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Michael
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2023
This item is described to have,:Ethernet port 1:number of ports 5This is wrong. This item has neither.
RM
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022
The medical industry still relies on fax for some documents. This applies to some computer software as well and using email isn't allowed. So, to go along with these archaic standards I needed a modem. This model works with Windows 10 and Server 2019, and will most likely be supported for the next versions.Don't forget to get a standard Parallel to Serial cable as it doesn't come in the box. DO NOT GET a null cable unless you are specifically required to.
Steam Problem
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020
Under "Frequently bought together" the "StarTech.com 10 ft Cross Wired DB9 to DB25 Serial Null Modem" was the wrong cable. A "Your Cable Store 6 foot DB9 Female / DB25 Male Serial Port Cable RS232" worked with the "USB to Serial 9 pin converter cable".A better solution than the "USB to Serial 9 pin converter cable" is a "Startech.com 16 inch 9 pin Serial male to 10 pin Motherboard Header Slot plate - motherboard Serial Port Adapter".Motherboards should have a 10 pin female socket labeled COM1 to plug the 10 pin male socket into. The "Your Cable Store 6 foot DB9 Female / DB25 Male Serial Port Cable RS232"'s DB9 pin Female mates with the "Startech.com 16 inch 9 pin Serial male ...".
Irry
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019
I specifically purchased the USR5686G external modem for testing software in my lab. Attempting to enable Caller ID on the device results in a ERROR response from the modem. The modem shipped to me does not support Caller ID.I should have known something fishy was going on. The bottom of the modem has OEM information is printed on it, including the model number. This particular modem had a white label affixed on top of the OEM labeling information.Here's my debug transcript:Debug: Enabling Caller IDDebug: modem_set_calleridDebug: Setting +VCID=1Debug: modem_writeDebug: Write 10: "AT+VCID=1r"Debug: modem_readDebug: Read 5: "ERROR"Error: Failed to set Caller ID for modem
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2019
The USRobotics USR5686G 56K Serial Controller Faxmodem was received in good condition. Everything packed up properly and delivered on-time. I have the unit installed and in production.The manufacturer provides very sub-par support. I recommend this product to a tech-savvy person. I was able to get the unit work very well. The manufacturer recommended I use another Phone Line and Modem Type. USR needs to work on their customer service. They completely would have sent me in the wrong direction without calling BS on them.
Jeff Ross
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2015
I bought it just so I could hear the sound of a 56k modem every 5 minutes.In all seriousness we use an outdated service to run credit cards for a restaurant. Our old one stopped working so I purchased the exact same one we had. Plug and play. Works great. Was surprised it was still sold on Amazon!
Jeanette Christian
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2014
This is just a little misleading. In order to get this product to work with windows 7, you have to use the default windows 7 modem driver. The delivered driver with the modem WILL NOT WORK !!!
GreenEng
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2013
We now recommend this modem to our customers to connect to our industrial product (often installed in areas with marginal phone lines). Nothing fancy required - we're just communicating at 9600 baud - but this modem just seems to work better than others for our application (e.g. compared to Zoom/Hayes external serial, Zoom USB, internal PC modem).The volume control is very handy for customers since they can turn volume up or down using the knob on the modem and don't have to mess around with control panel or AT command settings.
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