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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmanship for a period of up to two years from the date of purchase. During the...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Copyright ...ii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement ... iii ZyXEL Limited Warranty ...iv Customer Support...v Table of Contents ...vi List of Tables ...vii Preface... viii Chapter 1 Introduction... 1-1 ZyXEL Omni 56K Plus modem Overview ... 1-1 Main Features ...
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Panels and then Modem” means first click the Apple icon, then point your mouse pointer to Control Panels and then click Modem. • For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.” as a shorthand for “for instance” and “i.e.” for “that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual. Preface Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide...
Microsoft 95/98//98SEMe/2000/XP Windows plug and play compatible (Omni 56K COM Plus only). Microsoft 98SE/Me/2000/XP Windows USB plug and play compatible (Omni 56K USB Plus only). Flash EPROM upgradeable. Introduction Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Plus and Omni 56K COM Plus modems.
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Link layer Flow Control Command set Diagnostics Voice Protocol Support Data Physical Layer ITU-T V.92 ITU-T V.90 ITU-T V.34bis/V.34 ITU-T V.32bis/V.32 ITU-T V.22bis/V.22 ITU-T V.21 ITU-T V.23 Bell 212A Bell 103 Fax Physical Layer...
Extended AT# Command Set IS101 Voice Command set For more information on detailed command sets, please refer to Chapter 4. Capability The data/fax/voice feature of the Omni 56K Plus is described as below. Specifications and Function Description Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide...
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide FEATURE Data 2W Dial-Up Line Multi-auto/ V.92/V.90/V.34/V.32bis/V.32/V.22bis/V.22/V.21/Bell 103 Hardware/Software Flow Control Error Control/Data Compression ZyXEL AT Command Set External Plug and Play for Windows 95/98/98SE/Me/2000/XP in RS232 mode External Plug and Play for Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP in USB mode...
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide 2.5.6 Data Compression In the modem, the data compression is activated in an attempt to reduce the number of bits actually sent. The receiving modem applies these techniques in reverse to recover the actual data from the compressed data stream.
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide TIME: <MM-DD hh:mm> CALLER NUMBER: <CALLER_ID> or CALLER NAME:<CALLER_NM> RING MM is the two-digit month message, DD is the two-digit date message, hh is the hour and mm is the minute of the time, and CALLER_ID is the phone number of the caller or CALLER_NM his/her name.
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Setting S48.0=1 will cause the modem to report CND information in its ASCII coded hexadecimal raw data format. The DTE software is responsible for explaining the data. Please refer to the Bellcore Technical Advisory document TR- NWT-000030 for the exact data format.
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Enable type 2 security with password check. Enable type 2 security with password check and call-back. Enable type 2 security with password check and call-back, remote site enters the call- back number. Specifications and Function Description Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide DESCRIPTION...
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Before the security type or level can be changed, the modem requires the supervisor password. For type2 security, the remote site will be prompted to enter the user password. A maximum of 3 tries in 40 seconds is allowed.
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide quality. This algorithm can also be used to reduce the speech data rate to 1/3 or 1/4 of the original rate, but with voice quality degradation. Only 4-bit ADPCM is used in the Omni 56K Plus.
CONNECT 38400 CONNECT 57600 CONNECT 76800 CONNECT 115200 CONNECT 230400 CONNECT 460800 CONNECT 921600 CONNECT 307200 CONNECT 153600 CONNECT 102400 CONNECT 61440 CONNECT 51200 Result Codes Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Result Codes Table 3-1 Result Codes Chapter 3...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Result Code for ATV0 ATV1 CONNECT624000 CONNECT124800 CONNECT 62400 CONNECT 41600 CONNECT 31200 CONNECT 24960 CONNECT 20800 CONNECT 33600 CONNECT 28800 CONNECT 26400 CONNECT 24000 CONNECT21600 CONNECT 56000 CONNECT 54666 CONNECT 53333 CONNECT 52000...
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CONNECT DTE Speed X5: CONNECT DTE Speed/Protocol Rx Rate/Error control level X6: CONNECT Rx Rate/ARQ X7: CONNECT Rx Rate/ARQ/Error control level Where ARQ denotes that Automatic Retransmission reQuest type of error control is enabled. Result Codes Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide...
