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Great first impressions (WiModem232 Pro)

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:31:38 -0400

First, a big thank you for this great device! My two WiModem232 Pro units arrived a few days ago and I have been having a fun and largely successful time trying them out. Getting them connected to my Wi-Fi and updated to the latest firmware was straightforward. Initially I thought that having to use an external power supply might be an annoyance, but it is quite useful to be able to turn the WiModems and the computers on and off independently (e.g. for leaving a nullmodem connection active while the computers are powered off).

One of my main use cases is to provide wireless TCP/IP access for an Amiga, using a pair of WiModems in nullmodem mode (one on the Amiga and one on a Linux machine in another room). Using MiamiDX on the Amiga and Linux pppd on the server I was able to get a PPP connection working, with file transfers at 5-10 kbyte/s depending on the protocol, and seemingly flawless reliability. 115200 baud seems to be as fast as my A1200s will reliably go (in general, not just with the WiModem); one has a 30 MHz 68030 and the other a 50 MHz 68060, both with Fast RAM.

The other main use is to more conventionally "dial" a telnet connection using the WiModem. I had some problems in this mode with output from the remote machine (such as long file listings) sometimes being truncated. I wondered about changing some buffer or timing settings on the WiModem (note that I have set telnet mode on for this).

For anyone else using an Amiga, I should mention that I had problems with Amiga Term hanging at times (menus not responding), requiring powering off the WiModem to get it to wake up, but I think that's been resolved by switching from the stock serial.device to the 8n1.device replacement. With an Amiga-to-Amiga virtual nullmodem over the WiModems, I got ZModem file transfers of 9,000-10,000 chars/s, no errors.

I did have problems initially running the AT*UTC+12 command (it would just return ERROR, even though AT*TIME worked OK), but later on it started working, so I'm not sure what the problem was there. Initially I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to set my local time zone (UTC+13 during daylight time) but I found that the range of UTC offsets wasn't as limited as the product manual made out!

Speaking of the manual (and this might be beyond your control), but Google Search makes it very hard to find the Pro version of the PDF, which stymied my nullmodem setup efforts until I discovered the separate manual for the Pro (and that the Pro uses AT*CABLE instead of AT*NULLMODEM).

The other thing I wondered about is whether the WiModem should honour the default search domain as handed out by DHCP - it doesn't seem to on my home network and I have to enter the full domain name instead of just the hostname.

Thanks!

No LF after CR when dialing?

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:57:11 -0400

Howdy again.

I have found a minor annoyance. When I dial under Telix or under Putty, there is no linefeed after the carriage return. The result is that the response from the modem overwrites the dial sequence entered. Since I do a lot of free-hand dialing in terminal; it can get ugly and confusing.

If you have a mind to sometime in the future, would you please consider looking into it and tidying it up (assuming I'm not doing something incorrectly)?

Thanks.

Feature request: Command to resolve domain name

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:25:42 -0400

Since the WiModem performs name server lookups anyway, would it be possible to implement an AT command (e.g. AT*DIG) that allows such queries to be executed interactively?

For example, AT*DIGwww.cbmstuff.com to query the IP address of the A record of www.cbmstuff.com:

AT*DIGwww.cbmstuff.com
74.208.236.26

WiModem232 Pro won't save SSID and password

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:50:02 -0400

First time setting up a WiModem232 Pro and it doesn't seem to want to save the router information. It acts the same under v1.60 and v1.70 (beta). I have tried setting the router and then powering off for a while. Likewise with button reset <10 seconds, button reset >10 seconds, AT&W, AT&F, etc. No set of conditions seem to get the router info to be saved.

When I initially set up the router, it works fine. The modem just doesn't seem to save the information and I have to manually set it back up each time I power back up or reset.

The SSID does have spaces; could that be a bug in the AT*NS[x],[password] setting?

I have to set the connection up using AT*N and then AT*NSx,password because the SSID has a space. Has anyone else set theirs up using the list and the modem not save the information?

Wimodem232 New Error

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:45:03 -0400

Hi all

I've been a user fo the Wimodem232 for a few years now, but in the last couple of days the modem keeps resetting itself mid connection/usage. I'm seeing the following error each time in the terminal before it restarts itself.

I've tried firmware updating, resetting to factory, clearing phonebook entries but so far it's continuing to throw this error within less than a minute of connecting out.

I was wondering if anyone was able to help shed any light on the issue, experienced anything similar or has any thoughts on how to resolve it please?

Code:
###!##

      --------------- CUT HERE FOR EXCEPTION DECODER ---------------

Exception (29):

epc1=0x4000df64 epc2=0x00000000 epc3=0x00000000 excvaddr=0x00000000 depc=0x00000

000

>>>stack>>>

ctx: sys

sp: 3ffffcb0 end: 3fffffb0 offset: 0150

3ffffe00:  40247bab 3ffee780 00000002 40247b40  

3ffffe10:  00000002 40247ae7 00000002 40246870  

3ffffe20:  40246899 3ffffed0 3ffee780 00000016  

3ffffe30:  402442f8 3ffffed0 3ffee628 3ffedff0  

3ffffe40:  3ffeb1f4 3ffffed0 3ffffed0 40233dc6  

3ffffe50:  756b6153 00006172 00000000 00000000  

3ffffe60:  3fff8ae4 00000000 3fff8ae4 40233c45  

3ffffe70:  40240655 0000148e 00000000 00000000  

3ffffe80:  ffffffbd 3ffee13c 3ffeb204 3ffee780                                  

3ffffe90:  3ffed6a8 0000001d 00000000 40244ff3                                  

3ffffea0:  00000000 3fff5b3c ffffffbd 00000000                                  

3ffffeb0:  00000000 3ffee780 0000000J                                           

Looking for router...

