Distinctive Ring
Heather Calladine
Operating system: --Other--
I am having trouble with my distinctive ring, I have one phone line,
but with a smart ring feature through BC Telephone. Single ring for
telephone and double ring for faxes. I have emailed US Robotics
regarding this feature with my modem and this is their reply:
Do I change this default setting in WinFax from S41=0 to S41=1?
I have emailed also to US Robotics again, but their response time is
5 business days, so I thought I would ask you guys.
Thanks for your help.
Heather
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US ROBOTICS REPLY
Hello,
Thank you for contacting 3Com Online Support.I understand you are
having
some trouble with the Distinctive Ring features of your modem.
The 3Com/U.S. Robotics modems support distinctive ring as provided
by a majority of the North American telecommunication providers
polled in
conjunction with the Bellcore documented standards. The command to
enable
DRING is S41=1. The factory default for this command is S41=0. Once
enabled,
the modem will respond with "RING A|RING B|RING C|RING D," depending
on the
ring cadence observed from the telephone line.
Note that the complete ring cadence is separated from the next ring
cadence
by a period of 4 seconds without ring voltage.
RING A 2s ON 4s OFF
RING B 800ms ON 400ms OFF 800ms OFF 4s OFF
RING C 200ms ON 400ms OFF 200ms ON 400ms OFF 800ms ON 4s OFF
RING D 200ms ON 400ms OFF 800ms ON 400ms OFF 200ms ON 4s OFF
This information was taken from 3Com Web site http://ae.pcd.usr.com
<http://ae.pcd.usr.com> .
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Regards,
Ron M.
3Com Online Support
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Eero M
> I am having trouble with my distinctive ring, I have one phone line,
> but with a smart ring feature through BC Telephone. Single ring for
> telephone and double ring for faxes. I have emailed US Robotics
> regarding this feature with my modem and this is their reply:
>
> Do I change this default setting in WinFax from S41=0 to S41=1?
>
> I have emailed also to US Robotics again, but their response time is
> 5 business days, so I thought I would ask you guys.
>
Distinctive Ring is handled completely by TAPI and the modem, The modem identifies the ring pattern and TAPI routes the call based
on the modem's feedback. WinFax and TalkWorks simply wait for TAPI to tell it what kind of call is coming in (voice or fax). Also
via distinctive ring WinFax does not effect data calls. Based on this 99% of Distinctive Ring problems are either modem, TAPI or
configuration Problems.
- You require Uni-modem V to be installed
- Make sure that the modem driver being used in windows 95 has 4 tabs, including Distinctive Ring TAB.
- A voice .INF file for your modem (Only these modem .INF files have settings for Distinctive ring)
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Also read the following technical notes that describe the setup of Distinctive ring:
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Title: 'How to Set up Distinctive Ring with WinFax PRO 7.5 or WinFax PRO 8.0'
Document ID: 19961018162810
Web URL: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/docid/19961018162810
Title: 'How to Configure Windows 95 Distinctive Ring to Only Answer One Ring Type'
Document ID: 199817182310
Web URL: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/docid/199817182310
Title: 'How to Set Up Caller ID Using WinFax PRO and TalkWorks'
Document ID: 199622217443
Web URL: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/docid/199622217443
Title: 'How to Setup a U.S. Robotics Modem for Use with Distinctive Ring in WinFax'
Document ID: 199773018238
Web URL: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/docid/199773018238
Title: 'How to Install Unimodem/V'
Document ID: 1997112514731
Web URL: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/docid/1997112514731
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