Return to command state after dialing. Hook flash Wait for a 5 second silence before proceeding , otherwise return NO ANSWER. Reverse handshake. (go on-line in Answer mode) Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Chapter 4 Command Sets REF. REF.
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-2 AT Command Sets Requiring an "AT" Prefix COMMAND OPTIONS n=0-3 n=0-7 M1 * n=0-7 Sr.b=n Sr.b? Sr=n FUNCTION & DESCRIPTION Wait for the second dial tone. Remaining digits will be dialed as in-band DTMF.
108.2, Data Terminal Ready, DTR OFF causes the modem to hang up. Same as &D2 but DTR OFF causes the modem to hang up and reset from profile 0. Load factory settings to RAM as active configuration. Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide REF. S23.1 S23.6 S23.3-5 S15.5-7...
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(Default: -11 dBm) Action taken when line quality changes. No action to poor signal quality. Retrain action taken if signal quality is poor. (See also S41.2) Adaptive rate, automatic fall-back or forward. Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide REF. S21.0 S17.6-7 S17.1-4...
V.17 short train V.17 V.17 short train Table 4-8 Command Syntax DESCRIPTION Execute a command or set a parameter. Read permissible settings. Read current setting. DESCRIPTION Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide SPEED 7200 9600 9600 9600 12000 12000 14400...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-9 Supported Commands (per TIA PN2388 8/20/90) COMMAND Only check 1D phase C data. Check both 1D and 2D phase C data. +FCR=n "Capability to receive" parameter DCE will not receive message data or poll a remote device.
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Phase C. <value>=0 to 255; 100 ms units. +FPTS=n Page transfer status Received page good. Page bad; retrain requested. Page good; retrain requested. Command Sets Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide DESCRIPTION VALUE 0-255 4-11...
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-9 Supported Commands (per TIA PN2388 8/20/90) COMMAND Page bad; procedure interrupt requested. Page good; procedure interrupt requested. +FREL=n Phase C received EOL alignment: The EOL patterns are bit aligned as received. The last received bits of EOL patterns are byte aligned by the DCE, with necessary zero fill bits inserted.
Remote polling indication. Receive page transfer status response; refer to +FPTS=n command. Report remote ID response TSI. Transition to Voice response. DESCRIPTION Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide VALUE n=0,1,2.0,8;refer to the +FCLASS Class 1 command ZyXEL Omni 56K Plus Vx.x...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-11 Service Class 2.0 Commands COMMAND Page Width Page Length Data Compression Format Error Correction Binary File Transfer Minimum Scan Time/Line +FIS=vr,br,wd,ln,df,ec,bf,st Current Session negotiating parameters +FCS=vr,br,wd,ln,df,ec,bf,st Current Session Parameters +FLI=”string” Local Facsimile station ID String, TSI/CSI +FPI=”string”...
Phase C Received EOL alignment +FCR=n Capability to Receive +FCQ=<rq>,<tq> Copy Quality disable/enable +FRQ=pql,cbl Receive Quality Thresholds Command Sets Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide DESCRIPTION nsr= 1:Non-standard frames are reported. n=0:Disable n=1:Enable n=1:Received page is good. n=2:Page is bad; retrain is requested.
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-11 Service Class 2.0 Commands COMMAND +FAA=n Adaptive Answer Mode +FCT=n Phase C Timeout +FMS=n Minimum Phase C Speed +FBS? Buffer Size Voice AT Commands COMMAND FUNCTION +FLO Flow control 0,1,2 select. +VIP Initialize parameters.
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Unit: 0.1 second 4,9600 IMA 4 bit ADPCM. Sample rate: 9600 x: first tone frequency y: second tone frequency z: duration in 10ms unit x: DTMF digits (0-9,*,#, A,B,C,D) y: duration in 10ms unit Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide DESCRIPTION 4-17...
