Using ZOOM Rockwell K56flex Modems with Lucent/Livingston

On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Leonard Francis Asbury wrote:

Dear Gil:

I recently got my upgraded modem from ZOOM. At first, it would not connect
to the 357-0390 server. I called Walt Jensen at Upgrades & More, but he
said that his ZOOM was having the same problem. I got hold of ZOOM tech
support on the phone on Saturday and got the answer. It's so simple, it's
stupid. There is some disagreement about what AT Commands are and are not
required for K56flex negotiations. Rockwell says that ATS202=32 
is not required in firmware, Lucent says that it is. The result, is that
Rockwell based modems fail to negotiate with your new Lucent box. The fix?
Easier than you think.

In Windows 95b, go to Control Panel, Modems (General), Properties 
(Connection), Advanced, and type in the missing AT Command in the Extra 
settings Box that Microsoft thoughtfully provided.

Just so you know, the fix was IMMEDIATE. The next time I logged on to 
357-0390 the number did not hang up, logged me on automatically, and gave 
me a 40K connect!
 
I tried downloading an upgrade for Cakewalk Pro Audio 6.0, which is a 
healthy size download at about 3.8 meg. Instead of my usual 2.3 to 2.5K 
stream, I got a very nice 3.8 to 4.2K stream. Not bad for a Saturday 
afternoon!
 
I am going to tell my friends about this, but you may want to get this 
out to everybody ASAP. It makes your new Lucent box run like crazy, and 
cuts through a lot of frustration.
 
Hope this was worth your time,
 
Lenny

Thanks to Lenny for the detective work


Posted: September 7, 1997