jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) (02/20/91)
I've got a T2500 and sometimes when I'm using it for an interactive
session, the PEP lights starts flashing on and off and I don't receive
anything and can't send anything. Does anyone know why this occurs and
how I can stop it? I couldn't find anything in the manual, but I could
have just missed it. Any suggestions?
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Jesse W. Asher Phone: (901)382-1609
6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134
UUCP: {fedeva,chromc,rutgers}!dynasys!jesseabillkatt@engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) (02/22/91)
In article <784@dynasys.UUCP>, jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) writes: > > I've got a T2500 and sometimes when I'm using it for an interactive > session, the PEP lights starts flashing on and off and I don't receive > anything and can't send anything. Does anyone know why this occurs and > how I can stop it? I couldn't find anything in the manual, but I could > have just missed it. Any suggestions? > > ---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*--- > Jesse W. Asher Phone: (901)382-1609 > 6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134 > UUCP: {fedeva,chromc,rutgers}!dynasys!jessea > > Your modem is renegotiating a connection for changed line conditions. It may happend from time to time. On the other hand, my T2500's (and I'm convinced of this) do this unnecessarily when I am sending a lot of data. I figure its a ROM bug but I'm waiting for the ROM's to settle before I complain. -Steve Bollinger
gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone) (02/22/91)
In <784@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) writes: >I've got a T2500 and sometimes when I'm using it for an interactive >session, the PEP lights starts flashing on and off and I don't receive >anything and can't send anything. Does anyone know why this occurs and >how I can stop it? I couldn't find anything in the manual, but I could >have just missed it. Any suggestions? According to TFM, a flashing PEP light indicates that a retrain operation (AT&R) is in progress, i.e. the two modems are re-negotiating protocols, spoofing support, etc. If you're not doing anything specifically to cause this, then the remote modem is..... sounds like time for a chitchat with the (hopefully) warm body on the other end of the phone line to compare settings and figure out just what is going on. A modem set for interactive dialup shouldn't be trying to do retrains of its own accord. Glenn R. Stone gs26@prism.gatech.edu
gandrews@netcom.COM (Greg Andrews) (02/22/91)
In article <784@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) writes: >I've got a T2500 and sometimes when I'm using it for an interactive >session, the PEP lights starts flashing on and off and I don't receive >anything and can't send anything. Does anyone know why this occurs and >how I can stop it? I couldn't find anything in the manual, but I could >have just missed it. Any suggestions? The modems are retraining. During a retrain sequence, the modems are analyzing the phone line and can't pass data. It used to be that you couldn't tell when a retrain was occuring without having the speaker on and listening to the modem noises. Starting in version 7 firmware, the modems will flash the PEP light during the retrain so you can tell what's happening. (this is in the TB+ with version 7 also) The T2500 will flash the CD light during a V.32 retrain sequence. That's not documented in the manual itself, but it is in the Version 7 Addendum on the last page. If your modems do this a lot, it indicates that they're having trouble with the phone line quality. If it happens only once in a while, then you probably don't want to make any adjustements in the modem. Telebit tech support can assist you if this happens too often. -- .-------------------------------------------. | Greg Andrews | gandrews@netcom.COM | `-------------------------------------------'