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  #1  
Old October 29th 05, 06:50 AM
Franc Zabkar
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Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:00:36 +0000 (UTC), nonewbie
put finger to keyboard and composed:

cannot get dun to work with aztech mdp3880-w(u) modem.

installed latest drivers, install went fine. "more info" reported info
from the modem.

When I try to dialout using dun i get : "error 633- modem is not
installed or configured for dialup, double click on the modems icon in
control panel"

When I do the above, it tries to reinstall the modem drivers,even though
they have already been installed.

Tried on of MS's solutions and rebuilt telephon.ini, still no go. Also
did their registry fix for telephon.ini

tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and modem still no problem.
Modem now assigned to com3 IRQ 10

in my Dell dimension bios, there is a section for all the irqs where u
set it to either available or reserved, but I was told that this is only
for non-plug and pray modems and I got a message from windows saying
this is plug and pray modem. IRQ is currently marked available in bios.


Your modem uses a Rockwell/Conexant HCF (controllerless) chipset. It's
not a bad performer, at the very least it uses much less CPU power
than Conexant's softmodems (HSF).

These are Conexant's generic drivers for HCF modems:
http://www.conexant.com/support/files/HCFp_Win9x.zip

This is the entry point for all other drivers:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_d...ssistance.html

Your modem's properties, commands, and responses are located at this
registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\000n

How does yours look?

If this key has a problem, then check the contents of the modem's INF
file. That's where the setup info comes from.

Can you set up a comms session using HyperTerminal?

Here is a FAQ that may have useful info:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_faqs.html

IIRC, there is a special procedure to uninstall HCF/HSF drivers.

Here is an excerpt from the FAQ:

================================================== ===================
I would like information on drivers to install for both modem
enumerator and modem.

The installation instructions are packaged with the generic drivers.
Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions on how to remove
and install the drivers.
================================================== ===================

Here are two other sites that may be useful:
http://www.aztech.com.sg/SAnalog.htm#14
http://www.modemsite.com/56k/rockhcf.asp

-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
  #2  
Old October 30th 05, 11:08 AM
nonewbie
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Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

The master replies, thanks, ;-)

on Fri 28 Oct 2005 10:50:10p, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
:

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:00:36 +0000 (UTC), nonewbie
put finger to keyboard and composed:

cannot get dun to work with aztech mdp3880-w(u) modem.

installed latest drivers, install went fine. "more info"
reported info from the modem.

When I try to dialout using dun i get : "error 633- modem is not
installed or configured for dialup, double click on the modems
icon in control panel"

When I do the above, it tries to reinstall the modem
drivers,even though they have already been installed.

Tried on of MS's solutions and rebuilt telephon.ini, still no
go. Also did their registry fix for telephon.ini

tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers and modem still no
problem. Modem now assigned to com3 IRQ 10

in my Dell dimension bios, there is a section for all the irqs
where u set it to either available or reserved, but I was told
that this is only for non-plug and pray modems and I got a
message from windows saying this is plug and pray modem. IRQ is
currently marked available in bios.


Your modem uses a Rockwell/Conexant HCF (controllerless)
chipset. It's not a bad performer, at the very least it uses
much less CPU power than Conexant's softmodems (HSF).


tons of complaints about this modem on dell forum. Articles
detailing problems with it and it's drivers on the web (sorry 2AM
here not going to lookup the links). It is a win modem, not a real
modem. But this is besides the point really.


These are Conexant's generic drivers for HCF modems:
http://www.conexant.com/support/files/HCFp_Win9x.zip


Conexant says it is better to use mfg drivers and they cannot
guarantee their generic will work on various systems. I have two
driver packages of different release dates from dell at least one
of which supposedly came with the dell box. I also have a later
release for the same modem from a third party driver site. Looking
at the files they all look pretty similar-tried one from dell and
one from the third party, as I have already said-neither worked.
Or rather, I should say that win**** could not work with either.

This is the entry point for all other drivers:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_d...ssistance.html

Your modem's properties, commands, and responses are located at
this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\
000n

I have exhaustively removed all references to this modem from the
registry after trying to remove the drivers from the
add/remove-now Win**** was not allowing me to remove the entry for
the enumerator package in add/remove. After getting rid of all the
reg entries that refered to both this specific modem and to the
driver files that were installed by it's driver packages, then add
remove no longer showed the entry. I also renamed all the driver
files in the windows/dir that were installed as a result of the
driver package installs. Rebooted and windows goes to: building
driver base, installing software for mdp modem, insert install
diskette-which i do not have-so maybe thepost saying that you
must have this to properly install the modem is true-then why does
dell give out a driver package for installing the modem at it's
site? Click cancel, but each time I reboot windows is asking again
for the install diskette for the modem. Windows also added two
registry keys for the modem after I had deleted them all that were
somewhat different from what was there before-one under
enum/root/unknown/0000 -unknown I guess because I cancelled the
driver install and control/asd/rob/root/modem/0000/mdp3880 pci
modem enumerator.

