Black Box 3600 User Manual

Our most secure dialup modem
features 33.6-kbps speeds and works
with dialup or leased lines.
Our most secure dialup modem
features 33.6-kbps speeds and works
with dialup or leased lines.
Modem 3600
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FEATURES
• Provides sync, async, and fax capabilities for links between a local computer and a remote computer, fax, or DTE.
• Advanced error control and data compression ensure data integrity and increase data throughput.
• Switches to a dialup line if the leased-line connection fails, then automatically returns to the leased line when it’s back up.
• High-speed fax enables communication with any ITU Group III fax device.
• Configure via the front panel or AT commands.
• Password security keeps your data safe.
• Dynamically adjusts data rate to conform to line conditions.
OVERVIEW
The Modem 3600 is a high-performance V.34+/V.42 bis modem and fax in one unit. It offers serial throughput rates up to 230.4 kbps and works anywhere your telephone can reach, transmitting over standard dialup lines or private leased lines.
Perfect for less-than-ideal transmission lines, the Modem 3600 features echo canceling, auto-adaptive line equalizing, and trellis coding techniques. Automatic rate adaptation enables the modem to automatically decrease the DCE rate when the allowable bit error rate is exceeded (and increase it when line conditions improve).
It also has adaptive baud-rate selection, transmit pre­emphasis, automatic transmit-power selection, constellation shaping, and non-linear encoding and pre-coding.
All models feature a front-panel LCD for easy option selection and modem configuration. Through this password­protected LCD interface, you can get information about Modem 3600 operation and status, and you can control all major modem options without using an external terminal or a phone line connection.
What’s more, a remote-configuration feature enables you to use the LCD to configure a remote modem from the local side. Plus, it comes with built-in standard diagnostics for testing phone line quality and modems at each end.
In addition to the LCD interface, you can configure your Modem 3600 via standard AT software commands. Or, choose one of nine factory-configured options to simplify setup for most standard applications. The modem is also flash-memory upgradable.
When functioning as a fax, the Modem 3600 is fully ITU Group III compatible. It conforms to the EIA-578 standard interface between a fax modem and a computer with fax software. When used with an EIA Class 1 software package, the modem can send and receive faxes at up to 14.4 kbps. And built-in error correction ensures that your fax will arrive at its destination without transmission errors.
The modem operates over dialup and 2- or 4-wire leased lines. It also features automatic dial-backup handling of both sync and async data. The dial backup feature prompts the modem to switch to a dial backup mode if the leased line is unable to support communications.
Multiple levels of security include password, password with callback, and user-programmed password. The modems can store up to 50 passwords and 50 phone numbers.
The standalone modem, suitable for both desktop and shelftop use, is available in both AC- and DC-powered versions. Order the AC-powered modem alone (MD1000A) or packaged with two serial cables (MD1000A-CABPAK-R2), which you can use to connect the modem to either DB25 or DB9 male RS-232 devices. We also offer a standalone DC­powered version (MD1000A-DC), as well as rackmount card (MD1000C) that draws AC power from and plugs into the backplane of the optional Modem Rack II (RM421A).
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The Modem 3600 has six LED indicators:
• TR (Terminal Ready) lights when the DTE asserts Data Terminal Ready. This signal is input on Pin 20.
• CS (Clear to Send) lights when the modem is ready to send data to the DTE. This signal is output on Pin 5.
• RS (Request to Send) lights when the DTE is ready to send data to the modem. This signal is input on Pin 4.
• CD (Carrier Detect) lights when the received audio carrier signal is detected, or, if error control is enabled, when error-control protocol negotiation is complete. This signal is output on Pin 8.
• RD (Received Data) lights for a data space condition at the receive data output, indicating receive data output activity. This signal is output on Pin 3.
• TD (Transmit Data) lights for a data space condition at the transmit data input, indicating transmit data input activity. This signal is input on Pin 2.
The modem has seven main LCD menus: Modem Status, Dial Stored Number, Display Status, Select Test, Modify Configuration, Change Phone Numbers, and Front Panel Features.
Technically Speaking
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Item Code
Modem 3600 Standalone
AC Powered MD1000A AC Powered with (2) Serial Cables MD1000A-CABPAK-R2 DC Powered MD1000A-DC
Modem 3600 Rackmount Card MD1000C
To rackmount your MD1000C, order…
Modem Rack II RM421A
For async communications, you’ll need…
PROCOMM PLUS 32 Quarterdeck v.4.8 14-00-00397
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MD1000A
TECH SPECS
Carrier Detect Level — Dynamic to -43 dBm Clocking — Internal, external, or receive Compliance — Fax: EIA-578; ITU V.29, V.27 ter, V.21, V.17;
Modem: UL
®
1950; CSA 950; IC-CD-03 (Canada); FCC Part 68 (US);
FCC Part 15, Class A
Compression — V.42 bis and MNP
®
5
Data Rates — Fax: 2400, 4800, 7200, and 9600 bps; 12.2 and 14.4 kbps;
Modem: ITU-T V.34+: 2400, 4800, 7200, and 9600 bps; 12.2, 14.4, 16.8,
19.2, 21.6, 24, 26.4, 28.8, 31.2, and 33.6 kbps; ITU V.32 bis: 7200 and 9600 bps; 12.2 and 14.4 kbps trellis encoded; ITU V.32: 4800 and 9600 bps unencoded; ITU V.22 bis: 1200 and 2400 bps; ITU V.21: 300 bps (async only); Bell 212A: 1200 bps; Bell 103: 300 bps (async only)
Digital Interface — EIA-232D, ITU V.24 Error Correction — V.42 and MNP 2–5 Fax Compatibility — ITU Group III compatible when used with
Class 1 fax software
Line Equalization — Auto-adaptive Modulation — Fax: QAM: 12 and 14.4 kbps; 7200 and 9600 bps;
DPSK: 2400 and 4800 bps; FSK: 300 bps;
Modem: ITU: V.34+, V.34, V.33, V.32 bis, V.32, V.29, V.27, V.22 bis, V.22,
and V.21;
Bell: 212A and 103
Operation — Fax: Half-duplex over 2-wire dialup lines;
Modem: Full-duplex over 2-wire dialup or leased lines; full duplex
over 4-wire leased lines
RTS/CTS Delay — 0 to 150 ms (± 2 ms) in 10-ms increments Serial Throughput — 230.4 kbps Tests — V.54 remote loopback, V.52 511 PN pattern, analog loopback,
analog loopback with test pattern, local digital loopback, remote digital loopback, remote digital loopback with test pattern, test­pattern generation/checking
Transmitter Output Level — -9 dBm permissive;
-9 to -30 dBm in 1-dBm increments for leased-line operations (V.34: -6 to -30 dBm in 1-dB increments for leased-line operation)
Connectors — (1) DB25 F, (2) RJ-45 Indicators — (6) LEDs: TR, CS, RS, CD, RD, TD Temperature — Operating: 32 to 122°F (0 to 50°C);
Storage: -40 to +158°F (-40 to +70°C)
Relative Humidity — Up to 95%, noncondensing Power — MD1000A, MD1000A-CABPAK-R2: 115 VAC, 60 Hz, 14 watts;
MD1000A-DC: 12–60 VDC, 14 watts; MD1000C: From the RM421A rack
Size — MD1000A, MD1000A-CABPAK-R2, MD1000A-DC:
2.5"H x 7"W x 9.6"D (6.4 x 17.8 x 24.4 cm)
Weight — MD1000A, MD1000A-CABPAK-R2, MD1000A-DC: 3 lb. (1.4 kg)
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