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Try this: Open up your Dial up 'connectoid' Properties (Start->Programs->Accessories->Dial Up Networking and right click on your connection icon). Under the modem description, click on 'Configure', click on the 'Connection' tab, and de-select "Wait for dial tone vefore dialing." >---------- >From: Tony Staples[SMTP:tstaples@sprintmail.com] >Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 1996 6:11 AM >To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu >Subject: Mwave Modem - dialtone recognition ??? > >I have a new (to me) 760C, running Win95, with the MWave modem. The >modem works fine on a conventional analog line such as at my home, but >I m having difficulty with it at work. I have an analog line, coming >from an SRX pbx system, and the MWave modem will not recognize the >initial dial tone. The line has a higher pitched dial tone when you first >go off hook. After a 9 is dialed, to reach an outside line, the >dialtone drops to the conventional tone. The MWave modem will not >dial any digits that are entered, as it does not recognize the initial >dial tone as being valid. I only get an error message saying that no >dialtone was detected, and to ensure the modem is plugged in . . . >yada, yada, yada. > >I normally use a Hayes Optima 288 PCMCIA, and a USR Courier on this >same line without any grief. I have looked through the online >documentation for the MWave, and I cannot find any AT command settings >that will force the modem to dial the initial 9 to get the >conventional tone, or to just ignore the tone, an dial blindly. I >have upgraded to all the latestbios and drivers, from the IBM web site, for >MWave, and everything else. I have also applied Service Pack 1, >and all the Win95 patches eleased since service pack 1, as posted on >the Microsoft Win95 web site. None of these upgrades affected the >MWave modem's ability to detect my pbx's dial tone, although they did >solve another anomaly I was experiencing with dial up networking not >remembering my password. Any input into solving this one is greatly >appreciated. >-Tony Staples >tstaples@sprintmail.com <---NOTE: NEW ADDRESS >