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by **Martin Fluc** » Tue, 18 Mar 1997 04:00:00

Hello!

I have a problem with my USR Sportster Voice 33.6. I bought it some month
ago for my Linux box to transfer news and e-mail with uucp. My computer is
a 486 DX2/66 with 16 MB RAM and two 16550 UART controller.
When I try to connect to my UUCP site (uucico -S <system>) then the modems
exchange their carrier signals and the following problems appear:

Sometimes the modem hangs up. (in the moment when the connect message
should come)
Sometimes the modem connects but there is no data-transfer
Sometimes it works!

I tried everything to solve the problem (changed the complete hardware
too), used other initstrings.... and another modem:
the us robotics sportster 28.8 !!!!!!!!!!! it worked! there was no
problem.

So I sent my 33.6 Modem to the US Robotics Support. The told me, that the
modem is ok!

Please help me!

If there are any other users with the same problems please e-mail me.

yours,
martin

by **Kenneth F. Kruts** » Wed, 19 Mar 1997 04:00:00

>Hello!

>I have a problem with my USR Sportster Voice 33.6. I bought it some month
>ago for my Linux box to transfer news and e-mail with uucp. My computer is
>a 486 DX2/66 with 16 MB RAM and two 16550 UART controller.
>When I try to connect to my UUCP site (uucico -S <system>) then the modems
>exchange their carrier signals and the following problems appear:

>Sometimes the modem hangs up. (in the moment when the connect message
>should come)
>Sometimes the modem connects but there is no data-transfer
>Sometimes it works!

>I tried everything to solve the problem (changed the complete hardware
>too), used other initstrings.... and another modem:
>the us robotics sportster 28.8 !!!!!!!!!!! it worked! there was no
>problem.

>So I sent my 33.6 Modem to the US Robotics Support. The told me, that the
>modem is ok!

The USR sportster modems are of dubious quality (I had all kinds of
problems until I replaced it with a USR Courier - which works better
than any modem I have used). Try two things: one, run uucico -x all
-s yourSystem and see if the /var/spool/uucp/Debug file helps.
Otherwise, setup a chat script to dial into your uucp feed as though
you are dialing in as a shell user and run chat and pppd in full debug
mode and see where you modem is having trouble.

If these do not help, call you UUCP feed (if it is a commercial you
are paying for) and ask for help - those guys have seen it all, in
terms of modem problems, and perhaps they can help. Good Luck!

// Kenneth F. Krutsch
// Krutsch Associates, Inc.

// Voice :(612) 722-3777
// Fax :(612) 729-2962

by **Hannes Weisgr** » Thu, 20 Mar 1997 04:00:00

>Hello!

>I have a problem with my USR Sportster Voice 33.6. I bought it some month
>ago for my Linux box to transfer news and e-mail with uucp. My computer is
>a 486 DX2/66 with 16 MB RAM and two 16550 UART controller.
>When I try to connect to my UUCP site (uucico -S <system>) then the modems
>exchange their carrier signals and the following problems appear:

>Sometimes the modem hangs up. (in the moment when the connect message
>should come)
>Sometimes the modem connects but there is no data-transfer
>Sometimes it works!

>I tried everything to solve the problem (changed the complete hardware
>too), used other initstrings.... and another modem:
>the us robotics sportster 28.8 !!!!!!!!!!! it worked! there was no
>problem.

>So I sent my 33.6 Modem to the US Robotics Support. The told me, that the
>modem is ok!

I heared of this problem. I have a usr sportster VOICE 33.6, too and I know at
least two others, which all works fine. It's right, the "vi"-versions had some
problems (mine ran hot), but all "VOICE" I know, are ok.
Try to limit the maximum speed to 28.800! There is a command, you should
find it in the manual.

hope this helps, Weisi.

by **Mars** » Thu, 20 Mar 1997 04:00:00

One thing funny about at least some of the USR Sportsters is that the
factory default setting that you get with AT&F gives you a _non-locked_
baud rate. This means that the baud rate between your modem and the
computer changes according to the speed at which the modems connect
to each other. The manual denies this, however. Try an initialization
string like "AT&F&B1".

- Marsh

Quote:> I have a problem with my USR Sportster Voice 33.6. I bought it some month
> ago for my Linux box to transfer news and e-mail with uucp. My computer
is
> a 486 DX2/66 with 16 MB RAM and two 16550 UART controller.
> When I try to connect to my UUCP site (uucico -S <system>) then the
modems
> exchange their carrier signals and the following problems appear:

> Sometimes the modem hangs up. (in the moment when the connect message
> should come)
> Sometimes the modem connects but there is no data-transfer
> Sometimes it works!

> I tried everything to solve the problem (changed the complete hardware
> too), used other initstrings.... and another modem:
> the us robotics sportster 28.8 !!!!!!!!!!! it worked! there was no
> problem.

> So I sent my 33.6 Modem to the US Robotics Support. The told me, that the
> modem is ok!

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