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From: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Flashing PEP light on T2500.
Message-ID: <22554@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 91 19:21:12 GMT
References: <784@dynasys.UUCP>
Organization: Dead Poets Society
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In <784@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) writes:

>I've got a T2500 and sometimes when I'm using it for an interactive
>session, the PEP lights starts flashing on and off and I don't receive
>anything and can't send anything.  Does anyone know why this occurs and
>how I can stop it?  I couldn't find anything in the manual, but I could
>have just missed it.  Any suggestions?

According to TFM, a flashing PEP light indicates that a retrain operation
(AT&R) is in progress, i.e. the two modems are re-negotiating protocols,
spoofing support, etc.  If you're not doing anything specifically to 
cause this, then the remote modem is..... sounds like time for a chitchat
with the (hopefully) warm body on the other end of the phone line to 
compare settings and figure out just what is going on.  A modem set for
interactive dialup shouldn't be trying to do retrains of its own accord.  

Glenn R. Stone
gs26@prism.gatech.edu