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- From: wrob@unixg.ubc.ca (Robert Wong)
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- Subject: ZyXEL modem FAQ List v3.6, Feb 28 1994, Part 1 of 5 [Introduction]
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- Summary: Contains common questions, and information sources of/about ZyXEL
- modems. Software that works with, and vendors of ZyXEL modems is
- also listed.
- Keywords: ZyXEL FAQ FTP
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- Archive-name: modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part1
- Last-modified: 1993/12/20
- Version: 3.6
- Posting-frequency: monthly;the third Monday of every month
-
-
-
- ZyXEL Modems
- Frequently Asked
- Questions List
-
- Version 3.6
-
- Archived at: rtfm.mit.edu in
- /pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part[1-5]
-
- Please mail any additions to: wrob@unixg.ubc.ca
-
-
- =================
- Table of Contents
- =================
-
- Q. Frequently Asked Questions
- Q.1 What is the proper pronunciation of "ZyXEL"?
- Q.2 What is a "ZyXEL"?
- Q.3 What is the difference between the "Plus" and the regular models?
- Q.4 What features does the U-1496S+ (aka U-1496+) offer?
- Q.5 How fast do ZyXELs communicate with other ZyXELs and with other modems?
- Q.6 How does one get access to ZyXEL technical support?
- Q.7 What are additional methods to contact ZyXEL USA technical support?
- Q.8 What are the prices for upgrading a ZyXEL?
- Q.9 What is the warranty on a ZyXEL?
- Q.10 What features will be in the next generation ZyXEL modems?
-
- T. Technical Frequently Asked Questions
- T.1 What is the latest official ROM release(s)?
- T.1A How does one determine the ROM revision?
- T.1B What does one do if one does not have have the latest ROMs?
- T.1C Where does one obtain EPROMs to update modem ROMs?
- T.1Ci Will Toshiba EPROMs work?
- T.1D What format are the ROM images?
- T.1E What does one do with the latest ROMs?
- T.2 In which countries are ZyXEL modems certified to operate?
- T.3 What are known country codes?
- T.3A How does one change a country code?
- T.4 What kind of power supply is used?
- T.5 Are ZyXEL modems Hayes-compatible?
- T.6 How do ZyXEL modems deal with escape sequences?
- T.7 What is the chip set / data pump used in the modems?
- T.7A What is the advantage of this design?
- T.8 What is the meaning of the T401 and T402 timeouts seen in an "AT I2"?
- T.9 What is the selective reject in V.42?
- T.10 What is the "Capture modem manufacturer information" feature?
- T.11 What settings are required to attain the fastest data connection?
- T.12 Will V.32terbo be implemented?
- T.13 When will V.FAST (V.34) be available
- T.14 How does one patch GNU NetFax to work properly?
- T.15 Why doesn't faxing from WordPerfect work properly?
- T.16 Once a fax is received, what does one do?
- T.17 How does enabling callback security affect the reception of faxes?
- T.18 What is the easiest way to record voice?
- T.19 How good is the voice quality?
- T.19A How does the voice quality compare versus the Rockwell chipset?
- T.19B When will better quality speech at higher encoding rates be available?
- T.20 Can a voice call be detected by the modem?
- T.21 Are the specifications for converting voice files available?
- T.22 Can speech be digitized/recorded and played back simultaneously?
- T.23 Can DTMF tones be recognized at any time during recording/playback?
- T.24 What kind of problems exist with using voice software on Macintoshes?
- T.25 Why is there a slight hissing sound from the speaker?
- T.26 How does one make Caller ID (CID/CND) work correctly?
- T.26A What exactly is the hardware modification needed for CID/CND and EDR?
- T.26B What software modifications are needed?
- T.26C What if CID/CND and EDR still doesn't work?
- T.27 What changes are needed for overseas calling?
- T.28 What modifications are needed to S/S+ models to get the eye pattern
- option?
-
- I. Information Sources
- I.1 FTP servers known to Carry ZyXEL info
- I.2 Mail servers known to carry ZyXEL info
- I.3 Known mailing lists dealing with ZyXEL modems
- I.4 ZyXEL's CELP compression mode for voice
-
- P. Product Information
- P.1 NeXTSTEP software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.2 UNIX software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.3 MacIntosh software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.4 OS/2 software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.5 MS-DOS software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.6 MS-Windows software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.7 Amiga software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.8 Atari ST/TT/Falcon software that works with ZyXEL modems
- P.9 ZyXEL modem vendors
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Disclaimers
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- As usual, this FAQ has disclaimers.
