Re: Semi-success with a "no name" modem

Hi,

please make sure that the right country is selected with the 
'hcfpciconfig --country' command in a root shell. You could also test 
this modem under Windows XP just to make sure that the modem is working 
fine.

If you require more assistance, please send at [email protected] the 
output of 'dumpdiag'. Type the following in a root shell:

---
hcfpciconfig --dumpdiag
---

Just send us the generated file located in /tmp ('hcfdiag.txt').
It'll help us solve the problem.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
[email protected]



Andreas U. Trottmann wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> When I recently found myself forced to replace a trusty old
> external serial "real" modem, I thought I wanted to try and get
> the plunge into the world of soundcards-with-a-phone-jack. The
> first "modem" I found was a PCI card with a Conenxant chip on it.
> 
> lspci says 
> 00:0c.0 Communication controller: Conexant: Unknown device 1085 (rev 89)
> 
> (numerical, it's 14f1:1085)
> 
> And the main chip says the following: 
> 
> "conexant cx06834-11 e298967-1 0248 mexico"
> 
> Googling showed that 1085 may be either HSF or HCF, while
> "cx06834-11" showed up some HCF modems.
> 
> So I first tried the HSF driver, which claimed it didn't find
> anything. The HCF driver, however, said
> 
> 
> ---
> Config for modem unit 0: /dev/ttySHCF0
>         Device instance: 0-PCI-14f1:1085-14f1:1085
>         HW revision    : DP Part '73' Rev 'BA' Asic ID 0x86
>         HW profile name: hcfpciv90
>         Registration ID: 3AE7-2902-5B75
>         License owner  : [email protected]
>         License key    : FREE
>         License status : FREE (max 14.4kbps data only)
>         Current region : SWITZERLAND (T.35 code: 00A6)
> ---
> 
> while dmesg tells me
> 
> ---
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0c.0
> ttySHCF0 at I/O 0xd400 (irq = 11) is a Conexant HCF controllerless PCI modem (PCI-14f1:1085-14f1:1085)
> ---
> 
> using minicom on /dev/ttySHCF0 and typing "ATD<number>" indeed
> dials this number, and when picking up manually, I hear the
> characteristic "beep...  beep... beep" sounds. However, as soon
> as I make any noise, the line is immediately disconnected, and
> minicom shows the modem telling me BUSY.
> 
> I get the same result (dialing -> pick up -> immediate hangup
> with  BUSY) when a real, working modem picks the line up.
> 
> 
> Dialing the winmodem's phone line gives no visible results, i.e.
> no RING.
> 
> 
> Does anybody have an idea what might be wrong?
> 
> 
>