Hayes modem

Spike,

As I understand it the Hayes 1200 will NOT do tone sniff. I think you need some other brand of modem to do that. Otherwise, my Hayes 1200 or 2400 do just fine with DL900.

Les

Remove the front of the modem. That is where the dipswitches are. Make sure switches 3,5,8 are down...all others should be up.

Jim Rojas

Actually thats the only model that does do tone sniff

so that's where they hide those little buggers. Already set to 3,5,8 down tho. gracias

thanks, the attached sheet said to turn off modem sounds and now I don't get 'initialization error' :) Now it connects and then says "error writing to module 0 0" and when I click on that box it says "unable to get configuration" and when I click on that box it disconnects. :( Any ideas on this? TIA

That happens when the modem cannot properly connect to either the panel or a module connected to the panel

Well maybe somebody fed me some bad info then. Wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last. Tech Support ????????? Now there is a conflict of words.

Never had a need to do the Tone Sniff so I never tried. Then again, I never tried since I was told it would not work with this modem.

WELL maybe someday when I have n-o-t-h-i-n-g else to do..................................

no module so maybe I'll try smartmodem 300 in DL900 next time since 1200 isn't working.

I whined to Mark Leuck about my Hayes 2400 not doing the "tone sniff" thang, and he gave me a 1200. It doesn't sniff didly squat either, but I figured he just unloaded a bum unit on me. Anyway, I never could get the tone sniff to work. js

I use a USR Sportster 56K for my Caddx stuff with no problems.

I got the tone sniff part down. now just gotta get the comm part right after it connects. Had to turn off modem speaker in 2 places in software to stop init error. Gotta big trim tommorow so it'l have to wait at few days.

Not tone sniffer?

Forgive my ignorance here, as I don't install Caddix, but what the hell is tone sniff?

The modem sends out a tone that the panel recognizes and will pick up without having to do a ring-hang-ring, if you've ever done FBII panels it's the same concept. I seldom use it unless it's a business that doesn't deal well with the more conventional method

Oh, so the tech has to be on the phone with his buttset?

Don't know. The modem was already installed on the PC. I installed the software told it what modem and it worked 1st try.

Yea or anyone picking up the phone or say an answering machine, the pitfall of using Tone Sniff is it doesn't work if the call goes to voice mail

I'll try again. you ever tried it with tone sniff download?

Been a while since I used my Caddx software. I only have a couple panels and a couple DIYers that I have programmed.