So the hardware is reporting it's presence to windows and windows
is modifying the registry even when I have cancelled the install
driver diskette process.

Maybe if I install the earlier versions of the drivers-the oldest
ones-it will work now, but not holding my breath. There was one
report from a fellow who said that windows complained that it
needed the older drivers, but I have not gotten any similar
errors.

One thing I did not report earlier is I was getting errors like
"failed to call enumproppages in modemui.dll" in safe mode. This
indicates from reading I have done that OS is not communicating
with registry for providing a user interface for setting modem
properties, which would explain the empty boxes next to com2 where
the modem name is supposed to be, even though the modem responded
normally to more info.



How does yours look?


That entry you mentioned was not there. There were a couple of
CSLID entries for a modem, but they appeared to be generic for any
modem and I left them alone.


If this key has a problem, then check the contents of the
modem's INF file. That's where the setup info comes from.


What should I look for there? Not really sure exactly how the inf
file interacts with the registry which interacts with allowing DUN
to create a dial out entry for the modem. And from the reading
I've done no one else has explained this on the net either.



Can you set up a comms session using HyperTerminal?


Did not try it. Infor from "more info" in my experience is the
same as what is shown for a normally working modem. It is just
that DUN cannot work with the modem. This could be a wrong driver,
but I am inclined to think at this point that there is some
special executable in the original modem install diskette that is
needed to install this piece of junk. But if that is true why does
dell offer the driver package. Maybe they expect all users to have
the original install diskettes or cd.


Here is a FAQ that may have useful info:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_faqs.html


I've about had it and ready to buy another modem. Even for those
who had this modem running there were a multitude of complaints
about it=from slow speeds to disconnects to whatever and little or
no help from dell-that is why dell sells it's stuff so cheap-alot
of it is junk, imo. And posting at their forum site brought
nothing from their "tech support" people. Glad I only paid 15
bucks for this box instead of getting ripped off by Dell and then
STILL getting crappy support from them, as so many of the other
complainers on this modem have received.

IIRC, there is a special procedure to uninstall HCF/HSF drivers.

Here is an excerpt from the FAQ:

================================================== ===============
==== I would like information on drivers to install for both
modem enumerator and modem.

The installation instructions are packaged with the generic
drivers. Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions on
how to remove and install the drivers.
================================================== ===============


Ok, I will check on that, thanks, but I think they are probably
referring to the method of removing old drivers from add/remove.
====

Here are two other sites that may be useful:
http://www.aztech.com.sg/SAnalog.htm#14


I thought aztec was out of business, all their other links are no
good.

http://www.modemsite.com/56k/rockhcf.asp

-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.


  #3  
Old November 1st 05, 08:57 AM
Franc Zabkar
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Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:08:42 +0000 (UTC), nonewbie
put finger to keyboard and composed:

on Fri 28 Oct 2005 10:50:10p, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
:


Your modem's properties, commands, and responses are located at
this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\
000n

I have exhaustively removed all references to this modem from the
registry after trying to remove the drivers from the
add/remove-now Win**** was not allowing me to remove the entry for
the enumerator package in add/remove. After getting rid of all the
reg entries that refered to both this specific modem and to the
driver files that were installed by it's driver packages, then add
remove no longer showed the entry. I also renamed all the driver
files in the windows/dir that were installed as a result of the
driver package installs. Rebooted and windows goes to: building
driver base, installing software for mdp modem, insert install
diskette-which i do not have-so maybe thepost saying that you
must have this to properly install the modem is true-then why does
dell give out a driver package for installing the modem at it's
site? Click cancel, but each time I reboot windows is asking again
for the install diskette for the modem. Windows also added two
registry keys for the modem after I had deleted them all that were
somewhat different from what was there before-one under
enum/root/unknown/0000 -unknown I guess because I cancelled the
driver install and control/asd/rob/root/modem/0000/mdp3880 pci
modem enumerator.

So the hardware is reporting it's presence to windows and windows
is modifying the registry even when I have cancelled the install
driver diskette process.

Maybe if I install the earlier versions of the drivers-the oldest
ones-it will work now, but not holding my breath. There was one
report from a fellow who said that windows complained that it
needed the older drivers, but I have not gotten any similar
errors.

One thing I did not report earlier is I was getting errors like
"failed to call enumproppages in modemui.dll" in safe mode. This
indicates from reading I have done that OS is not communicating
with registry for providing a user interface for setting modem
properties, which would explain the empty boxes next to com2 where
the modem name is supposed to be, even though the modem responded
normally to more info.


I am at a disadvantage as I don't have a soft or controllerless modem
at hand, nor have I any significant experience in troubleshooting
installation issues for same. Your best advice will come from those
who have a similar modem.

How does yours look?


That entry you mentioned was not there. There were a couple of
CSLID entries for a modem, but they appeared to be generic for any
modem and I left them alone.


