone dialing.


number is the remote modem's telephone number.


! If you cannot edit the Dial command line, add X3 to the modem initialization command string.

3. Lift the telephone handset and listen for a dial tone. Leave the handset out of the cradle. DO NOT hang it up, or you will

terminate the call.

4. Perform one of the following steps:

If your modem does not look for a dial tone, or if you added X3, use the telephone keypad to dial the remote modem's
telephone number. Then press Enter on your computer keyboard.

OR

If your modem looks for a dial tone and your communication software prevents you from editing the Dial command line
or initialization string, press Enter on your computer keyboard. Immediately after the modem finishes dialing, use the
telephone keypad to dial the Host number.

Either step should allow your modem to connect with the remote modem.

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