zyxel 1496

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general impression
firmware 6.12p no problems small problems problems unusable
DATA 0 0 0 0
FAX 0 0 0 0
VOICE 0 0 0 0

autodetection
firmware 6.12p always mostly sometimes never unsupported
DATA (PPP) 0 0 0 0 0
FAX 0 0 0 0 0
VOICE 0 0 0 0 0

Fax-support
firmware 6.12p verry well some minor bugs buggy unsupported
CLASS 1 0 0 0 0
CLASS 1.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2.1 0 0 0 0


AT-Command-set
Firmware 6.12p
ATI
ATI
1496

OK
ATI0
ATI0
1496

OK
ATI1
ATI1
20943

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OK
ATI2
ATI2

   ZyXEL U-MODEM LINK STATUS REPORT

   Chars Sent           565k    Chars Received      13683
   Octets Sent          486k    Octets Received      8937
   Blocks Sent         2015     Blocks Received       281
   Blocks Resent          0     Max Outstanding        15
   Max Block Size       256     Retrains Requested      0
   Link Duration          4     Retrains Granted        0
   T401 Timeouts          0     T402 Timeouts           3
   FCS Errors             0     Round Trip Delay       14
   Xmitter Underrun       0     Receiver Overrun        0

   Last Speed/Protocol     CONNECT 16800/ARQ/V42b/SREJ

   Disconnect Reason      Local Hang Up

OK
ATI3
ATI3
OK
ATI4
ATI4
OK
ATI5
ATI5
OK
ATI6
ATI6
OK
ATI7
ATI7
OK
ATI8
ATI8
OK
ATI9
ATI9
OK
ATI10
ATI10
20943

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ERROR
ATI11
ATI11
20943

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ERROR
ATI12
ATI12
20943

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ERROR
ATI13
ATI13
20943

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ERROR
ATI14
ATI14
20943

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ERROR
ATI15
ATI15
20943

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ERROR
AT+FCLASS=?
AT+FCLASS=?
0,2,2.0,6,8
OK
AT+FMFR?
AT+FMFR?
ZyXEL
OK
AT+FMDL?
AT+FMDL?
U1496E  V 6.12 P

OK
AT+FREV?
AT+FREV?
U1496E  V 6.12 P

OK
AT+FMI?
AT+FMI?
ZyXEL
OK
AT+FMM?
AT+FMM?
U1496E  V 6.12 P

OK
AT+FMR?
AT+FMR?
U1496E  V 6.12 P

OK


general impression
firmware 6.13 no problems small problems problems unusable
DATA 1 0 0 0
FAX 1 0 0 0
VOICE 1 0 0 0

autodetection
firmware 6.13 always mostly sometimes never unsupported
DATA (PPP) 0 1 0 0 0
FAX 1 0 0 0 0
VOICE 1 0 0 0 0

Fax-support
firmware 6.13 verry well some minor bugs buggy unsupported
CLASS 1 0 0 0 0
CLASS 1.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2 1 0 0 0
CLASS 2.0 1 0 0 0
CLASS 2.1 0 0 0 0


AT-Command-set
Firmware 6.13
ATI
ATI
1496
OK
ATI0
ATI0
1496
OK


general impression
firmware 6.15m no problems small problems problems unusable
DATA 1 0 0 0
FAX 0 1 0 0
VOICE 0 0 0 0

autodetection
firmware 6.15m always mostly sometimes never unsupported
DATA (PPP) 1 0 0 0 0
FAX 1 0 0 0 0
VOICE 0 0 0 0 0

Fax-support
firmware 6.15m verry well some minor bugs buggy unsupported
CLASS 1 0 0 0 0
CLASS 1.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2.1 0 0 0 0


AT-Command-set
Firmware 6.15m
ATI
ati 
1496

OK
ati1
ati1
 2305

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OK
ati2
ati2

   ZyXEL U-MODEM LINK STATUS REPORT

   Chars Sent             0     Chars Received      22140
   Octets Sent            0     Octets Received         0
   Blocks Sent            0     Blocks Received         0
   Blocks Resent          0     Max Outstanding         0
   Max Block Size         0     Retrains Requested      0
   Link Duration          0     Retrains Granted        0
   T401 Timeouts          0     T402 Timeouts           0
   FCS Errors             0     Round Trip Delay       26
   Xmitter Underrun       0     Receiver overrun        0

   Last Speed/Protocol     CONNECT 14400

   Disconnect Reason      Local Hang Up
      
OK
at+fclass=?
at+fclass=?
0,2,2.0,6,8
OK
at+fmfr?
at+fmfr?
ZyXEL

OK
at+fmdl?
at+fmdl?
U1496E  V 6.15 M

OK
at+frev?
at+frev?
U1496E  V 6.15 M

OK
at+fmi?
at+fmi?
ZyXEL

OK
at+fmm?
at+fmm?
U1496E  V 6.15 M
   
OK
at+fmr?
at+fmr?
U1496E  V 6.15 M

OK    


general impression
firmware 6.18 no problems small problems problems unusable
DATA 1 0 0 0
FAX 1 0 0 0
VOICE 0 0 1 0

autodetection
firmware 6.18 always mostly sometimes never unsupported
DATA (PPP) 0 0 0 0 0
FAX 0 0 0 0 0
VOICE 0 0 0 0 0

Fax-support
firmware 6.18 verry well some minor bugs buggy unsupported
CLASS 1 0 0 0 0
CLASS 1.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2.0 0 0 0 0
CLASS 2.1 0 0 0 0


Comments:


This is my test-input, I don't know if there is such a modem available

neko (neko@greenie.muc.de) - firmware 1.0 - Sun Aug 9 23:54:47 1998

Can't comment on class 2(.0) support as I use sendfax in default mode :-) It knows it better than I do...
Klaus Lichtenwalder (Lichtenwalder@ACM.org) - firmware 6.15m - Tue Oct 13 10:10:21 1998