That entry should contain most of the information (eg AT commands,
Settings and Responses) that is in the mdmp4034.inf file.

If this key has a problem, then check the contents of the
modem's INF file. That's where the setup info comes from.


What should I look for there? Not really sure exactly how the inf
file interacts with the registry which interacts with allowing DUN
to create a dial out entry for the modem. And from the reading
I've done no one else has explained this on the net either.


When you communicate with the modem via the Control Panel Modems
applet, you do so using a set of standard Hayes Smartmodem AT
commands. These are ATIn and AT+FCLASS=? AFAIK, these commands are not
retrieved from the registry. They appear to be coded into the
modem.cpl applet. As long as the modem's resources have been assigned
and its driver files installed, then "more info" will return an
appropriate response.

The missing registry key becomes important when the modem is accessed
via TAPI. This is because a modem's extended AT command set is not
standardised - the commands vary between chipsets and between
manufacturers. In order for an application to configure the modem for
voice answer mode, say, it needs to consult the registry for the AT
commands specific to that modem. In my case the relevant key is ...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\0000\VoiceAnswer

.... and there are seven AT commands beginning with "at#cls=8cr" and
ending with "atacr".

DUN also consults the registry so that it knows how to reset the modem
(ATZ), how to dial (ATD), how to hangup (ATH), and so on. DUN also
needs to know how to interpret the responses returned by the modem, eg
how to interpret OK, ERROR, CONNECT 46667, +ER: LAPM, BUSY, NO
DIALTONE, etc. If you ever see the message "connected at 115200bps",
then this usually means that DUN has been unable to determine the
actual connect speed (because of a broken INF file) and is reverting
to reporting the port rate.

In your case you cannot start a DUN configuration because DUN cannot
find HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Modem \000n. It
prompts you to insert the disc containing the mdmp4034.inf file so
that it can build the above key (I think).

Can you set up a comms session using HyperTerminal?


Did not try it. Infor from "more info" in my experience is the
same as what is shown for a normally working modem. It is just
that DUN cannot work with the modem. This could be a wrong driver,
but I am inclined to think at this point that there is some
special executable in the original modem install diskette that is
needed to install this piece of junk. But if that is true why does
dell offer the driver package. Maybe they expect all users to have
the original install diskettes or cd.


With HyperTerminal you can access the modem directly, or via a "direct
to com" session. You will avoid using TAPI. You can then command the
modem to dial without going through DUN.

AT E1 - enables command echo
AT L3 M2 - turns on modem's speaker at max volume
AT +MS=? - lists supported protocols
AT I0 I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 - identifies modem
AT +FCLASS=? - identifies data/fax/voice capabilities
AT DT your_house_number - tone dials your own number
AT H - hangs up the line

If the modem dials out and makes the right noises, then you can be
confident that the hardware is OK and that the drivers have been
correctly installed. The problem must then lie with the INF file.

Here is a FAQ that may have useful info:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_faqs.html


I've about had it and ready to buy another modem. Even for those
who had this modem running there were a multitude of complaints
about it=from slow speeds to disconnects to whatever and little or
no help from dell-that is why dell sells it's stuff so cheap-alot
of it is junk, imo. And posting at their forum site brought
nothing from their "tech support" people. Glad I only paid 15
bucks for this box instead of getting ripped off by Dell and then
STILL getting crappy support from them, as so many of the other
complainers on this modem have received.

IIRC, there is a special procedure to uninstall HCF/HSF drivers.

Here is an excerpt from the FAQ:

================================================== ===============
==== I would like information on drivers to install for both
modem enumerator and modem.

The installation instructions are packaged with the generic
drivers. Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions on
how to remove and install the drivers.
================================================== ===============


Ok, I will check on that, thanks, but I think they are probably
referring to the method of removing old drivers from add/remove.
====


I only mentioned this because I know users of other modems (eg USR
Winmodem) have sometimes needed to use a special utility to clean out
the registry and INF folder before installing a new modem. I've also
encountered instances where certain OEMx.INF files needed to be
deleted for the same reason.

In fact I found the following statement in Microsoft's KB:

"If no files are copied during the installation, delete any unused
Oem*.inf and Oem*.pnf files, and then perform the installation again."

Here are two other sites that may be useful:
http://www.aztech.com.sg/SAnalog.htm#14


I thought aztec was out of business, all their other links are no
good.


I think this looks like the right driver set:
ftp://ftp.aztech.com/download/modem/...80wu_win9x.zip

The INF files make reference to Dell. There is also an "infunist.exe"
file which looks suspiciously like an uninstaller.

