Re: SUMMARY: PM3 modems do not start negotiation!?

Carl Hillsman (carl@intrepid.net)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:07:43 -0400 (EDT)

we have one pm3 that hangs from time to time.....its definitely the cards
that are in trouble, as isdn users can continue to connect.....and yes
we've had to travel to the pop to throw the switch.....:<.....

carl

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Zivojnovic Ranko wrote:

> Yup!
>
> Cold reboot helped!
>
> Thanks Danny!
>
> I guess that "reboot" does not actually physically
> initialize modem cards. Just restarts (reloads) OS
> and maybe initialize motherboard and ISDN but not
> the exp. slots as well.
> Hmmm... This could be funny if some of the cards
> for some weird reason go into some bizarre state
> and in order to fix it you have to travel 3hrs one way
> just to switch on and off the PM... Brrrr, I don't even
> want to think about it...
>
> Livngston guys, please document this somewhere for future
> reference or fix it (if possible).
>
> I love this list!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ranko
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Depre
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 1997 7:43 PM
> To: ranko@spidernet.net
> Subject: RE: PM3 modems do not start negotiation!?
>
> > From: Zivojnovic Ranko <ranko@spidernet.net>
> > To: "'Sherwood Portmaster-List'" <livingston@iav.com>
> > Cc: "'portmaster-users@livingston.com'" <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
> > Subject: RE: PM3 modems do not start negotiation!?
> > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:18:07 +0300
> > Reply-to: Zivojnovic Ranko <ranko@spidernet.net>
>
> > I wish if it was that easy... Nope, M0-19 settings are ok.
>
> I had it a some time ago. I had to give them a cold restart (reboot
> didn't help). I reported it to our local Livingston dealer, never got
> a solution.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Danny
> >
> > Anybody else?
> >
> > Thnx,
> >
> > Ranko
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sherwood Portmaster-List [SMTP:livingston@iav.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 1997 2:51 PM
> > To: Zivojnovic Ranko
> > Cc: 'portmaster-users@livingston.com'
> > Subject: Re: PM3 modems do not start negotiation!?
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Zivojnovic Ranko wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I have weird problem here:
> > >
> > > I have just installed another PM3 in one of our (very remote) PoP,
> > > and unlike the other one that we have (here) this one does not start
> > > the modem negotiation when called from the analog line.
> > > Modem picks up (there is no call rejection) but the other end remains
> > > silent.
> > >
> > > Does anybody have any clue why? Is it the PM, modem cards
> > > (yes we have two and I have tried disabling all the modems on
> > > the first one in order to get the second one to start up but no luck,
> > > same thing: silence), is it something with our TelCo or maybe
> > > something else?
> >
> > Try set M0 on etc...
> >
> > they may be off, to check sh mo
> >
> > --
> > Aloha from Paradise,
> >
> > Sherwood
> >
> >
> >
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