Subj : Re: PhoneNET v2.0 [En] -NO ANSI-
To   : rmurray
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Aug 27 2024 11:57:00

-=> rmurray wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 pF> Make sure you confirm with the back of the modem... Thankfully, the
 pF> barrels were different sizes and you couldn't mix up the power supplies.
 pF>

 rm> Ha ha ha...  It's really funny to suggest checking the back of the
 rm> modem.  Because that's precisely what's the funniest part.  You look
 rm> all over the modem, and it doesn't say what power supply the modem
 rm> needs.  Normally, it's always indicated on modem devices what kind of
 rm> power supply they require. But on these 6 USR modems, there's nothing.
 rm> You have to guess what transformer it needs.

 rm> Back them, that might have been normal, but nowadays, it's not normal
 rm> at all.

What is normal nowadays, though, is that there is likely a Users Manual 
available in PDF format, for free, on the web.

Oh!  Here it is:

https://support.usr.com/support/5686g/5686g-files/5686g-ig.pdf

(see Step Four, where it tells you it uses 9 VAC).

This may be of interest, too:

https://support.usr.com/support/5686g/5686g-ug/index.html



.... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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