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide COMMAND FUNCTION +VTS= DTMF Tone x:0-9,*,#, A-D x,x… Generation +VTD Set default 1-255 duration of DTMF tone. +VIT Inactivity 0-255 timer. Voice Shielded DTE Commands Table 4-13 Voice Shielded DTE Commands COMMAND <DLE>p Pause, suspend voice data to the output device in playback state.
Table 4-16 Extended S-Registers "ATSn=x" COMMAND S13= S14= S15= Command Sets Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide FUNCTION & DESCRIPTION FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION Bit-mapped register. Capture modem manufacturer information during V.42 handshake, can be displayed at ATI2 <Last Speed/Protocol> line if available (‘Flash’ or ‘ ZyXEL’...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-16 Extended S-Registers "ATSn=x" COMMAND S16= S17= 0-30 0-1E 7, 6 S18= 1-46 1-2E S19= 0-99 0-63 S20= 4-20 FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION Even parity Odd parity No parity 1 stop bit 2 stop bits...
Table 4-16 Extended S-Registers "ATSn=x" COMMAND Note: Only the speeds up to S20=15 are supported by auto speed detection. S21= Command Sets Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION 230400 bps 115200 bps (Default) 76800 bps 57600 bps...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-16 Extended S-Registers "ATSn=x" COMMAND S23= S24= 4-22 FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION Speaker is ON until carrier is detected. (Default) Speaker is always ON. Speaker is ON after last digit is dialed out until carrier detected.
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0-255 0-FF S27= S28= Command Sets Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION Speaker volume control, increments of 32 in decimal value. Specify the time delay that DTR signal needs to be OFF before it will be recognized, in 10 ms units. If S25=0, the delay time is set to 4 ms.
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-16 Extended S-Registers "ATSn=x" COMMAND S29= 0-49 0-31 S31= 0-255 0-FF S32= 0-255 0-FF S35= S38= S39= S40= 4-24 FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION Select V.22 for 1200 bps communication Select Bell 212A for 1200 bps communication Set default dial phone number pointer, use AT&Zn=s to...
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S43= S44= S45= 0-255 0-FF Command Sets Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION Enables type 4 ring detection. Bit mapped register. Special MNP compatibility. (see also S27.0, S38.5) Enable CCITT signals 140 and 141 on EIA-232D interface.
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Table 4-16 Extended S-Registers "ATSn=x" COMMAND S46= 0-255 0-FF S48= S49= S52= S56= 0-255 0-FF S57= S-register bit number, 'b', used in 'ATSr.b=n' and 'ATSr.b=?' Decimal value, 'x', used in 'ATSn=x' Equivalent Hexadecimal value.
Next. Click Browse to find the directory that your latest firmware file is located, then click Next to start uploading. Firmware Upgrade Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Chapter 5 Firmware Upgrade...
Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Follow the upload wizard to complete upgrade process. After finishing, you may use your modem again. Upgrading by Terminal Emulation Program To upgrade modem firmware by terminal emulation program, you need a terminal emulation program first, such as Bitware or Hyperterminal (Windows).
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Type in atupx it will show a message in the next screen. Firmware Upgrade...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Be sure you have the new firmware file on hand, then enter Y. The terminal will response as shown next. Remember that you must decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can upload them. Click the Send icon to display the Send file – Select Protocol screen. Select Xmodem and click Settings….
After the firmware upload process has completed, you can use the modem again. 5.2.2 Upgrading Using HyperTerminal Example Open the HyperTerminal program in Windows. For example, in Windows 2000 click Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications, HyperTerminal. Firmware Upgrade Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Enter a descriptive name and select an icon in the Connection Description screen. Click OK to display the Connect to screen. Select the COM port to which the modem is connected. Click OK to continue.
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Type in atupx it will show a message in the next screen. Firmware Upgrade...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide Be sure you have the new firmware file on hand, then enter Y. The terminal will response as shown next. Remember that you must decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can upload them. Click Transfer, then Send File to display the Send File screen.
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Choose the Xmodem protocol. Type the firmware file’s location, or click Browse to search for it. Then click Send. After the firmware upload process has completed, you can use the modem again. Firmware Upgrade Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide...
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Omni 56K Plus Series User’s Guide 5-10 Firmware Upgrade...
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