56K AC-Link Voice Modem

Windows device driver information for 56K AC-Link Voice Modem

A voice modem describes an analog data modem that belongs to the telephone that comes with inbuilt capacity to transmit and receive voice recordings through the telephone line. Voice modems are primarily used for answering machine and telephony applications. There are standard characteristics that are used to classify modems. The characteristics include Data/ fax, Data /fax / voice and Data /voice/ speakerphone. There are quite a number of modems that are on the market with buggy or poor support for the voice modes they use. It is important therefore to ensure that the modem in use has met all the requirements of a good modem. Reliable operation is one of the requirements that should be met. A modem that lacks reliability will simply crash the PC it is using or “lock up'. A modem should also have good characteristics for audio and this is in regards to audio noise and low volume of signal.

Caller ID is another feature that should be in the modem and it is very useful in identification. Support for a number of instances is also another requirement that should be met. There are a number of symptoms that can reveal if a system is having incompatibility issues. The symptoms include blue screens of death, inoperability and crashes. RS232 modems that operate on the outside do not come with this limitation as it consists of a microprocessor and this makes it not be aware of any of the host's modems. It is not clear if USB modems suffer from this problem as well as a number of the modems are serial modems that have a “USB-to –serial” converter chipset. In addition, some USB modems are controlled by the host. Modems with speakerphone capabilities have more audio components that are upon the modem to offer an interface for headset or speaker and microphone use. It is highly recommended you run a free registry scan for and 56K AC-Link Voice Modem errors before installing any driver updates.