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Re: (ASCEND) K56..

Of course not. (:-))  Go into Diagnostics mode and then
type in the diag command "modemdiag".  This will turn
on modem diagnostics and when someone terminates a call,
you will get about 15 lines of stuff which includes the
line quality metrics.  A value in the teens is where
you want it to be.  Make sure that you enter in 
modemdiag again to stop the monitoring when you are done
so that your buffers to not fill up.  This is not
advisable and makes the Ascend do more work than necessary.

I learned about this one from talking with Tech support rep
who came on site to help me with this problem.
When in Diag mode, you can do a help and see what commands
are available.  You can also do a "help ascend" and see even
more commands.  BEWARE, these are generally Ascend Engineering
commands, so they could cause damage if you don't use them
correctly.

I am doing this on my MAX4004s with V5.0Ap33, if that makes
a difference.

		Neil :-)

On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Camilo Telles wrote:

> Neil,
> 
> How do you use the modemdiag to know the quality of customer line?
> 
> There is any FAQ on that?
> 
> Camilo
> 
> ----------
> > From: Neil Movold <nmlist@ibl.bm>
> > To: Andy Walden <andy@ns2.mtco.com>
> > Cc: Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com>; ascend-users@bungi.com
> > Subject: Re: (ASCEND) K56..
> > Date: Wednesday, November 26, 1997 9:18 PM
> > 
> > Andy, I had the same problem with the Channelized T1s with both
> > AMI/SF and B8ZS/ESF.  The Telco is using Northern Telecom DMS100
> > switches.  The only way I could get anything at all higher than
> > 33.6 was to replace the T1s with PRI circuits.  I now get as
> > good as 48000 and have tried several K56Flex modems.  I had
> > an Ascend rep fly in and help verify the solution.  Now, why
> > this is so I do not know.  One of the other great features with
> > the local ISDN PRI service is that I now get the Caller ID 
> > feature which is getting rather important with scammers out there.
> > 
> > I can tell you that I went through ever possible combination of 
> > settings with my 4004s (V5.0Ap33) and could not come up with
> > anything that would get me the greater speed.  One of the best
> > things to use is the "modemdiag" debug command to see what your
> > line quality is to your customers.  Even still, there is something
> > greatly different, besides the obvious, between the trunk side T1s 
> > and ISDN PRIs.  Another issue for you will be cost and availability
> > of ISDN.  Since the Telco could not provide us with 56Kb speeds
> > on the Trunk Side T1s, they gave us a break on the PRIs, so the 
> > cost was not an issue.  I have this funny feeling that the Maxen
> > really like ISDN and not trunk side T1s.
> > 
> > 		Neil 
> > 
> > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Andy Walden wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Matt Holdrege wrote:
> > > 
> > > > At 09:35 AM 11/26/97 -0600, Andy Walden wrote:
> > > > >I have been doing some comparisons and keeping track of numbers
> lately, it
> > > > >appears we aren't getting crap for 56k connections. We currently run
> > > > >channelized T1s with AMI and D4 on them. I am running some in with
> B8ZS
> > > > >and ESF for testing. I seriously can't imagine that making all the
> > > > >difference though. I do have a competitor, runs Livingston, as well
> as
> > > > >AMI/D4 and claims he is getting 48-52000 most of the time. Any
> > > > >suggestions?
> > > > 
> > > > You need to make sure there are no A/D conversions on your T1. It
> must be
> > > > trunk side and digital all the way. I prefer to visit the C.O. myself
> and
> > > > trace the wire. :)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm pretty sure that there are not, but what would tell me. We are the
> C/O
> > > for some of our modems and should be able to figure it out. Some of our
> > > lines currently go through a DAX, would tha be an A/D conversion? I
> have
> > > actually asked this question several times of some of the telco folk
> and
> > > they are for the most part convinced it should be straight though.
> > > 
> > > Andy
> > > 
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