Chapter 1 - Introduction And Description; Introduction; Product Description - Multitech MULTIMODEM MT5600ZDX Owner's Manual

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Description

Introduction

Welcome to the world of data communications. You have acquired
one of the finest intelligent data, fax capable modems available today,
model MT5600ZDX, from Multi-Tech Systems. This Owner's Manual
will help you install, configure, test and use your MT5600ZDX modem.

Product Description

Your MT5600ZDX incorporates a new modem technology, called
K56flex TM
, that enables Internet connections at data rates up to 56K
bps over standard telephone lines. K56flex technology is able to
propel data downstream from the Internet to your computer at speeds
of up to 56K bps because data is digitally encoded instead of
modulated. Upstream transmission, mostly keystroke and mouse
commands from your computer to the central site, continue to flow at
the conventional data rate of 33.6K bps.
Your MT5600ZDX offers interactive automatic dialing, as well as
command mode option configuration. You may store four command
line/telephone numbers, of up to 40 characters each, in the modem's
nonvolatile memory. The modem pulse or tone dials, and recognizes
dial tones and busy signals for reliable call-progress detection. The
modem can detect AT&T calling card tones. It is FCC-Registered for
connection to telephone networks without any Data Access
Arrangements (DAA's).
* Although K56flex technology is capable of downloads of up to 56K
bps, FCC regulations currently restrict ISP modems to downloads of
53K bps.
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