[hcflinux] Redhat 9, dial tone remains during dialing

[Linuxant modem support]

Hi,

you are perfectly right about the country code. It seems that some drivers'
country file do not use the country T35 codes to tag the settings.

In the current.cty file, you mentioned that you put:
HKR,Country\B4,FLAGS,1,00,00,00,00,1C,00,00,00

The default is:
HKR,Country\B4,FLAGS,1,00,02,0C,00

I believe you should use this:
HKR,Country\B4,FLAGS,1,00,1C,00,00

The problem might be something else entirely. I just looked at your dumpdiag
and there are errors related with the IRQ assignment, which might cause your
dialing problem.

I suggest playing with the kernel options "noapic", "acpi=off" and/or
"apm=off".

If that doesn't work, you can try to configure and install a generic kernel
with the ACPI patches found on this web site:
http://sf.net/projects/acpi

If you compile your own kernel, you will also have to use the generic HCF
driver instead of the pre-compiled driver.

Please let us know about your results.

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: "Linuxant modem support" <modem.support at linuxant.com>
Cc: <hcflinux at lists.mbsi.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [hcflinux] Redhat 9, dial tone remains during dialing


Jean-Simon,

Unfortunately, altering the FLAGS/RELAYS settings has made no difference
to the behaviour of the modem.  I do not own Windows, however I did have
the windows driver disc that came with the hardware.  It contained
configurations for a number of models, all apparently referring to the
same PCI ID.  The settings that I obtained from the driver disc are
below (grep output):

"""
sup2380.inf:HKR,Oem,FLAGS, 1, 00,36,00,00 ; digital speaker, PME, legacy
AT commands,
sup2390.inf:HKR,Oem,FLAGS, 1, 82,36,00,00 ; analog speaker, spkmute,
PME, legacy AT, none response in country tab.
sup2560.inf:HKR,Oem,FLAGS, 1, 84,36,00,00 ; digital speaker, D/F/TAM,
PME, spkmute, legacy AT

sup2380.cty:HKR,Country\002A,RELAYS,1,7F,80,FF,00,FE,00,FE,00,FD,00,FF,00,F8
,00,FA,00,BA,00,BB,00,BA,00,BA,00
sup2390.cty:HKR,Country\002A,RELAYS,1,7F,80,FF,00,FE,00,FE,00,FD,00,FF,00,F8
,00,FA,00,BA,00,BB,00,BA,00,BA,00
sup2560.cty:HKR,Country\002A,RELAYS,1,7F,80,FF,00,FE,00,FE,00,FD,00,FF,00,F8
,00,FA,00,BA,00,BB,00,BA,00,BA,00

sup2380.cty:HKR,Country\002A,FLAGS,1,00,00,1C,00
sup2390.cty:HKR,Country\002A,FLAGS,1,00,00,1C,00
sup2560.cty:HKR,Country\002A,FLAGS,1,00,00,1C,00
"""

You may notice that the country code is not the 00B4 reported by
hcfpciconfig (below).  These drivers appeared to refer to the UK
settings with code 002A.  I believe this to correspond to the same area
because of the T35CODE line in the windows driver - containing the value
B4.  The windows driver contains no other reference to a country code of
00B4.

 From the win32 drivers:
"""
HKR,Country\002A,T35CODE,1,B4,00
HKR,Country\002A,NAME,,"UK"
"""

$ hcfpciconfig --info
"""
Linux HCF controllerless modem drivers, version 0.99lnxtbeta03042700

Current HCF configuration:

    Country name: "UK", T.35 code: 00B4
    PCI Modem vendor-id: 127A, device-id: 1002
    PCI Modem subvendor-id: 1092, subdevice-id: 0A00

Driver inf filename: /etc/hcfpci/inf/hcfv90_linux.inf
"""

The settings that I put into the current.cty file:

"""
HKR,Country\B4,RELAYS,1,\
7F,80,00,00,\
FF,00,00,00,\
FE,00,00,00,\
FE,00,00,00,\
FD,00,00,00,\
FF,00,00,00,\
F8,00,00,00,\
FA,00,00,00,\
BA,00,00,00,\
BB,00,00,00,\
BA,00,00,00,\
BA,00,00,00

HKR,Country\B4,FLAGS,1,00,00,00,00,1C,00,00,00
"""

The settings that I put into the current.inf file:

"""
; 3rd try:
HKR,Oem,FLAGS, 1, 00,36,00,00 ; digital speaker, PME, legacy AT commands,

; 1st try:
; HKR,OEM,FLAGS, 1, 82,36,00,00 ; analog speaker, spkmute, PME, legacy
AT, none response in country tab.

; 2nd try:
; HKR,Oem,FLAGS, 1, 84,36,00,00 ; digital speaker, D/F/TAM, PME,
spkmute, legacy AT
"""

The comments refer to my sequential experimentation with the three
different configurations present in the windows drivers (I was unable to
determine which corresponded to my hardware).  I attempted to dial up
using all three, running hcfpcistop in between, with no success.  In
case it's of interest, the '1st try' line caused the modem to produce no
speaker output, although it could be heard dialling using an external
handset.  (ah, I just noticed 'spkmute' in the comments for the line :-)).

Any further assistance would be very much appreciated.

John Spray



Linuxant modem support wrote:

>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