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AT Command Information
Details and settings for all AT Commands

Note: The AT commands listed here may not function will all modems. Consult the list of AT commands for a particular modem to determine which commands below will function with it.

Command Details and Settings
ATA

Force answer mode/ manual mode answer. The modem goes off-hook in answer mode when it detects a ring on the phone line, and sends an answer tone. If it fails to detect a carrier signal from a calling modem within 60 seconds, it hangs up. Pressing any key after the modem goes off hook aborts the manual answer operation and hangs up the modem.

ATBn

ITU-T / Bell answer sequence

  • n = 0 - ITU-T V.25 answer sequence. Required to connect from 14.4 bits per second (bps) down to 4800 bps. Also required for modems answering overseas calls at 2400 bps and 1200 bps.
  • n = 1 - Bell answer tone, used in US and Canada. Set ITU-T or Bell mode.
ATDn

Dials the specific phone number. Includes the following:

  • n = P - Pulse dial (default)
  • n = T - Tone Dial
  • , - (comma) Pause for two seconds
  • ; - (semicolon) Return to command mode after dialing
  • " (quot) Dial the letters that follow
  • ! - (exclamation) Flash the switch-hook
  • W - Wait for second dial tone (with X3 or higher)
  • @ - Wait for an answer (with X3 or higher)
  • R - Reverse the call / answer frequencies
ATFn

On-line local echo of transmitted data ON / OFF. Sometimes referred to as the duplex settings

  • n = 0 Local echo ON. Sometimes called half duplex. Modem sends a copy to your screen of data it sends to the remote system.
  • n = 1 Local echo OFF. Default. Sometimes called full duplex. Receiving (remote) system may send an echo of data it receives.
ATIn

Modem inquiry. Includes the following:

  • n = 0 Display product code
  • n = 1 Display results of ROM checksum
  • n = 2 Displays results of RAM test
  • n = 3 Display modem description and ROM revision
  • n = 4 Display current modem settings
  • n = 5 Display nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) settings
  • n = 6 Reserved
  • n = 7 Display product configuration
ATLn

Speaker volume control

  • n = 0 Lowest volume
  • n = 1 Low volume
  • n = 2 Medium volume (default)
  • n = 3 High volume
ATMn

Speaker control

  • n = 0 Speaker always OFF
  • n = 1 Speaker ON until carrier established (default)
  • n = 2 Speaker always ON
  • n = 3 Speaker ON after last digit dialed and until carrier is established
ATOn

Return on-line after command execution.

  • n = 0 Return on-line (normal)
  • n = 1 Return on-line and retrain. Use if there were errors in a non-ARQ data transfer.
ATQn

Quiet mode: result codes displayed / suppressed

  • n = 0 Result codes displayed
  • n = 1 Result codes suppressed (Quiet mode)
  • n = 2 Result codes suppressed in answer mode
ATVn Return result codes in words (i.e. verbal, when n = 0) or numbers (i.e. numeric, when n = 1)
ATYn

Software reset / power on defaults

  • n = 0 Sets profile 0 in NVRAM
  • n = 1 Sets profile 1 in NVRAM
ATZn

Reset modem

  • n = 0 Resets modem to NVRAM profile selected by Y command
  • n = 1 Resets modem to NVRAM profile 0
  • n = 2 Resets modem to NVRAM profile 1
  • n = 3 Resets modem to factory default profile 0 (&F0)
  • n = 4 Resets modem to factory default profile 1 (&F1)
  • n = 5 Resets modem to factory default profile 2 (&F2)
AT&An

Enable / Disable additional result code subsets. See also the ATXn Result Code Set Options and Information.

  • n = 0 ARQ result codes disabled
  • n = 1 ARQ result codes enabled (default)
  • n = 2 Additional V.32 modulation indicator
  • n = 3 Additional error-control indicator (LAPM, MNP, or NONE) and data-compression type (V.42bis or MNP5)
AT&Bn

Serial port rate

  • n = 0 Serial port rate switches to follow connection rate (default)
  • n = 1 Serial port rate remains fixed at the rate of the last AT command, determined by your software setting. Recommended rates are 38.4K and 19.2K bps. Requires &H (transmit flow control) enabled
  • n = 2 Shift to the user-defined, fixed, higher serial port rate for ARQ calls, follow the connection rate for non-ARQ calls. Answer mode only. Requires AT&H flow control.
AT&Cn

Carrier Detect (CD) signal, modem-to-computer. DIP switch 6 is factory set so that the modem controls CD, and the override is disabled

  • n = 0 CD override (CD always ON)
  • n = 1 Modem sends CD signal when it connects with another modem and drops CD on disconnect
AT&Dn

Data Terminal Ready (DTR) signal, computer-to-modem. DIP switch 1 is factory set for normal DTR operations, and the override is disabled

  • n = 0 DTR override (modem ignores DTR)
  • n = 1 Reserved
  • n = 2 Computer must send DTR for modem to accept commands. Dropping DTR terminates a call.
  • n = 3 Resets modem on receipt of DTR
AT&Fn