Many thanks!
Spartan1000

EMPLANT and Amiga SCSI Controller Compatibility

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:07:49 -0400

Has anyone successfully used EMPLANT with a third-party Amiga SCSI controller such as the GVP Series II or Blizzard SCSI? I'm specifically interested in whether Macintosh disk images can be accessed reliably through these controllers, and if any additional configuration is required to avoid boot or mounting issues.

SupaDupa shorcuts

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:51:09 -0400

This page will have the latest shortcuts as firmware changes are made:

https://www.cbmstuff.com/blingboard64/bl...tcuts.html

WiModem232Pro

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:59:23 -0400

Hello everyone, i just had the WiModem232Pro from the post man and i'm in need to download the manual for the setup. Now, since the website is on maintenance i can't download the manual as per provided instructions so my question is : will the manual of the old version works i mean, the AT commands are the same ? Nothing complicated but setting up the wifi network, the baud rate , the telnet ? I think the basic AT commands "should" be the same and, if i'm correct, i do have a .pdf of the old manual so i'm set.

Thanks in advance, Adriano .

Apple IIc + Proterm 3.1

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:27:02 -0500

Hello all,

I use Proterm 3.1 with my Apple IIc and WiModem232 V2 @ 9600. I use the suggested initialization string and driver:

Generic Fixed Speed (RTS/CTS) driver
Init string: ATX1&C0&K1&S1
Apple //c Serial Port

The cable is this:
1 Handshake Out 20 DTR
2 Data Out 2 TxD
3 Ground 7 Gnd
4 Data In 3 RxD
5 Handshake In 6 DSR

Proterm 3.1 can initialize the modem upon startup successfully.

When I use Proterm's Dial function, Proterm does not recognize that the modem connected. I work around that by going on-line (solid-apple T) and dialing out using ATDS=X, where X is the index of the saved url. Interestingly enough, Proterm 3.1 does dial out if I use the Smartmodem 300 driver.

ZModem downloads start giving errors after the first time the computer saves the file to disk; Proterm reports that it was expecting one type of packet but got another (don't recall the exact packet types now). I need to cancel the download manually and power cycle the modem.

When I don't do a file transfer and use +++ to get the modem's attention, and then ATH to disconnect, I do not receive anything else from the modem. I can see the modem disconnected (through the OLED display), but I get no response from AT commands (although I also do see the modem gets the commands once again through the OLED display).

Any ideas of what could be wrong?

Thanks

Armando

Parallel addon

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:30:31 -0500

Can the supertracker be used in conjunction with a parallel addon in an 1541-ii?

Using EmPlant to Expand Memory on Vampire Boards?

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:40:38 -0500

Hi everyone, I’m experimenting with EmPlant on my Amiga setup with a Vampire 68080 board. I was wondering if anyone has tried using EmPlant specifically to expand Fast RAM or chip RAM on these boards, and if there are any known compatibility issues with certain Kickstart versions or accelerator settings? Any tips or experiences would be really helpful!

Advanced Super Card Pro

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:24:03 -0500

Jim, any news/updates on the Advanced Super Card Pro development?

Trouble with Kaypro disks

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:37:14 -0500

Hey.

Been using the SCP for years on my Commodore, but recently wanted to start playing around with my Kaypro.

Starting off simple, I wanted to try backing up my Kaypro 2X boot disk to an SCP image, then write it out to a blank. Kind of a proof of concept for me to verify that this thing works for Kaypro disks.

Unfortunately I haven't had any success. Perhaps the SCP isn't compatible with Kaypro disks.... I dunno.

This is why I'm here. If it doesn't support it, then so be it... but if it should, then could you please provide me with the appropriate settings I should use to backup/restore the disk?

Thanks for your time.

Wayback

Is there ANY updates available?

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:26:25 -0500

Hey Jim,

Reaching out here to see if you can provide some sort of insight as to what the expectation level is for the Blingboard and the kepycap situation?

Everythings been pretty quiet since that whole Chris/Commodore debate and with Commodores now shipping, seems like there should be something said regarding your Blingboard campaign. The 'natives' ae getting restles, but to be fair, the backers deserve am update.

Best,
J

WiModem232 OLED LED stopped working

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:31:23 -0500

Today I was using my WiModem232 and after a at&w the LED went out.

I modified a few things prior to the at&w.

at*busy=in a call write now call back later
ats0=9
at&w

that caused the LED to go out.

I've tried to set the LED via at*led5, at*led0, at*led1, nothing is bring it back.

I did reboot and complete power cycle nothing helped it.

I use that LED to see who is trying to login to my system.

I don't see anyone else with this issue.

firmware: v6.50-01/20/25