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2.7 Testing Your Modem After Installation
Inordertotestyourmodemyoushouldbefamiliar
withyourcommunicationsoftware.Loadandsetupyour
communicationsoftwareandenterinto“terminalmode.”
Make sure that the COM Port and IRQ settings of the
modemmatchthesoftware.TypeATonyourterminal
screenandpressENTER.Youmaysee“AT”,“AATT”or
nothingonthescreen.Inanycase,themodemshould
respondwithanOKor0.Ifitdoesnot,eitherthemodem
maynothavebeeninstalledproperlyorthesoftwarehas
notbeenproperlyconfigured.ReviewSections2.2-2.5
and be certain that the modem and the software have
beenproperlyinstalled.Ifrequired,refertoSection6for
additional troubleshootinginformation.
2.8 Using Your Modem
The communication software included with your
modem product provides a user friendly interface to
accessthefax,voiceanddatafunctionsofyourmodem.
This software should be sufficient for all of your
communicationneeds
.Theremaybetimeswhenyou
needtoaccessthemodemmanuallyviamodemcom-
mands.ReadSection3forasummarydescriptionofthe
modem command set before manually accessing the
modem.Youmaywanttoreadthesoftwaremanualfirst,
however, as the software may already provide a user
friendlymethodofaccessingthefunctionsyouneed(i.e.
dialingoransweringcalls).
2.9 Where To Go From Here
Youshouldfamiliarizeyourselfwiththefunctions
availablefromtheincludedsoftwarebyreadingitsmanual.
You will be accessing most, if not all, of the modem's
functionsfromthis software.Youmayalsouseanyother
commerciallyavailable communicationsoftwarewiththe
modem. Read Section 3 ONLY if you are interested in
accessing the modem manually, and not through the
included software. Section 4 and 5 contain reference
material, and can be skipped. If you have difficulties
gettingyourmodemtowork, readSection6-Trouble-
shootingtofindanswerstocommonlyaskedquestions
andproblems.