Changes and enhancements in 5/15/95 Courier BETA firmware
THIS IS BETA FIRMWARE. TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL NOT ADDRESS
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING USE OF THIS ROM CODE.
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1. Added V.34+ modulation. This is an extension of V.34 which adds
signalling rates of 31200 BPS and 33600 BPS, and also provides
improved performance at the standard V.34 speeds. Negotiation
of this modulation is fully automatic and requires no configuration
changes in modem setup. V.34+ may be disabled by setting bit 5 of
S-register 56. The &N command has been extended to support the
two new speeds, adding &N15 and &N16.
New connect messages and result codes are:
Verbal Numeric
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CONNECT 31200 151
CONNECT 31200/ARQ 152
CONNECT 31200/V34 153
CONNECT 31200/ARQ/V34 154
CONNECT 33600 155
CONNECT 33600/ARQ 156
CONNECT 33600/V34 157
CONNECT 33600/ARQ/V34 158
2. Improved V.FC line performance.
3. Improved V.34 compatability.
4. Improved V.32xxx retraining.
5. Improved FAX line performance.
6. Improved Call Selection (Adaptive Answer) operation.
7. Added the optional "Selective Reject" feature to LAPM operation.
This feature enhances throughput by reducing the number of data blocks
that are re-sent when an error (BLER) occurs. Selective Reject may
be disabled by setting bit 6 of S-register 51.
8. Increased data block size in LAPM mode. The increased block size
results in lower protocol overhead, and increased throughput.
9. The ATI6 diagnostic screen has an extended "Protocol" field which
displays the actual block and window sizes, and indicates when Selective
Reject has been negotiated.
10. ARQ LED operation has been modified so that the LED blinks whenever
BLERS are encountered. Previous code only blinked the light when
data was being re-transmitted due to BLERS at the remote side. Now
that both conditions are being reported, you may notice an increase
in the activity of that light.
11. MR LED operation has been modified so that the light extinguishes
when either modem requests a retrain. Previous code only extinguished
the light when the local modem made the request.
12. The &S5 option documented in the User's Guide and Quick Reference Card
is now functional.
13. Dial Security with Autopass operation has been corrected.
14. Dial Security with Password Prompting has been corrected.
15. Minor cosmetic changes in diagnostics screens.