-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
  #4  
Old November 2nd 05, 01:29 AM
nonewbie
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Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

Thanks very much Franc for the explaination of how registry
interacts with dun, tapi, etc. This may allow me to better
troubleshoot the problem. I have taken a break from trying new
things to assimilate all the replies and refresh myself. I will
let you all know when/if/how I get it working and what if anything
I have learned from the experience.

on Tue 01 Nov 2005 12:57:48a, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:08:42 +0000 (UTC), nonewbie
put finger to keyboard and composed:

on Fri 28 Oct 2005 10:50:10p, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
m:


Your modem's properties, commands, and responses are located
at this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Mode
m\ 000n

I have exhaustively removed all references to this modem from
the registry after trying to remove the drivers from the
add/remove-now Win**** was not allowing me to remove the entry
for the enumerator package in add/remove. After getting rid of
all the reg entries that refered to both this specific modem and
to the driver files that were installed by it's driver packages,
then add remove no longer showed the entry. I also renamed all
the driver files in the windows/dir that were installed as a
result of the driver package installs. Rebooted and windows goes
to: building driver base, installing software for mdp modem,
insert install diskette-which i do not have-so maybe thepost
saying that you must have this to properly install the modem is
true-then why does dell give out a driver package for installing
the modem at it's site? Click cancel, but each time I reboot
windows is asking again for the install diskette for the modem.
Windows also added two registry keys for the modem after I had
deleted them all that were somewhat different from what was
there before-one under enum/root/unknown/0000 -unknown I guess
because I cancelled the driver install and
control/asd/rob/root/modem/0000/mdp3880 pci modem enumerator.

So the hardware is reporting it's presence to windows and
windows is modifying the registry even when I have cancelled the
install driver diskette process.

Maybe if I install the earlier versions of the drivers-the
oldest ones-it will work now, but not holding my breath. There
was one report from a fellow who said that windows complained
that it needed the older drivers, but I have not gotten any
similar errors.

One thing I did not report earlier is I was getting errors like
"failed to call enumproppages in modemui.dll" in safe mode. This
indicates from reading I have done that OS is not communicating
with registry for providing a user interface for setting modem
properties, which would explain the empty boxes next to com2
where the modem name is supposed to be, even though the modem
responded normally to more info.


I am at a disadvantage as I don't have a soft or controllerless
modem at hand, nor have I any significant experience in
troubleshooting installation issues for same. Your best advice
will come from those who have a similar modem.

How does yours look?


That entry you mentioned was not there. There were a couple of
CSLID entries for a modem, but they appeared to be generic for
any modem and I left them alone.


That entry should contain most of the information (eg AT
commands, Settings and Responses) that is in the mdmp4034.inf
file.


I am pretty confident I have gotten rid of ALL reg entries for
this modem. I will save the registry as a clean version so if
windows screws up again (or I screw up using windows) that I can
just reinstall that registry instead of spending 20 minutes
hunting through the registry (i have the references now) to remove
them manually again.

If this key has a problem, then check the contents of the
modem's INF file. That's where the setup info comes from.


What should I look for there? Not really sure exactly how the
inf file interacts with the registry which interacts with
allowing DUN to create a dial out entry for the modem. And from
the reading I've done no one else has explained this on the net
either.


When you communicate with the modem via the Control Panel Modems
applet, you do so using a set of standard Hayes Smartmodem AT
commands. These are ATIn and AT+FCLASS=? AFAIK, these commands
are not retrieved from the registry. They appear to be coded
into the modem.cpl applet. As long as the modem's resources have
been assigned and its driver files installed, then "more info"
will return an appropriate response.


great good to know, thanks I found a page that shows all the files
involved in system to modem interaction and generally what they
do, but unless I am a progammer (which I'm not) I cannot really
understand what is going on here, so this will be trial an error.


The missing registry key becomes important when the modem is
accessed via TAPI. This is because a modem's extended AT command
set is not standardised - the commands vary between chipsets and
between manufacturers. In order for an application to configure
the modem for voice answer mode, say, it needs to consult the
registry for the AT commands specific to that modem. In my case
the relevant key is ...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\
0000\VoiceAnswer

... and there are seven AT commands beginning with
"at#cls=8cr" and ending with "atacr".

DUN also consults the registry so that it knows how to reset the
modem (ATZ), how to dial (ATD), how to hangup (ATH), and so on.
DUN also needs to know how to interpret the responses returned
by the modem, eg how to interpret OK, ERROR, CONNECT 46667, +ER:
LAPM, BUSY, NO DIALTONE, etc. If you ever see the message
"connected at 115200bps", then this usually means that DUN has
been unable to determine the actual connect speed (because of a
broken INF file) and is reverting to reporting the port rate.

In your case you cannot start a DUN configuration because DUN
cannot find
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Modem \000n. It
prompts you to insert the disc containing the mdmp4034.inf file
so that it can build the above key (I think).

Can you set up a comms session using HyperTerminal?


This is also something I am going to try; will report back.

Did not try it. Infor from "more info" in my experience is the
same as what is shown for a normally working modem. It is just
that DUN cannot work with the modem. This could be a wrong
driver, but I am inclined to think at this point that there is
some special executable in the original modem install diskette
that is needed to install this piece of junk. But if that is
true why does dell offer the driver package. Maybe they expect
all users to have the original install diskettes or cd.


