Multitech V.90/K56FLEX MT5600ZDXV - Manual (Page 22)

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Models MT5600ZDX & ZDXV
FX
Fax. This LED is lit when the modem is connected in Fax mode.
Is Your Modem Ready for Use?
As soon as you have connected power to the modem, if you’re an experienced
modem user, you may simply want to check your modem’s settings for data
compression, error correction, and so on. You may find that you can get moving
quite quickly if you just issue the AT&V<cr> command. This command lists
how your modem is currently configured, the stored (user) profiles, and the
first four stored telephone numbers. If you come across a setting you’re unsure
of, see Chapter 3 of this manual for AT command and S-Register explanations
and defaults.
If you’re a novice, please continue to the next sections of this chapter.
Operating Your Modem
You control your modem by issuing AT commands and setting S-Registers.
Right now your modem is set up for the most typical user application, that is,
as a traditional modem set to make a dial-up call to a remote installation where
the call is answered automatically; therefore, you shouldn’t need to change the
current default configuration. (If however, you know that your application does
not follow this profile, see Chapter 3 for AT Commands and S-Registers.)
You will likely use your data communications software either to:
·
enter “terminal” mode, where you can “speak most directly” to the modem
by issuing AT commands, or to
·
launch a datacomm session through a set of modem configurations which
you select and then associate with a target telephone number. Once you
have created, saved, and named this set of information according to
your connection needs and your datacomm software’s conventions, the
software then simplifies your dialing. You need not reconfigure your
modem nor run the risk of mistakenly keying-in incorrect information.
AT is the prefix for nearly all commands issued in terminal mode. AT stands
for attention, and alerts the modem that a command follows. You may enter
these commands with either upper- or lower-case characters. Entering AT