On the arc is a command to set auto_answer, and on the the dsp are settings for "rings for auto answer" According to the help context a setting of "0" disables auto answer, Also dip switch 5 has some apparent usefulness here. A couple of questions then. 1) If the arc is set to disable and the dsp set to zero would the modem not answer? ( which is the way it's set now and it does answer so I guess I'll rephase this question to -- How is the modem answering? ) 2)what is the correct combination of these settings? 3) Am I completly off base here? 4) Where is some straight forward instuctions for setting these up. - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.