Nokia 6185 User Manual

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80Final version 2/15/99Configuring your data or fax softwareOnce properly connected and configured, your PC will recog-nize your phone as an external standard fax/modem.However, your fax or data software may already be config-ured to use the existing PCMCIA or internal modem.Before you can use your phone to send and receive data orfaxes, you must reconfigure your fax or data software so thatit uses your phone rather than your existing modem. You mayconsider creating a separate set of dialing properties to usewhen your phone is connected, rather than changing any ex-isting settings.Please refer to the documentation or online help files foryour data or fax application when creating new dialing con-figurations, or modifying existing settings.To start a data or fax callNote: The restrict calls feature may affect any data/fax calls you at-tempt. If you experience problems, check your call restrictions. Seepage 59 for details.1. Initiate a data or fax call using your data or fax softwareconfigured for your phone.2. When trying to connect to the network, the phone dis-plays Connecting... Once connected, the text Data call(or Fax call) remains on the display for the duration ofthe data or fax call.3. Terminate the data call from your data software; faxcalls typically terminate automatically.Note: Avoid terminating a call by pressing your phone’s key. Thismay cause your data or fax application to temporarily lock up andcould cause loss of data.Note: Data or fax calls cannot be initiated using your phone’s keypad.All data and fax calls must be initiated using the data or fax software.To receive a data or fax callYour phone must be connected to your PC via the data cable.81Final version 2/15/991. The appropriate data or fax software must be running.Consider setting your data or fax software to automati-cally answer incoming calls so you can receive themwhile away from your PC.2. Your phone will display either Data call or Fax call,depending on the type of incoming call.3. Terminate the data call from your data software; faxcalls typically terminate automatically.Note: Avoid terminating a call by pressing your phone’s key. Thismay cause your data or fax application to temporarily lock up andcould cause loss of data.Manual selection of incoming data/fax callsCertain service providers require that you preset your phoneto receive the incoming data or fax call, rather than havingthe phone automatically detect the call type.Check with your service provider to see if “pre-arrangement” of dataand/or fax calls is necessary.Most popular data and fax programs allow you to send ad-ditional initialization commands to the modem when theprogram is launched, or when the modem is instructed to re-ceive a call. You will need to modify your phone’s modemconfiguration in the data or fax software so that it sends thefollowing special initialization string to the modem:To preset your phone to receive a data call:AT+CSP=1To preset your phone to receive a fax call:AT+CSP=2You should only have to make this modification once; thesesettings typically are saved as a part of your data or fax pro-gram’s settings. Please refer to the documentation or onlinehelp files for your data or fax application when modifyingyour modem’s initialization string.When the software has sent the proper command to your