With HyperTerminal you can access the modem directly, or via a
"direct to com" session. You will avoid using TAPI. You can then
command the modem to dial without going through DUN.

AT E1 - enables command echo
AT L3 M2 - turns on modem's speaker at max volume
AT +MS=? - lists supported protocols
AT I0 I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 - identifies modem
AT +FCLASS=? - identifies data/fax/voice capabilities
AT DT your_house_number - tone dials your own number
AT H - hangs up the line

If the modem dials out and makes the right noises, then you can
be confident that the hardware is OK and that the drivers have
been correctly installed. The problem must then lie with the INF
file.

Here is a FAQ that may have useful info:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_faqs.html


I've about had it and ready to buy another modem. Even for those
who had this modem running there were a multitude of complaints
about it=from slow speeds to disconnects to whatever and little
or no help from dell-that is why dell sells it's stuff so
cheap-alot of it is junk, imo. And posting at their forum site
brought nothing from their "tech support" people. Glad I only
paid 15 bucks for this box instead of getting ripped off by Dell
and then STILL getting crappy support from them, as so many of
the other complainers on this modem have received.

IIRC, there is a special procedure to uninstall HCF/HSF
drivers.

Here is an excerpt from the FAQ:

================================================== =============
== ==== I would like information on drivers to install for
both modem enumerator and modem.

The installation instructions are packaged with the generic
drivers. Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions
on how to remove and install the drivers.
================================================== =============
==


Ok, I will check on that, thanks, but I think they are probably
referring to the method of removing old drivers from add/remove.
====


I only mentioned this because I know users of other modems (eg
USR Winmodem) have sometimes needed to use a special utility to
clean out the registry and INF folder before installing a new
modem. I've also encountered instances where certain OEMx.INF
files needed to be deleted for the same reason.

In fact I found the following statement in Microsoft's KB:

"If no files are copied during the installation, delete any
unused Oem*.inf and Oem*.pnf files, and then perform the
installation again."


I don't recall seeing any oem files, but I will double check. I am
hoping that my clearing of all reg entries specific to this modem,
under conexant, mdm3880, etc will help the install.

Here are two other sites that may be useful:
http://www.aztech.com.sg/SAnalog.htm#14


I thought aztec was out of business, all their other links are
no good.


I think this looks like the right driver set:
ftp://ftp.aztech.com/download/modem/...-wu/mdp3880wu_
win9x.zip

The INF files make reference to Dell. There is also an
"infunist.exe" file which looks suspiciously like an
uninstaller.

-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.


  #5  
Old November 2nd 05, 07:27 PM
poatt
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Posts: n/a
Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

Help out a dummy here.
Is this a modem card? Plugged into a PCI slot? Or something else?

"nonewbie" wrote:

Thanks very much Franc for the explaination of how registry
interacts with dun, tapi, etc. This may allow me to better
troubleshoot the problem. I have taken a break from trying new
things to assimilate all the replies and refresh myself. I will
let you all know when/if/how I get it working and what if anything
I have learned from the experience.

on Tue 01 Nov 2005 12:57:48a, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:08:42 +0000 (UTC), nonewbie
put finger to keyboard and composed:

on Fri 28 Oct 2005 10:50:10p, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
m:


Your modem's properties, commands, and responses are located
at this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Mode
m\ 000n

I have exhaustively removed all references to this modem from
the registry after trying to remove the drivers from the
add/remove-now Win**** was not allowing me to remove the entry
for the enumerator package in add/remove. After getting rid of
all the reg entries that refered to both this specific modem and
to the driver files that were installed by it's driver packages,
then add remove no longer showed the entry. I also renamed all
the driver files in the windows/dir that were installed as a
result of the driver package installs. Rebooted and windows goes
to: building driver base, installing software for mdp modem,
insert install diskette-which i do not have-so maybe thepost
saying that you must have this to properly install the modem is
true-then why does dell give out a driver package for installing
the modem at it's site? Click cancel, but each time I reboot
windows is asking again for the install diskette for the modem.
Windows also added two registry keys for the modem after I had
deleted them all that were somewhat different from what was
there before-one under enum/root/unknown/0000 -unknown I guess
because I cancelled the driver install and
control/asd/rob/root/modem/0000/mdp3880 pci modem enumerator.

So the hardware is reporting it's presence to windows and
windows is modifying the registry even when I have cancelled the
install driver diskette process.

Maybe if I install the earlier versions of the drivers-the
oldest ones-it will work now, but not holding my breath. There
was one report from a fellow who said that windows complained
that it needed the older drivers, but I have not gotten any
similar errors.

One thing I did not report earlier is I was getting errors like
"failed to call enumproppages in modemui.dll" in safe mode. This
indicates from reading I have done that OS is not communicating
with registry for providing a user interface for setting modem
properties, which would explain the empty boxes next to com2
where the modem name is supposed to be, even though the modem
responded normally to more info.


