I’m typing this from the public library now, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to check back in. Anyway, my modem suddenly disconnected in the middle of a session last night, and I haven’t been able to get it to dial since. I’ve swapped out a modem, and that didn’t fix the problem. I’m also able to dial and receive voice calls just fine, so evidently the phone line is not the problem. So I’m perplexed. I’m running WinXP on an Athlon, though I don’t think that matters. It’s an internal modem using COM3, if that makes a difference. See if the following log files give any clues:
Original modem (after re-installation):
05-14-2004 13:33:01.354 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32 apisrv.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.354 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\unimdm.tsp, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\unimdmat.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\uniplat.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\modem.sys, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\modemui.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\mdminst.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - Modem type: Lucent Win Modem
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - Modem inf path: mdmlt3.inf
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - Modem inf section: Modem_PNP_DFT
05-14-2004 13:33:01.364 - Matching hardware ID: pci\ven_11c1&dev_0442
05-14-2004 13:33:01.484 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
05-14-2004 13:33:01.484 - Initializing modem.
05-14-2004 13:33:01.494 - Send: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.514 - Recv: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.514 - Command Echo
05-14-2004 13:33:01.514 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.514 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.525 - Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.685 - Recv: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.685 - Command Echo
05-14-2004 13:33:01.685 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.685 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.695 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0L0M1\N3%C1&K3B0B15B2N1\J1X4<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.715 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.715 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.715 - Waiting for a call.
05-14-2004 13:33:01.725 - Send: at+vcid=1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.745 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.745 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.755 - Send: ATS0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.775 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.775 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.775 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
05-14-2004 13:33:01.775 - Initializing modem.
05-14-2004 13:33:01.785 - Send: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.805 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.805 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.815 - Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.975 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:01.975 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:01.985 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0L0M1\N3%C1&K3B0B15B2N1\J1X4<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:02.005 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:02.005 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:02.005 - Dialing.
05-14-2004 13:33:02.015 - Send: ATDT##########<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:02.866 - Attempting to abort current command
05-14-2004 13:33:02.866 - Send: <cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.317 - Recv: <cr><lf>NO CARRIER<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.317 - Interpreted response: No Carrier
05-14-2004 13:33:03.317 - Hanging up the modem.
05-14-2004 13:33:03.327 - Send: ATH E1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.487 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.487 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:03.487 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
05-14-2004 13:33:03.487 - Initializing modem.
05-14-2004 13:33:03.497 - Send: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.517 - Recv: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.517 - Command Echo
05-14-2004 13:33:03.517 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.517 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:03.527 - Send: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.688 - Recv: AT &F E0 &C1 &D2 V1 S0=0\V1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.688 - Command Echo
05-14-2004 13:33:03.688 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.688 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:03.698 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0L0M1\N3%C1&K3B0B15B2N1\J1X4<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.718 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.718 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:03.718 - Waiting for a call.
05-14-2004 13:33:03.728 - Send: at+vcid=1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.748 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.748 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:03.758 - Send: ATS0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.778 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:33:03.778 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:33:03.778 - Session Statistics:
05-14-2004 13:33:03.778 - Reads : 61 bytes
05-14-2004 13:33:03.778 - Writes: 88 bytes
Replacement modem (now removed):
05-14-2004 13:02:16.408 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32 apisrv.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.408 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\unimdm.tsp, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\unimdmat.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\uniplat.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\modem.sys, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\modemui.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - File: C:\WINDOWS\System32\mdminst.dll, Version 5.1.2600
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - Modem type: HSP56 MicroModem
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - Modem inf path: oem6.inf
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - Modem inf section: Modem
05-14-2004 13:02:16.418 - Matching hardware ID: pci\ven_134d&dev_2189
05-14-2004 13:02:17.119 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
05-14-2004 13:02:17.119 - Initializing modem.
05-14-2004 13:02:17.129 - Send: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.319 - Recv: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.319 - Command Echo
05-14-2004 13:02:17.319 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.319 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.329 - Send: AT&FE0&C1&D2&K3V1W3S0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.329 - Recv: AT&FE0&C1&D2&K3V1W3S0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.329 - Command Echo
05-14-2004 13:02:17.329 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.329 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.339 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0M1\N3%C3&K3B0N1X4<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.339 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.339 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.339 - Waiting for a call.
05-14-2004 13:02:17.349 - Send: at#cid=1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.349 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.349 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.359 - Send: ATS0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.359 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.359 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.359 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
05-14-2004 13:02:17.359 - Initializing modem.
05-14-2004 13:02:17.369 - Send: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.369 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.369 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.379 - Send: AT&FE0&C1&D2&K3V1W3S0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.379 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.379 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.389 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0M1\N3%C3&K3B0N1X4<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.389 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:17.389 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:17.389 - Dialing.
05-14-2004 13:02:17.399 - Send: ATDT##########<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.241 - Attempting to abort current command
05-14-2004 13:02:18.241 - Send: <cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.541 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.541 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.541 - Hanging up the modem.
05-14-2004 13:02:18.551 - Send: ATH<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.711 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.711 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.711 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
05-14-2004 13:02:18.711 - Initializing modem.
05-14-2004 13:02:18.721 - Send: AT<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.882 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.882 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.892 - Send: AT&FE0&C1&D2&K3V1W3S0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.892 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.892 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.902 - Send: ATS7=60S30=0M1\N3%C3&K3B0N1X4<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.902 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.902 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.902 - Waiting for a call.
05-14-2004 13:02:18.912 - Send: at#cid=1<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.912 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.912 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.922 - Send: ATS0=0<cr>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.922 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
05-14-2004 13:02:18.922 - Interpreted response: OK
05-14-2004 13:02:18.922 - Session Statistics:
05-14-2004 13:02:18.922 - Reads : 30 bytes
05-14-2004 13:02:18.922 - Writes: 73 bytes
The “no carrier” response is the only one that looks strange, but I don’t know what it means (I get a dial tone from the modem, but it won’t dial). Another option for me now is to sign up for broadband, which I’ve been putting off (and I’d hate to do it while desperate). Judging by the people who’ve been sending me junk mail, the services available to me are SBC Yahoo (DSL), Comcast (cable), or Earthlink (both, but I think cable is rated better the last time I checked broadbandreports.com). Any recommendations? In any case, I’d still like to figure out what’s wrong with my phone or modem, though.
Thanks.