-
- The usual disclaimer is:
- There are no warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the
- information in this Frequently Asked Questions List (hereafter called FAQ),
- its quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular
- purpose. This FAQ is provided "AS IS". The entire risk as to the quality
- and performance of the information is with the reader. In no event will
- Robert Wong be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential
- damages resulting from any defect in the FAQ even if the reader has been
- advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the
- exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liabilities for incidental
- or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply
- to the reader.
-
- The above disclaimer was modified from Central Point Software's PC Tools
- software license. :-) Apologies to the legal department of Central Point
- Software! :-) :-)
-
- On a more serious note:
- Some effort has been taken to ensure that the information described in the
- FAQ is accurate. Errors will periodically crop up in the FAQ. These errors
- will occur for a variety of reasons:
- 1) The Keeper of the FAQ is just plain wrong.
- 2) The Keeper of the FAQ paraphrased a submission incorrectly.
- 3) The submission itself was incorrect.
- 4) Some other reason not described in 1) to 3).
-
- As the Keeper of the FAQ, I would like to apologize for any errors that occur
- in the FAQ.
-
- ZyXEL USA has been very gracious in support of the FAQ. They have been a
- wellspring of information, help, and more help. ZyXEL USA has played a large
- role in submitting information for the FAQ. They are not affilitated with the
- FAQ in any other manner, financial or otherwise.
-
- Final disclaimer:
- As well as being the Keeper of the FAQ, I am also a ZyXEL modem reseller and a
- NXFax software reseller. Efforts have been made to prevent the FAQ from
- unfairly emphasizing any modem reseller, software platform, software product,
- etc.
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- What is the ZyXEL FAQ?
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The ZyXEL FAQ is a source of information about ZyXEL modems. It contains a
- list of Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) that are most commonly asked
- by people.
-
- Since the FAQ is too large to be a single file, it is broken into five (5)
- logical parts. Below is the name, and purpose of each part:
-
- ZyXEL FAQ-Introduction
- This part serves as the introduction to the rest of the FAQ.
- ZyXEL FAQ-Frequently Asked Questions
- Common questions of a less technical nature are answered.
- ZyXEL FAQ-Technical Frequently Asked Questions
- Containing questions of a more technical nature, this section is
- organized into various subsections
- . ROMs, & ROM images
- . modem certifications, country codes, & power supplies
- . data modem questions
- . fax modem questions
- . voice questions
- . other questions
- ZyXEL FAQ-Information Sources
- This section serves as a pointer to other resources of ZyXEL modem
- and ZyXEL-modem related information. FTP sites, mail servers, mailing
- lists, and CELP references are listed.
- ZyXEL FAQ-Product Information
- Various software products on different platforms are listed. ZyXEL
- modem vendors are also listed.
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Where to get the ZyXEL FAQ
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The ZyXEL modem FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list can be obtained in a
- variety of ways:
-
- Internet:
- 1) anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu and get the file in
- /pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part[1-5]
-
- 2) E-mail Robert Wong (wrob@unixg.ubc.ca) and request a copy to be e-mailed
- to you. If you are on a UUCP site, make sure that you or your UUCP
- administrator has enough hard disk space. The FAQ is about 150 kbytes
- (uncompressed) or 90 kbytes (compressed and uuencoded).
-
- Fidonet:
- 1) Jussi Torhonen (jussi.torhonen@kone.com), 2:220/405 [FidoNet] reposts the
- FAQ from a BBS in Finland. It is posted to the "ZyXEL modems" echo
- conference. All you have to do is to collect all the pieces of the FAQ
- (36+ parts) and you have the complete file.
-
- 2) Frog Hollow BBS (604) 469-0264 (1:153/290) has the FAQ in a file area.
- a) File REQuests (FREQs) are possible from this BBS at anytime except ZMH.
- Use the magic name of ZYXELFAQ. OR:
- b) Download the file after you have signed onto the BBS.
-
- ZyXELnet:
- 1) The FAQ is emailled to Kolja Waschk (kawk@zerebrm.hanse.de). He then
- zips the file and sends the file to Horst Hackenbruch, who hatches it
- immediately into the ZyXELnet "ZYXTEXT" file area.