I am at a disadvantage as I don't have a soft or controllerless
modem at hand, nor have I any significant experience in
troubleshooting installation issues for same. Your best advice
will come from those who have a similar modem.

How does yours look?

That entry you mentioned was not there. There were a couple of
CSLID entries for a modem, but they appeared to be generic for
any modem and I left them alone.


That entry should contain most of the information (eg AT
commands, Settings and Responses) that is in the mdmp4034.inf
file.


I am pretty confident I have gotten rid of ALL reg entries for
this modem. I will save the registry as a clean version so if
windows screws up again (or I screw up using windows) that I can
just reinstall that registry instead of spending 20 minutes
hunting through the registry (i have the references now) to remove
them manually again.

If this key has a problem, then check the contents of the
modem's INF file. That's where the setup info comes from.

What should I look for there? Not really sure exactly how the
inf file interacts with the registry which interacts with
allowing DUN to create a dial out entry for the modem. And from
the reading I've done no one else has explained this on the net
either.


When you communicate with the modem via the Control Panel Modems
applet, you do so using a set of standard Hayes Smartmodem AT
commands. These are ATIn and AT+FCLASS=? AFAIK, these commands
are not retrieved from the registry. They appear to be coded
into the modem.cpl applet. As long as the modem's resources have
been assigned and its driver files installed, then "more info"
will return an appropriate response.


great good to know, thanks I found a page that shows all the files
involved in system to modem interaction and generally what they
do, but unless I am a progammer (which I'm not) I cannot really
understand what is going on here, so this will be trial an error.


The missing registry key becomes important when the modem is
accessed via TAPI. This is because a modem's extended AT command
set is not standardised - the commands vary between chipsets and
between manufacturers. In order for an application to configure
the modem for voice answer mode, say, it needs to consult the
registry for the AT commands specific to that modem. In my case
the relevant key is ...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\
0000\VoiceAnswer

... and there are seven AT commands beginning with
"at#cls=8cr" and ending with "atacr".

DUN also consults the registry so that it knows how to reset the
modem (ATZ), how to dial (ATD), how to hangup (ATH), and so on.
DUN also needs to know how to interpret the responses returned
by the modem, eg how to interpret OK, ERROR, CONNECT 46667, +ER:
LAPM, BUSY, NO DIALTONE, etc. If you ever see the message
"connected at 115200bps", then this usually means that DUN has
been unable to determine the actual connect speed (because of a
broken INF file) and is reverting to reporting the port rate.

In your case you cannot start a DUN configuration because DUN
cannot find
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Modem \000n. It
prompts you to insert the disc containing the mdmp4034.inf file
so that it can build the above key (I think).

Can you set up a comms session using HyperTerminal?


This is also something I am going to try; will report back.

Did not try it. Infor from "more info" in my experience is the
same as what is shown for a normally working modem. It is just
that DUN cannot work with the modem. This could be a wrong
driver, but I am inclined to think at this point that there is
some special executable in the original modem install diskette
that is needed to install this piece of junk. But if that is
true why does dell offer the driver package. Maybe they expect
all users to have the original install diskettes or cd.


With HyperTerminal you can access the modem directly, or via a
"direct to com" session. You will avoid using TAPI. You can then
command the modem to dial without going through DUN.

AT E1 - enables command echo
AT L3 M2 - turns on modem's speaker at max volume
AT +MS=? - lists supported protocols
AT I0 I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 - identifies modem
AT +FCLASS=? - identifies data/fax/voice capabilities
AT DT your_house_number - tone dials your own number
AT H - hangs up the line

If the modem dials out and makes the right noises, then you can
be confident that the hardware is OK and that the drivers have
been correctly installed. The problem must then lie with the INF
file.

Here is a FAQ that may have useful info:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_faqs.html

I've about had it and ready to buy another modem. Even for those
who had this modem running there were a multitude of complaints
about it=from slow speeds to disconnects to whatever and little
or no help from dell-that is why dell sells it's stuff so
cheap-alot of it is junk, imo. And posting at their forum site
brought nothing from their "tech support" people. Glad I only
paid 15 bucks for this box instead of getting ripped off by Dell
and then STILL getting crappy support from them, as so many of
the other complainers on this modem have received.

IIRC, there is a special procedure to uninstall HCF/HSF
drivers.

Here is an excerpt from the FAQ:

================================================== =============
== ==== I would like information on drivers to install for
both modem enumerator and modem.

The installation instructions are packaged with the generic
drivers. Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions
on how to remove and install the drivers.
================================================== =============
==

Ok, I will check on that, thanks, but I think they are probably
referring to the method of removing old drivers from add/remove.
====


I only mentioned this because I know users of other modems (eg
USR Winmodem) have sometimes needed to use a special utility to
clean out the registry and INF folder before installing a new
modem. I've also encountered instances where certain OEMx.INF
files needed to be deleted for the same reason.

