HSF Soft56k WinModem

[MiDiot 0]

Windows 2000 & HSF Soft56k WinModem

 

Conexant HSF 56K Conexant/Rockwell SoftK56 (formerly Rockwell)

 

CHIPSET: RS56/SP-PCI

 

A software Windows-only Dual-Mode chipset that supports both V.90 and

 

K56Flex™.

The original Windows modem driver-name was "Rockwell SoftK56

 

Data,Fax,Speakerphone PCI Modem" & by v2.05 had become "Conexant SoftK56

 

Data,Fax,Speakerphone PCI Modem" .

 

Drivers seem to be interchangeable between suppliers [use at own risk].

 

This modem has caused much grief to many owners. It has the least number of

 

chips on-board of all the Conexant modems, therefore the lowest cost & also

 

the greatest number of modem functions implemented in software.

 

The host computer's cpu needs enough horsepower to get the job done. It has

 

been reported to run fine on a 450 MHz cpu but not on a 233 MHz cpu

 

You already may have a version of the driver installed, you can check this by

 

going to your modems diagnostics in Windows. It will report the version No in

 

the ATi3 response like the following;

 

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.11.06

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.11.03

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.09.03

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.08.02

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.07.01

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.05

SoftK56V_B2.1_V2.02

SoftK56V_B2.1_V1.44

SoftK56V_B2.1_V1.42

SoftK56V_B2.1_V1.33

 

for companies that use this chipset go to;

http://www.modem-help.freeserve.co.uk/moddrivers.html#hsf

 

Try the Zoltrix Windows 2000 beta Driver first. http://www.zoltrix.com/modem/fmsft56i-drivers.htm

 

If that doesnt work, then download the appropritate NT Driver for your card.

If you cannot find the driver for your card (No name card) try a few

 

different ones. (See Troubleshooting at end of this article)

 

INSTALLATION for NT Driver;

 

Windows 2000 will detect the modem as a "PCI Simple Communications Device" or

 

similiar. It will try to install it on bootup.

Cancel this (Unless you have the actual Windows 2000 driver)

 

Make sure you remove all other previous installs for the HSF Modem.

You can do this by - Control Panel - Add/Remove Hardware -

follow all the prompts for unistalling the device and so on.

 

Now you must unistall the software for it as well

You can do this by - Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs

find either "Rockwell" or

"Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speakerphone PCI Modem"

and uninstall the software.

 

Now you must reboot your computer.

 

Again Windows 2000 will attempt to install "PCI Simple Communications Device"

 

or similiar. Cancel this.

 

Run the setup.exe file and follow the prompts.

It may ask you for your Windows 95/98 disk.

It is looking for a file called "Amos.vxd"

 

If all is well the setup will finish and you will have to reboot your

 

computer.

 

Your HSF56k should now be operational.

 

SUGGESTED SETTINGS FOR INTERNET CONNECTION

 

Select 56k instead of 115

 

Enable Hardware Flow Control

Enable Error Correction

Enable Modem Compression

 

Under PPP Win95/98 NT4/2000 Internet - Settings

Uncheck Enable LCP Extensions

CHECK Enable Software Compression

Uncheck Negotiate Multilink for Single Link Connections

 

If you are experiencing connection problems

Extra Settings - Extra Initialisation Commands

add this: AT&F&C1&D2

 

TROUBLESHOOTING

 

PROBLEM: You try dialing and Modem does not respond or Port Not Open

ACTION: Try another driver to this one. NT driver Only, not 95/98

(I tried a few and found only a few would open the port correctly)

(There are at least a dozen companies who use this chipset)

try; http://www.modem-help.freeserve.co.uk/moddrivers.html#hsf

 

PROBLEM: Modem opens port and you hear the dial tone, but reports no Dial

 

Tone and fails to continue

ACTION: Disable "Wait For Dial Tone" in Control Panel - Phone & Modem

 

Options - Select "Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speakerphone PCI Modem" and click

 

on properties. Under the General Tab uncheck "Wait For Dial Tone"

 

 

PROBLEM: Windows 2000 continues to try installing "PCI Simple Communications

 

Device" or similiar

ACTION: Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager - find PCI Simple

 

Communications Controller - right click and disable.

CAUTION: Disabling this may stop the port from opening.

[SHS 0]

what this all about ?.

[cknyc 0]

i have a supramax rockwell modem. The win2k aka hsf drivers work great. What is all this stuff about?

[Igor 0]

What are you trying to say buddy ? Are u feeling alright? j/k

[MiDiot 0]

It might be Ok if you have W2K drivers.

But if you dont have them yet, try and make the damn thing work

The above is a way of getting it to work in W2k using NT drivers.

 

The real solution of course is to buy a REAL modem.

[MiDiot 0]

Congratulations Supramax have a W2K driver.

But there are more than a dozen companies that make a WinModem using that chipset and that have not yet released W2K drivers