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US 2006/0050334 A1Published application
Diagnostic tool with data modem test
OwnerDavid Hille, Kenneth Buswellinventors
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Abstract
A diagnostic tool includes a telephone connector, a phone line emulator and a processor. The phone line emulator emulates a telephone connection to a device under test connected to the telephone connector. The processor allows a user to select tests to be performed on the device under test. The tests include a send fax test, a receive fax test and a data modem test.
Claims20
A diagnostic tool, comprising:
- a telephone connector;
- a phone line emulator that emulates a telephone connection to a device under test connected to the telephone connector;
- and,
- a processor that allows a user to select tests to be performed on the device under test, the tests including:
- a send fax test,
- a receive fax test, and
- a data modem test.
4 more elements
A method by which a diagnostic tool performs a test on a device under test, the method comprising:
- displaying by the diagnostic tool, a plurality of tests, the tests including the following:
- a data modem test,
- a send fax test, and
- a receive fax test;
- receiving by the diagnostic tool a user selection of a test, from the plurality of tests, to be performed;
- and,
- performing the test by the diagnostic tool, including the following:
- establishing communication contact with a modem within a device under test,
- emulating a phone line, and
- performing the test selected by the user.
7 more elements
A diagnostic tool comprising:
- means for providing a telephone connection to a modem within a device under test, including means for emulating a phone line;
- means for displaying menus to a user;
- and,
- means for controlling display of the menus by the display means, the menus allowing the user to select tests to be performed on a device under test, the tests including:
- a data modem test,
- a send fax test, and
- a receive fax test.
4 more elements
A modem test module within a diagnostic tool, the modem test module comprising:
- a telephone connector,
- a phone line emulator that emulates a telephone connection to a device under test connected to the telephone connector;
- wherein in response to a user indicating a selected test to the diagnostic tool, the selected test being one of a send fax test, a receive fax test, and a data modem test, the diagnostic tool utilizes the modem test module to perform the selected test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.