Re: Weird Controller Behavior

Larry, we also had problems with the Bit Surfrs.  They do stink, but to
their credit, Motorola UTA-220 series terminal adapters are pretty nice.  A
bit pricier than the Bit Surfrs though.
cjg

Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@ibm.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Weird Controller Behavior


>Brad,
>
>Well I gotta go with the Timer.  I have had crummy or worse luck with
Motorola
>Bit Smasher ISDN equipment but it definitely sounds like either your
Bitsmoker
>has a call duration timer going off (or the call accounting timer maxes out
and
>the thing chokes), or your telco has a limit on ISDN call time.  Either is
>possible but personally I'd blame Motorola (even though my personal policy
toward
>the phone company is the same as the IRS towards us tax paying citizens:
Guilty
>until proven innocent!)  Understand I'm not beating Motorola in general
just
>their ISDN junk.
>
> - Larry
>
>"Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
>>
>> I got this email from someone, and am not familiar with the controllers.
>> So, I'm posting it here.  :)  Thanks for any help.
>> ---------------------------------------
>> I have a remote site running off a Perle 494E using an ISDN Bitsufer Pro
>> Motorola Modem and the line keeps dropping at the very same exact time
twice
>> daily. I have called perle and they say its the modem, but I wanted to
ask
>> you if there is anything within the as400 thats would cause this to
happen.
>>
>> What is puzzling is that when I reset the perle and modem and line, the
>> times of the line dropping moves up by the amount of time that the
devices
>> were powered off. Its like its on some kind of timer if you would.
>--
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