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AST RESEARCH, INC.         TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1230               6-21-95

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ADVANTAGE! ADVENTURE 60XX AND CREATIX MODEM


PROBLEM

When setting the modem type to 'Creatix LC144VF' in the WinFax Lite 3.1, 
the Advantage! Adventure 60XX system may fail to send a FAX message to 
the FAX machine with the Creatix data/fax/modem.


CAUSE

The WinFax Lite 3.1 has a wrong initialization string for the Creatix modem, 
which specifies the Software Flow Control; &K4 in the initialization string; 
AT&C1&D2&K4s7=55\.  The Hardware Flow Control; &K3 should be applied to the 
Creatix modem instead.


SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER      DESCRIPTION               REVISION

501609-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501610-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501549-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501497-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501693-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501689-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501543-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501713-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All
501695-XXX           ADVENTURE 6033S             All


SOLUTION

Units with WinFax Lite 3.1, should change the modem type to 

Generic Class 1 ( Hardware Flow Control )

in Setup.  This is the factory default setting for Creatix modem in Advantage! 
Adventure 60XX systems.


Units shipping in September, 1995 will have WinFax Lite 4.0 which will fix 
the problem on the initialization string for the Creatix modem.