> No, that's not a correct string for a USR, not for any process that is
> repeated from time to time. &W should be done only on an as-needed bases,
> not as a routine step. The EEPROM has a limited life.
I have written code to deal with EEPROM for a couple of products. One
thing you always do is to check the value that is already stored in the
EEPROM and if it is the same as the one you are about to write you don't
write it. In the case you are concerned about the lifetime should be
infinite since you are always writing out the same string so there is not
change and no life of the EEPROM is used.
Of course just because I understand this doesn't mean that USR does this
and the EEPROM could be destroyed somewhere between 10000 and 1000000
write cycles depending on the type used. But if they get modems back
under warranty because the EEPROM is ruined I bet they have fixed it and
learned their lesson.
Has anyone destroyed a modem in recent history?? On purpose??? They
have a warranty so give it a shot on one of your spares.
My guess is that if you write the same string over and over it will never
fail. If you alternate between 2 strings you can break it.
Sorry for the semi off topic nature of my reply but this frequently
discussed topic just finally got to me.
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USA living and dead and that I must exert myself in order
to give in the same measure as I have received.
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