Load factory (ROM) settings

  • n = 0 Factory default
  • n = 1 Hardware flow control template
  • n = 2 Software flow control template
AT&Gn

Set guard tone as part of answer sequence, for 2400 / 1200 bps calls from overseas

  • n = 0 No guard tone. U.S. and Canada. (default)
  • n = 1 550Hz guard tone. Some European countries. Requires B0 setting.
  • n = 2 1800Hz guard tone. U.K. and some Common-wealth countries. Requires B0.
AT&Hn

Transmit data flow control

  • n = 0 Flow control disabled (default)
  • n = 1 Hardware (clear to send) flow control
  • n = 2 Software (XON / XOFF) flow control
  • n = 3 Hardware and software flow control
AT&In

Received data software flow control

  • n = 0 Flow control disabled (default and recommended setting)
  • n = 1 XON / XOFF to local modem and remote computer
  • n = 2 XON / XOFF to local modem only (recommended over &I1 / ARQ mode only)
  • n = 3 Hewlett Packard: host mode
  • n = 4 Hewlett Packard: terminal mode
  • n = 5 In ARQ mode, same as AT&12; in non-ARQ, looks for XON/XOFF
AT&Kn

Data compression

  • n = 0 Disabled
  • n = 1 Auto enable / disable (default). Disabled if modem is set to &B0 and serial port rate switches to match connection
  • n = 2 Enabled regardless of AT&Bn setting
  • n = 3 Selective data compression-MNP Level 5 disabled
AT&Mn

Error control (ARQ)

  • n = 0 Normal mode, error control disabled
  • n = 1,2,3 Reserved
  • n = 4 Normal / ARQ mode (default). Normal connection if ARQ connection cannot be made
  • n = 5 ARQ mode. Modem hangs up if ARQ connection cannot be made
AT&Nn

Connection rate variable or fixed. With fixed rate, modem hangs up if remote modem is operating at a different rate

  • n = 0 Variable link operations. Modem tries for highest possible connection rate with other modem (default and recommended setting)
  • n = 1 300 bps
  • n = 2 1200 bps
  • n = 3 2400 bps
  • n = 4 4800 bps
  • n = 5 7200 bps
  • n = 6 9600 bps
  • n = 7 12K bps
  • n = 8 14.4K bps
  • n = 9 16.8K bps
  • n = 10 19.2K bps
  • n = 11 21.6K bps
  • n = 12 24K bps
  • n = 13 26.4K bps
  • n = 14 28.8K bps
AT&Pn

Pulse dialing make / break ratio

  • n = 0 U.S. and Canada make / break ratio (default)
  • LI>n = 1U.K. and some Commonwealth countries make / break ratio
AT&Rn

Received Data hardware (RTS) flow control

  • n = 1 Ignore RTS (default)
  • n = 2 Received data sent to computer only when RTS is high; used only if computer supports RTS signaling
AT&Sn

Data Set Ready (DSR) operations

  • n = 0 DSR override, always ON (default)
  • n = 1 Modem sends computer a DSR when it is ready for a call and drops DTR when it or the remote modem disconnects
AT&Tn

Modem testing

  • n = 0 End testing
  • n = 1 Initiate analog loopback (AL) testing
  • n = 2 Reserved
  • n = 3 Initiate local digital loopback (LDL) test
  • n = 4 Grant remote digital loopback (RDL)
  • n = 5 Deny RDL (default)
  • n = 6 Initiate RDL testing
  • n = 7 Initiate RDL with self-test and error detector
  • n = 8 Initiate AL with self-test and error detector
AT&Un

Sets floor connect speed when n is greater than 0 (settings and higher speeds below are good for modems capable of such speeds only)

n = 0 Disabled n = 1 300 bps
n = 2 1200 bps n = 3 2400 bps
n = 4 4800 bps n = 5 7200 bps
n = 6 9600 bps n = 7 12K bps
n = 8 14.4K bps n = 9 16.8K
n = 10 19.2K bps n = 11 21.6K bps
n = 12 24K bps n = 13 26.4K bps
n = 14 28.8K bps n = 15 31.2K bps
n = 16 33.3K bps n = 17 33.6K bps
n = 18 37.3K bps n = 19 41.3K bps
n = 20 42.6K bps n = 21 44K bps
n = 22 45.3K bps n = 23 46.6 K bps
n = 24 48K bps n = 25 49.3K bps
n = 26 50.6K bps n = 27 52K bps
n = 28 53.3K bps n = 29 56K bps
n = 30 57.3K bps
AT&Wn

Write current settings to NVRAM templates

  • n = 0 Modifies NVRAM 0 template (Y0)
  • n = 1 Modifies NVRAM 1 template (Y1)
AT&Yn

Break handling. Destructive breaks clear the buffer; expedited breaks are sent immediately to the remote computer. Under data compression, destructive breaks cause both modems to reset compression tables

  • n = 0 Destructive, don't send break
  • n = 1 Destructive, expedited (default)
  • n = 2 Nondestructive, expedited
  • n = 3 Nondestructive, unexpedited; modem sends break in sequence with data received from computer


   
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