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Introduction:   Motorola SM56 Software Modem User's Guide

Key Features

Thank you for using the SM56 Modem. The modem supports V.90/V.92 and K56flex™ connections, providing high-speed communications between your personal computer and a remote location. You can:

• Receive data at up to 56.0 Kbps in V.90/V.92 or K56flex™ mode, for fast Internet access

• Use your computer to send and receive faxes, at up to 14.4 Kbps

• Use your computer as a Video Phone, to place and receive Video Phone calls

• Use your computer as a telephone answering machine (Not available on Data/Fax modems.)

• Use your computer as a speakerphone, to place and receive voice calls (Data/Fax/Speakerphone modem only.)

• Refer to your computer’s voice application user’s manual to use the answering machine and speakerphone features.

NOTE: The SM56 is capable of 56Kbps connections, but due to various telephone line impairments, speeds in actual use maybe less.

SM56 for Linux version is a Data/Fax modem.


Key Features

The modem supports:

• The V.90/V.92 56K standard and K56flex, for maximum ISP interoperability

• V.44 Data compression for the highest Internet download speeds from participating ISPs

• The V.80 interface to H.234-compliant Video Phone applications

• The V.34, V.32bis, V.32, V.23, V.22bis, V.22, V.21, Bell 212A, and Bell 103 modulation standards

• Fax Class 1 error-correction mode

• V.17, V.21, V.29, V.27ter Group III Fax modes

• V.42, LAP-M, and MNP 2-4 error-correction protocols

• V.42bis and MNP 5 data-compression protocols

• DTE rates from 300 bps to 115.2 Kbps

The modem is designed with easy upgrades in mind. You can upgrade the modem software with a simple Internet download to help keep up with the rapid changes in features and supported communications rates. In many cases, no new hardware is required. Contact your modem supplier for details.

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