In fact I found the following statement in Microsoft's KB:

"If no files are copied during the installation, delete any
unused Oem*.inf and Oem*.pnf files, and then perform the
installation again."


I don't recall seeing any oem files, but I will double check. I am
hoping that my clearing of all reg entries specific to this modem,
under conexant, mdm3880, etc will help the install.

Here are two other sites that may be useful:
http://www.aztech.com.sg/SAnalog.htm#14

I thought aztec was out of business, all their other links are
no good.


I think this looks like the right driver set:
ftp://ftp.aztech.com/download/modem/...-wu/mdp3880wu_
win9x.zip

The INF files make reference to Dell. There is also an
"infunist.exe" file which looks suspiciously like an
uninstaller.

-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.



  #6  
Old November 6th 05, 07:10 PM
nonewbie
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Posts: n/a
Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

Was not sure where to put this followup to this thread/OP.

This is an update on the whole thread.

I cleared all the registry entries for the modem and installed the
w98/mdp3880-w(u) driver package again from it's setup.exe, which is
supposed to automatically install the drivers under win98.

The setup gave no feedback saying it was installed successfully and
just ran. It installs a bunch of driver files to the win dir and
registry entries associated with this MDP-3880-w(u) conexant/aztech
enumerator modem.

Same result-modem name and entry appears fine under control panel
system, but modem box is blank under modem properties. "More info"
yields typical modem response.

Under modem properties, modem is given interrupt of 0. Yet under
control panel system modem is given IRQ of 9. Under modem properties
"com2" appears next to blank portion where modem name should appear.
Clicking on properties and diagnostic-more info on this com2/blank
area gives the usual modem response.

Installed and ran hyperterminal. Hyperterminal does not allow entry
of phone number. When trying to dial pre-established AT&T number, I
get "general tapi failure".

Each time I try to make a dun, modem install box comes up with a list
of all modem install packages, acting as if no modem is installed.
Driver files and registry entries for modem are there, but dun does
not find modem to the extent that the modem properties box is blank
except for com2 appearing. This modem supposedly uses a virtual port
which is created on install.

Next thing I thought of trying is to deinstall the netgear network
card,but am worried I will not be able to reinstall it once
deinstalled.

Can Franc or anyone else give any hints as to what "general tapi
failure" means under hyperterminal and why I cannot enter phone
number using it, under making new connection? What does this mean?
Did a search for it and turned up nothing. Thanks much for any help.




on Tue 01 Nov 2005 12:57:48a, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:08:42 +0000 (UTC), nonewbie
put finger to keyboard and composed:

on Fri 28 Oct 2005 10:50:10p, Franc Zabkar
wrote in
m:


Your modem's properties, commands, and responses are located
at this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Mode
m\ 000n

I have exhaustively removed all references to this modem from
the registry after trying to remove the drivers from the
add/remove-now Win**** was not allowing me to remove the entry
for the enumerator package in add/remove. After getting rid of
all the reg entries that refered to both this specific modem and
to the driver files that were installed by it's driver packages,
then add remove no longer showed the entry. I also renamed all
the driver files in the windows/dir that were installed as a
result of the driver package installs. Rebooted and windows goes
to: building driver base, installing software for mdp modem,
insert install diskette-which i do not have-so maybe thepost
saying that you must have this to properly install the modem is
true-then why does dell give out a driver package for installing
the modem at it's site? Click cancel, but each time I reboot
windows is asking again for the install diskette for the modem.
Windows also added two registry keys for the modem after I had
deleted them all that were somewhat different from what was
there before-one under enum/root/unknown/0000 -unknown I guess
because I cancelled the driver install and
control/asd/rob/root/modem/0000/mdp3880 pci modem enumerator.

So the hardware is reporting it's presence to windows and
windows is modifying the registry even when I have cancelled the
install driver diskette process.

Maybe if I install the earlier versions of the drivers-the
oldest ones-it will work now, but not holding my breath. There
was one report from a fellow who said that windows complained
that it needed the older drivers, but I have not gotten any
similar errors.

One thing I did not report earlier is I was getting errors like
"failed to call enumproppages in modemui.dll" in safe mode. This
indicates from reading I have done that OS is not communicating
with registry for providing a user interface for setting modem
properties, which would explain the empty boxes next to com2
where the modem name is supposed to be, even though the modem
responded normally to more info.


I am at a disadvantage as I don't have a soft or controllerless
modem at hand, nor have I any significant experience in
troubleshooting installation issues for same. Your best advice
will come from those who have a similar modem.

How does yours look?


That entry you mentioned was not there. There were a couple of
CSLID entries for a modem, but they appeared to be generic for
any modem and I left them alone.


That entry should contain most of the information (eg AT
commands, Settings and Responses) that is in the mdmp4034.inf
file.

If this key has a problem, then check the contents of the
modem's INF file. That's where the setup info comes from.


