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RING CENTRAL - NOT INITIALIZING OEM (MWAVE) MODEM

Asked by: TWINMT

Ring Central (answering Machine & Modem software) does not work with W98. I get no response from my IBM mwave modem.  It worked fine in W95.  Am I missing a driver?  Tapi/unimodemv???

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1998-07-14 at 07:25:56ID10063660
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mwave

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ibm

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oem

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Windows 98 Operating System

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Answers

 

by: estestPosted on 1998-07-14 at 08:23:10ID: 1642670

No response from the modem? Have you run an echo test on it? Also have you tried the Windows 95 drivers?

 

by: TWINMTPosted on 1998-07-14 at 08:29:08ID: 1642671

Edited text of question

 

by: TWINMTPosted on 1998-07-14 at 08:30:21ID: 1642672

Echo test.  I don't have a clue......

 

by: TWINMTPosted on 1998-07-14 at 08:32:27ID: 1642673

Edited text of question

 

by: estestPosted on 1998-07-14 at 08:50:22ID: 1642674

Does the modem respond for any other applications? (Dial Up Networking...) If not go to a DOS prompt. Type echo atx1dt12345>comX with comX being the com port that your modem is using.

 

by: knowackPosted on 1998-07-16 at 17:29:08ID: 1642675

The Aptiva Win98 upgrade page mentions getting the latest BIOS and video drivers, but says nothing about MWAVE drivers.  I too was having problems with my MWAVE modem after upgrading to Win98.  I found that you have to upgrade your modem drivers to build 20E version.  You can do this after you have installed Win98.

Go to: http://www3.pc.ibm.com/support?page=IBM+Aptiva;doctype=Downloadable+files;subtype=Mwave#documents

Get the correct driver for your machine model (I have a 2159-Sxx).  Make sure you get the patch to fix 20E (v1.1 I believe).  The 7 files to download will create 7 disks; 3 drivers; 3 midi samples, and the patch.  Just follow directions.

 

by: knowackPosted on 1998-07-16 at 21:03:49ID: 1642676

You may need to reinstall DirectX after you update the drivers.  Quake2 would crash until I did the re-install.

 

by: TWINMTPosted on 1998-07-17 at 03:13:27ID: 1642677

I believe I have the sound corrected but the program Ring Central (answering machine and fax  program) will not Initialize the modem when starting the program.
There is no dial tone etc.
Connecting to the internet works fine and I have midi sound etc.  
When setting up Ring Central you can check the answering message (which I heard), but after finishing the installation you can not record a new message or play the same annoucement.  The fax part of the program seems to work up to the point of sending the fax.  So it seems the problem maybe that the modem is not reponding to the program.  

 

by: notanexpertPosted on 1998-07-24 at 10:44:12ID: 1642678

I got not much to say except for avoid hardware 'pretenders' like Mwave if you can. I had an Mwave come with my system and got rid of it promptly. Better software soundcards (Like the Yamaha MIDI Plug) can be had for free, and there are tons of more fully featured, better supported modems out there for the same price as the Mwave (which, of course, only works on Windows since it's so ... uh ... advanced. Right. Thats it.)

Sorry to intrude, anyhow, back to some real solutions ... :)

- Garret -

 

by: TWINMTPosted on 1998-07-24 at 12:47:45ID: 1642679

Adjusted points to 200

 

by: wandaPosted on 1998-07-29 at 06:43:47ID: 1642680

Try this,
in My Computer  \ Printers \ RingZero fax\ Properties \ Details  \ where it says,
"Print to the following port:" put in the com port your modem is on, and your modem.
(Under that, the driver for my Ring Central is "Ring Zero fax")

 

by: wandaPosted on 1998-08-19 at 05:50:23ID: 1642681

TWINMT,
Did your modem problem get fixed, or did this question time out?
I tried to come back to this "?", but could not find it.
I assumed you had them delete the "?".

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