Answering; Answering Calls - Diamond SupraExpress 56e Manual

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Your modem can answer telephone calls and (with help from your data or fax software) manage
those calls appropriately. Under certain conditions, the modem can also tell you who is calling
before the call is answered.
Your fax and data software should be able to handle most answering tasks. This section discusses
the answering process and explains the basic techniques for answering incoming telephone calls.
This should help you set up your software and modem for optimal performance. For more
information on your software, refer to your software manuals.
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Your modem provides two ways to answer calls:
• You issue the ATA command (in terminal mode) when you detect an incoming call. This
makes the modem answer the call immediately. The modem goes online when it detects a
carrier.
• You set your modem to auto answer. In this case, your modem automatically answers all
incoming calls. This section explains how to use auto answer.
Your modem answers calls automatically (auto answer) if you set register SØ to a value from 1 to
255. This value is the number of rings the modem waits before it answers the call. (If you have
Caller ID, you need to add a ring. Refer to the Caller ID section.) The following example sets the
modem to answer calls after the second ring:
AT SØ=2 [CR]
If you set the modem to auto answer and your modem shares a line with a telephone, the modem
may answer calls before you can intercept it. Be careful with auto answer unless you have a
dedicated modem phone line. By default, auto answer is disabled.
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