[hcflinux] Redhat 9, dial tone remains during dialing

[Linuxant modem support]

Hi,

This might be a FLAGS/RELAYS problem. If your modem work correctly under
Windows, you can usually import the settings from the Windows driver. I will
give you the procedure.

Please find a ".cty" or ".inf" file included with your Windows modem driver
(you might have both) and then look for the lines starting with:

"HKR,OEM,FLAGS,1,"
"HKR,Country\XX,RELAYS,1,"
"HKR,Country\XX,FLAGS,1,"

"XX" has to be replaced with your specific country code (the code is shown
when you run "hcfpciconfig --info"; it's 2 characters under Linux, but it
might be 4 under Windows).

Once you found the settings, you need to import them in the INF files under
Linux. You are not adding anything; you need to replace the existing
settings. There are two files to edit.

The "OEM FLAGS" settings go in the file "/etc/hcfpci/current.inf".

The other settings (those with the country codes) go in the file
"/etc/hcfpci/current.cty".

Please note that the RELAYS settings under Linux are 32 bits, but they are
16 bits under Windows so you have to pad each line with ",00,00" (eg. 6F,80
becomes 6F,80,00,00).

After saving the new "current.inf" and "current.cty" files, run "hcfpcistop"
to unload the modules before testing again.

Please tell us about your results.

Regards,

Jean-Simon Durand
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
modem.support at linuxant.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Spray" <jcs116 at york.ac.uk>
To: <hcflinux at lists.mbsi.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:37 PM
Subject: [hcflinux] Redhat 9, dial tone remains during dialing


Hello,

Before I start:
-Red Hat 9, kernel 2.4.20-8
-HCF modem 127a:1002
-Driver package hcfpcimodem-0.99lnxtbeta03042700k2.4.20_8-1rh.athlon.rpm
-Country: UK

I am unable to successfully establish a connection.  The dialtone is heard
to persist as the modem tries to dial out.  When the number has finished
being dialed, I hear the dialtone continue, and a perioding beeping sound.
This problem is also present using the generic tarball on a kernel.org
2.4.19 kernel in RH7.2 on the same hardware.

Interestingly, if I use the USA settings (in the UK), the dialtone is
banished during dialing, but the following handshakish sounds are very
distorted, and this does not complete successfully.

This modem has been functional to some extent in the past using the
hcfpcimodem driver, however I unfortunately do not have the relevant
information about the setup used - the hardware has been out of use for a
while.

hcfpciconfig --dumpdiag is attached.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

John Spray