What should I look for there? Not really sure exactly how the
inf file interacts with the registry which interacts with
allowing DUN to create a dial out entry for the modem. And from
the reading I've done no one else has explained this on the net
either.


When you communicate with the modem via the Control Panel Modems
applet, you do so using a set of standard Hayes Smartmodem AT
commands. These are ATIn and AT+FCLASS=? AFAIK, these commands
are not retrieved from the registry. They appear to be coded
into the modem.cpl applet. As long as the modem's resources have
been assigned and its driver files installed, then "more info"
will return an appropriate response.

The missing registry key becomes important when the modem is
accessed via TAPI. This is because a modem's extended AT command
set is not standardised - the commands vary between chipsets and
between manufacturers. In order for an application to configure
the modem for voice answer mode, say, it needs to consult the
registry for the AT commands specific to that modem. In my case
the relevant key is ...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Class\Modem\
0000\VoiceAnswer

... and there are seven AT commands beginning with
"at#cls=8cr" and ending with "atacr".

DUN also consults the registry so that it knows how to reset the
modem (ATZ), how to dial (ATD), how to hangup (ATH), and so on.
DUN also needs to know how to interpret the responses returned
by the modem, eg how to interpret OK, ERROR, CONNECT 46667, +ER:
LAPM, BUSY, NO DIALTONE, etc. If you ever see the message
"connected at 115200bps", then this usually means that DUN has
been unable to determine the actual connect speed (because of a
broken INF file) and is reverting to reporting the port rate.

In your case you cannot start a DUN configuration because DUN
cannot find
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Modem \000n. It
prompts you to insert the disc containing the mdmp4034.inf file
so that it can build the above key (I think).

Can you set up a comms session using HyperTerminal?


Did not try it. Infor from "more info" in my experience is the
same as what is shown for a normally working modem. It is just
that DUN cannot work with the modem. This could be a wrong
driver, but I am inclined to think at this point that there is
some special executable in the original modem install diskette
that is needed to install this piece of junk. But if that is
true why does dell offer the driver package. Maybe they expect
all users to have the original install diskettes or cd.


With HyperTerminal you can access the modem directly, or via a
"direct to com" session. You will avoid using TAPI. You can then
command the modem to dial without going through DUN.

AT E1 - enables command echo
AT L3 M2 - turns on modem's speaker at max volume
AT +MS=? - lists supported protocols
AT I0 I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 - identifies modem
AT +FCLASS=? - identifies data/fax/voice capabilities
AT DT your_house_number - tone dials your own number
AT H - hangs up the line

If the modem dials out and makes the right noises, then you can
be confident that the hardware is OK and that the drivers have
been correctly installed. The problem must then lie with the INF
file.

Here is a FAQ that may have useful info:
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_faqs.html


I've about had it and ready to buy another modem. Even for those
who had this modem running there were a multitude of complaints
about it=from slow speeds to disconnects to whatever and little
or no help from dell-that is why dell sells it's stuff so
cheap-alot of it is junk, imo. And posting at their forum site
brought nothing from their "tech support" people. Glad I only
paid 15 bucks for this box instead of getting ripped off by Dell
and then STILL getting crappy support from them, as so many of
the other complainers on this modem have received.

IIRC, there is a special procedure to uninstall HCF/HSF
drivers.

Here is an excerpt from the FAQ:

================================================== =============
== ==== I would like information on drivers to install for
both modem enumerator and modem.

The installation instructions are packaged with the generic
drivers. Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions
on how to remove and install the drivers.
================================================== =============
==


Ok, I will check on that, thanks, but I think they are probably
referring to the method of removing old drivers from add/remove.
====


I only mentioned this because I know users of other modems (eg
USR Winmodem) have sometimes needed to use a special utility to
clean out the registry and INF folder before installing a new
modem. I've also encountered instances where certain OEMx.INF
files needed to be deleted for the same reason.

In fact I found the following statement in Microsoft's KB:

"If no files are copied during the installation, delete any
unused Oem*.inf and Oem*.pnf files, and then perform the
installation again."

Here are two other sites that may be useful:
http://www.aztech.com.sg/SAnalog.htm#14


I thought aztec was out of business, all their other links are
no good.


I think this looks like the right driver set:
ftp://ftp.aztech.com/download/modem/...-wu/mdp3880wu_
win9x.zip

The INF files make reference to Dell. There is also an
"infunist.exe" file which looks suspiciously like an
uninstaller.

-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.


  #7  
Old November 6th 05, 07:14 PM
nonewbie
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Posts: n/a
Default Any Tapi/Dun/Modem Experts Question

not a real modem, a winmodem card plugged into a pci slot.

on Wed 02 Nov 2005 11:27:04a, "=?Utf-8?B?cG9hdHQ=?="
wrote in
:

Help out a dummy here.
Is this a modem card? Plugged into a PCI slot? Or something
else?

 




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