56k diagnostic lights

[Joseph F]

I just recently bought an external 56k modem (fucking awesome!!!!) and there are several diagnostic lights on it. Can someone here explain what they mean?
They are labeled: CS, RS, CD, OH, RD, SD, TR and MR.

 

[DesiPower]

Is this a time warp thread ?

 

[Farmer]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=CS%2C+RS,+CD,+OH,+RD,+SD,+TR+and+MR

Since 56K modems are new to you, maybe you haven't heard of Google either.

 

[Linflas]

I just recently bought an external 56k modem (fucking awesome!!!!) and there are several diagnostic lights on it. Can someone here explain what they mean?
They are labeled: CS, RS, CD, OH, RD, SD, TR and MR.

http://www.myhome.org/pg/modem.htm

 

[gaidensensei]

Damn, you are young son. Lot of us come from even before the 56k days. We're talking 28.8, 14.4, 9.6k and earlier.

 

[Joseph F]

Thanks guys, I'll google it next time. xD

 

[Farmer]

Damn, you are young son. Lot of us come from even before the 56k days. We're talking 28.8, 14.4, 9.6k and earlier.

That's only a span of like 5 years. You're not that old.

 

[Numenorean]

CS - ???
RS - Request to Send
CD - Carrier Detect
OH - Off Hook
RD - Receive(d) Data
SD - Send Data
TR - Transmit/Receive
MR - ???

Some, not sure, guessing at the others.

 

[Saint Nick]

First modem I ever owned was a 300 baud serial modem.

 

[guyver01]

Since we're talking Cutting Edge technology, check out my sweet new gaming rig..
only cost $10,000!!!

 

[MichaelD]

Wow, talk about a time warp thread. I didn't think dial-up even existed anymore. What's next? A thread like "I just bought a new TV and it came with this little box with buttons on it...I think it's called a "remote control"...what do I do with it?" :shocked:

 

[spidey07]

I just recently bought an external 56k modem (fucking awesome!!!!) and there are several diagnostic lights on it. Can someone here explain what they mean?
They are labeled: CS, RS, CD, OH, RD, SD, TR and MR.

Dear lord I'm reaching back...

Clear to send
request to send
carrier detect
off hook
receive data
transmit data
terminal ready
modem ready

And a little factoid about 56k. In order to get 56k one end of the call HAS to be digital as in a T1 or PRI, T3, etc. It got to the point that you could fit 32 digital modems on what looked like a stick of memory.

 

[guyver01]

Wow, talk about a time warp thread. I didn't think dial-up even existed anymore. What's next? A thread like "I just bought a new TV and it came with this little box with buttons on it...I think it's called a "remote control"...what do I do with it?" :shocked:

well.. now that you mention it..

What AM i supposed to do with this thing???

 

[Jeff7]

Damn, you are young son. Lot of us come from even before the 56k days. We're talking 28.8, 14.4, 9.6k and earlier.

First modem: 2400bps.

The olden days, when downloading a 5MB file was best done with a program like Getright, which could recover from broken downloads.

 

[Farmer]

broken downloads.

Every. Fucking. Time.

 

[bobdole369]

Or when your mom picked up the phone...
1200 baud was my first one - a vicmodem if I recall. I was amazed that you didn't even need a phone, unlike my dads 300 baud which had the acoustic coupler.

Damn I feel old now.

 

[MichaelD]

:awe: A Clicker! I remember those well. Contrast that now with my Logitech Harmony and it's just unbelievable!

well.. now that you mention it..

What AM i supposed to do with this thing???

 

[davmat787]

Damn, you are young son. Lot of us come from even before the 56k days. We're talking 28.8, 14.4, 9.6k and earlier.

I remember when I spent $199 on a US Robotics 14.4 external modem. It was so much faster than what I had previously. :awe:

 

[PimpJuice]

I just recently bought an external 56k modem (fucking awesome!!!!)

I look forward to the post about you touching boobs for the first time.

 

[spidey07]

:awe: A Clicker! I remember those well. Contrast that now with my Logitech Harmony and it's just unbelievable!

That one is fancy, it has more than one button.

 

[Iron Woode]

LOL

last month I bought 2 USR 56k external modems. One is an X2 model. I paid $10 for both.

I am going to use one for a project to attach it to a C64.

 

[Iron Woode]

Since we're talking Cutting Edge technology, check out my sweet new gaming rig..
only cost $10,000!!!

no, it didn't.

That whole setup was around $400 back in 1985.

 

[Ichinisan]

well.. now that you mention it..

What AM i supposed to do with this thing???

Is that one of those remotes that uses sound instead of IR?

 

[spidey07]

Is that one of those remotes that uses sound instead of IR?

IIRC there was a striker in it that would hit a piece of metal like a tuning fork. Then a motor on the TV would turn the knob to change channels. The original ones only had a single button and you would get to a lower channel by cycling through the knob. It had no batteries.

 

[ultimatebob]

Since we're talking Cutting Edge technology, check out my sweet new gaming rig..
only cost $10,000!!!

I call shens on this... Even a fully loaded Commodore 64 system with all the accessories was never more than $2,500.

Now, an Amiga on the other hand...