Ring Indicator (RI) - pin 22


Ring Indicator indicates a ringing signal on the telephone line. When the modem is off hook or in an analog loopback test (&T1 or &T8), RI is off. If the modem is in the idle state and a valid ring signal is detected, RI comes on within 300 ms after initial signal detection and remains on until the signal stops (no more than 50 ms).

If &Q4 (Hayes AutoSync) is in effect, and the online state is active, RI goes off when the end of frame byte is transmitted and the transmitter is entering the idle state. RI goes high when the DTE (application) sends the next byte of data to the modem.

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