lorien@dartvax.UUCP (Lorien Y. Pratt) (03/14/84)
I just moved to a new apartment and am having trouble with my Vadic modem connecting to the new phone line. My terminal/phone/modem/cables all worked fine at my old residence, and also at the shop where I took them yesterday. But as soon as I plug the T-plug that holds my phone and modem lines into the wall jack at my new place, the LED lights on the modem revert to a state resembling that when the voice/data switch is at voice, and the modem doesn't respond to the carrier from the computer. I can get the modem to respond to the computer's carrier if I unplug the data cable from the back of my terminal, but as soon as I plug it back into the EIA jack, the modem disconnects. Now, this would indicate trouble with the modem, but this problem does NOT occur when the modem's plugged into the phone jack at the shop or at my old place. Argh. So I'm trying to coordinate three phone companies and my repair shop, and I'm begining to think the problem will never be fixed. Any help or advice will be considerably appreciated! --Lorien Y. Pratt Dartmouth College Library Hanover, NH 03755 decvax!dartvax!lorien
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (03/15/84)
Make sure you are using the T that comes with the Vadic mode and plug the modem into the side labeled modem. If not you must do something to keep stray signals off the outer conductors of the modular plug. The modem will do voice/data sensing with these (I used to have mine hooked up that way). -Ron