Multi-Tech Systems MT5600ZDX - Manual (Page 6)

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Model MT5600ZDX
Introduction
Welcome to the world of data communications. You have acquired one
of the finest intelligent data/fax modems available today, the MultiMo-
demZDX, from Multi-Tech Systems. This Owner’s Manual will help you
install, configure, test and use your MultiModemZDX.
Product Description
Your MultiModemZDX incorporates new modem technologies called V.90
and K56flex TM , that enable Internet connections at data rates up to 56K bps
over standard telephone lines. This 56K technology is able to propel data
downstream from the Internet to your computer at speeds of up to 56K bps
because data is digitally encoded instead of modulated. Upstream
transmission, mostly keystroke and mouse commands from your computer
to the central site, continue to flow at the conventional data rate of 33.6K
bps.
Your MultiModemZDX offers interactive automatic dialing, as well as
command mode option configuration. You may store four command line/
telephone numbers, of up to 40 characters each, in the modem’s
nonvolatile memory. The modem pulse or tone dials, and recognizes dial
tones and busy signals for reliable call-progress detection. The modem
can detect AT&T calling card tones. It is FCC-Registered for connection to
telephone networks without any Data Access Arrangements (DAA’s).
Though this modem is capable of 56K bps download performance line impairments, public
telephone infrastructure and other external technological factors currently prevent
maximum 56K bps connections.
The MultiModemZDX is a desktop fax/modem for compatible IBM Personal
Computers; and provides dial-up asynchronous communication capability
with other personal computers, terminals, on-line computer services or
other types of computer systems.
Connection to the phone line and/or an attached telephone device is made
by RJ11 modular type connectors; the PC connection is made via an
RS232C/V.24 serial cable receptacle; and low voltage DC power is supplied
to the MultiModemZDX through a modular power supply connection
included with the modem. All these connections are located on the rear
of the MultiModemZDX. Hardware installation procedures are described in
Chapter 2.