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- How to send a submission
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- All submissions are gratefully welcomed.
-
- Contributions may be slightly paraphrased in order to clarify and/or better
- establish the context of the submission. Any misunderstanding due to this
- paraphrasing in entirely due to the Keeper of the FAQ.
-
- Below is a list of possible submission methods in order of most preferable to
- least preferable:
-
- 1) Internet e-mail to Robert Wong (wrob@unixg.ubc.ca).
- All e-mail submissions received via the Internet will be acknowledged by a
- reply. Some acknowledgements may take a while, depending on the complexity
- of the submission. [Enrico Scotoni: I could not send ack, because my
- machine can't understand your e-mail address of
- "@imp.ch,@gccs.fido.imp.com:Enrico.Scotoni@gccs".]
-
- 2) FidoNet e-mail to Robert Wong Jr. (1:153/290)
- This BBS is called Frog Hollow BBS and is in Port Moody, BC, CANADA.
-
- 3) Regular postal mail to Robert Wong Jr., 1921 East 61st Avenue, Vancouver,
- B.C., CANADA, V5P 2K2.
-
- 4) Voice at (604) 322-6918 (H).
- There should either be a live person at this number, or a functional
- answering machine. Ask for Robert Jr.
-
- 5) Any other method not listed above. Yelling across a busy street may be
- acceptable. Carrier pigeon however, is not an acceptable method. :-)
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- The format of a submission
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Submission of information should hopefully be in a readable form of English.
- :-) It should also be understood by a non-programmer (me!).
-
- For the submission of product info, the format shown below would be much
- appreciated:
-
- ProductName v.version number, software type
- Short description of product. 3-5 lines.
- Address of company
- Postal Code
- Time: time zone
- Voice: (xxx)yyy-zzzz
- Fax: (xxx)yyy-zzzz
- BBS: (xxx)yyy-zzzz
- E-mail: Joe NeXT (jn@JoePizza.com)
- Cost: $ and currency type
-
-
- Basically, the Keeper of the ZyXEL FAQ is lazy! A submission of product info,
- and/or modem vendor info would ideally be a matter of cut'n paste into the
- FAQ.
-
-
- ***begin soapbox/comments/questions/requests/hot news/misc***
- This is my first crack at doing a FAQ. Please be patient. Any errors,
- either in technical content or English usage (Gasp!) are entirely mine.
- Please e-mail me any corrections.
-
- ZyXEL USA has a promotion! The ZyVoice box will be bundled with the voice
- software for the duration of the promo.
-
- Zfax 3.10 (Z310ENG2.ZIP) is still in beta testing. It will ship when it
- ships!. The rather large manual for ZFax (Z310MNU.ZIP) is available
- electronically.
-
- Postscript versions of the zfax manual (zfax3ps.zip [1.8 megs] and
- zfax3.ps.tar.Z [2.5 megs]) are also available. The manual is 250+ pages,
- and be forewarned, the compressed files will expand to approx 42 megs.
-
- Dan Hildebrand (danh@qnx.com) has managed to add a little box with LED lights
- onto his U-1496B modem. This allows him to actually see the status lights of
- the modem. It is a *REALLY* neat hardware modification. It should also
- void the warranty.
-
- There hasn't been a release of the FAQ since December for a couple of
- reasons. It got kinda busy in my job. Also, I was disconnected from the
- internet twice due to a change in billing schemes. My internet provider
- wanted to bill me about $1,000 CAN$ a year for an internet connection.
- This billing problem has hopefully been solved.
-
- Many thanks to all the submitters and ZyXEL USA for supporting this FAQ.
-
- A special hello is given to Jussi Torhonen in Scandinavia. He was kind enough
- (and persevering enough) to repost the FAQ to Fidonet in more than 36+
- pieces.
- ***end soapbox/comments/questions/requests***
- ================================================================================
- --
- Robert Wong Jr.
- 1921 East 61st Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V5P 2K2, (604) 322-6918
- wrob@unixg.ubc.ca
- Keeper of the ZyXEL FAQ and Head of the UBC-NeXT Users Group
- Standard disclaimers apply.
-
-
-
-
- --
- Robert W. Wong Jr. wrob@unixg.ubc.ca (ASCII only)
- Crasher of Automated Banking Machines, Keeper of the ZyXEL modem FAQ,
- University of British Columbia NeXT Users Group Leader and
- collector of titles.
-