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- COURIER HIGH SPEED MODEMS
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- CHAPTER ONE. FEATURES AND COMPATIBILITY
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Congratulations! The Courier modem
- you've purchased represents powerful,
- advanced electronic design that offers
- exceptional reliability, compatibility
- and flexibility at all standard rates up
- to 14,400 bits per second (bps). The
- following features and capabilities
- assure you of superior reliability and
- performance.
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- High Speed CallsΩAdaptive Speed Leveling
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- All Courier high speed modemsΩHST, V.32
- bis and Dual StandardΩhave a maximum
- connection rate of 14.4K bps. In addi-
- tion, they monitor phone line quality
- and perform Adaptive Speed Leveling.
- Like most high speed modems, Courier
- modems fall back to the next lower speed
- (12K, 9600, 7200, 4800) if poor line
- conditions warrant. Unlike other
- modems, however, that stay at the lower
- rate for the rest of the call, Courier
- modems detect improved line conditions
- and shift upward again to the next
- higher speed. ASL keeps the modems
- online, always operating at the highest
- possible speed, and constantly ensuring
- data integrity.
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- Error ControlΩV.42/MNP
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- Data integrity is ensured when the
- modems connect with remote modems that
- use the V.42 (LAPM), USR-HST, or MNP
- error control protocols. Error control
- is available on calls at 1200 bps and
- above.
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- Data CompressionΩV.42 bis/MNP5
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- Data compression enables throughput of
- over 30K bps on 14.4K bps connections.
- Couriers connecting under V.42 error
- control use V.42 bis compression.
- Couriers connecting under MNP error
- control use MNP Level 5 compression.
- Achievable throughput of text and other
- types of files is listed in Appendix A.
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- Flow Control/Variable Interface Rates
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- Flow control, required under error
- control, also allows the local computer
- interface rate to be set higher than the
- link rate, enabling greater efficiency
- and throughput. Data can be sent from
- the computer to the modem at 38.4K or
- 19.2K bps, regardless of the link rate.
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- Trellis Coded Modulation
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- At speeds above 7200 bps the Courier
- uses trellis coded modulation. This
- technique makes high speed data
- transmission less vulnerable to errors
- caused by the phone network. The modems
- can tolerate twice the amount of noise
- in the telephone channel than they could
- with conventional modulation (quadrature
- amplitude modulation, or QAM), so there
- are fewer error control retransmissions.
- Trellis coded modulation is also less
- susceptible to impulse-type noise.
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- Asynchronous/Synchronous Capability
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- Courier high speed modems operate
- synchronously as well as asynchronously.
- A personal computer equipped with a syn-
- chronous interface adapter can call
- computers that use standard synchronous
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- protocols. See Chapter 7 for more
- information.
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- Programmable Nonvolatile Memory
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- You can tailor your own default settings
- and store them in nonvolatile random
- access memory (NVRAM). Each time the
- Courier is powered on, it operates at
- the settings you've specified.
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- Link Rate Negotiation
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- The Courier automatically lowers its
- link rate to match a lower rate of a
- remote modem, in both Originate and
- Answer Modes, allowing connections with
- a wide range of installed modems.
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- Link Diagnostics
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- After each call, you can display a Link
- Diagnostics screen containing
- information about the last call,
- including the number of data characters
- transferred, line statistics, the call's
- rate and the reason the call was
- disconnected.
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- Voice/Data Switch
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- Users have always been able to phone and
- make arrangements with another user
- before turning control of the call over
- to the modems. A new feature, a switch
- on the modem's front panel, allows you
- to change from voice to data and back
- again, without issuing a command.
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- If you don't ordinarily use voice and
- data in the same call, you can assign
- the switch a different function that
- normally requires a command, such as
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- resetting the modem. See Appendix E,
- Voice/Data, for instructions on
- voice/data switching.
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- Modem Diagnostics
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- New CCITT V.54 loopback testing with the
- &T command options, and earlier Courier
- Register S16 test options are available.
- The modem performs three loopback tests:
- analog, digital, and remote digital.
- See Appendix F for information.
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- Inactivity Timer
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- You can set the modem to automatically
- hang up after a specified number of
- minutes if there is no activity on the
- phone line.
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- Call Duration Reporting
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- The modem records the duration of your
- calls in hours, minutes, and seconds.
- This feature enables you to display and
- print an audit of your calling
- activities. You can optionally use the
- modem clock as a real-time clock.
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- Call Progress Detection
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- An optional set of result codes (screen
- messages) lets you know when a line is
- busy, a person rather than a modem has
- answered the phone, there is no dial
- tone, or the distant phone is ringing.
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- Modem Settings Displays
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- On command, the modem displays its
- current settings, a handy way to check
- your transmission rate, S-Registers and
- other operational controls. The modem
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- also displays the defaults stored in
- nonvolatile memory and the factory
- defaults stored permanently in read-only
- memory.
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- HELP Screens
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- The modem displays screens that
- summarize the command sets, Dial command
- options, and S-register functions.
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- Bottom Panel Reference
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- Command summaries and other information
- are printed on the bottom of the modem
- case. A Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
- switch guide makes it easy to tailor the
- switch settings to your terminal or
- software requirements.
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- Dialing the Last Dialed Number
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- The modem has a buffer that stores each
- dialed number until it is cleared by
- another Dial command. A few keystrokes
- cause the modem to redial the number in
- the buffer without your having to enter
- the number again.
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- Automated Redialing
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- You can put the modem into Repeat Mode
- to continuously redial if a previous
- dial attempt fails to connect. This is
- especially useful in dialing services
- whose lines are often busy.
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- Quote Mode
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- Set the modem to Quote Mode if you want
- it to dial an alphabetic acronym instead
- of a numeric number.
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- COMPATIBILITY
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- The Courier adheres to the following
- standards, ensuring compatibility with a
- wide base of installed modems. Unless
- otherwise indicated, HST, V.32 bis and
- Dual Standard modems all conform to the
- listed standard.
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- USR-HST 14.4K/12K/9600/7200/4800 bps
- (Dual Standard and HST
- modems)
- CCITT V.32 bis 14.4K/12K/9600/7200/4
- 800 bps (Dual Standard and
- V.32 bis modems)
- CCITT V.32 9600/4800 bps (Dual
- Standard and V.32 bis modems)
- V.22 bis 2400 bps
- Bell 212A 1200 bps (also CCITT V.22)
- CCITT V.23 1200 bps with 75 bps back
- channel (British phone
- system)
- CCITT V.25 Answer sequence for calls
- originating outside the U.S.
- and Canada
- Bell 103 300 bps (CCITT V.21 optional)
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- CCITT V.42 LAPM error control, 1200
- bps and higher
- CCITT V.42 bis Data compression,
- 1200 bps and higher
- MNP Levels 2, 3 and 4 error
- control, level 5 data
- compression, 1200 bps and
- higher
- CCITT V.54 Analog, digital and remote
- digital loopback testing
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- Other compatibility features include the
- following standards and certification:
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- ∙ Can be used with any computer or
- terminal that is compatible with
- the RS-232 standard interface.
- ∙ Can be used with any computer or
- terminal that uses ASCII, the
- standard character code supported
- by most equipment manufacturers.
- ∙ Connects with older systems whose
- equipment operates at rates varying
- between 110 and 300 bps.
- ∙ Connects in synchronous mode at
- standard rates with any system
- using a synchronous protocol
- compatible with your synchronous
- interface equipment.
- ∙ Is fully FCC- and DOC-certified for
- the uses described in this manual.
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