The BSP does not allow Bandwidth-on-Demand. What this means is you must
connect to your destination at either 64K or 128K ONLY. You cannot begin
your session at 64K and then goto 128K later. You must disconnect,
re-configure the BSP for 128K and then re-connect.
Being a TA, the BSP uses the computer's serial port for all communications.
Though the BitSurfr Pro's serial port supports 230Kbps data rates,
endusers need to know that most standard serial ports only support 115.2Kbps.
To solve this serial bottleneck, check out my
High speed serial port pages.
It was recently found that the BSP has very bad RFI interference problems.
Depending on where you live, your POTS-connected phone lines can become
real good RADIO receivers. Don't worry, there is a cheap
fix to solve this problem. This ~$20 device
filters all un-wanted noise and doesn't harm your analog voice or modem
connections.
Early revisions of the BSP seemed to have the POTS ports wired wrong.
What happened is Motorola wired the center pair of wires on the TELECO
jacks -backwards-. This would make older-style touch-tone phones not be
able to dial out. This isn't a problem with most phones and the problem
was fixed in newer versions of the BSP.
Until recently, all BSP's were shipped with a software bug that would reset
the BSP and the line at 12:00am. Since the BSP is software upgradable,
download the newest firmware from
Motorola to fix this.
Many people have complained that the BSP's POTS ports don't ring the
connected phone. There can be two reasons for this:
Until very recently, BSP's had a design problem where a resistor would
burn out inside due to too much current, thus the unit would stop ringing
the phone. The only solution for this is to return your unit.
Some ISDN providers such as Pacific Bell sometimes setup your ISDN line
not to ring. You need to call them and make sure they setup your line up
correctly