I am able to successfully send and receive faxes on my PC. But there is no indication of an incoming fax so there is no way to know a fax is coming, just by watching (while testing in same room) that other person is sending fax, and clicking "Answer the call" I receive fax. What that is not possible in real deployment.
STANDBY MODE (automatic answering mode) is not working. I changed initialization params from Z &FE&D2S7=120 &C0 M1L0 to Z &FE&D2S7=120 &C0 M1L2 S11=55 but no success.
Any help will be appreciated.
-- H.S.Rai
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:27 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
ATS0=n will autoanswer on the nth ring
Sorry for late response.
It has not worked.
.efax-gtkrc has been reproduced below signature.
I work on Ubuntu, and Modem is USB modem I got with Dell laptop, which is Conexant RD02-D400.
I tried with and without S0=3, while I guess "RINGS: 3" is doing the same job.
Any help will be very much appreciated, as if it work, I will be able to migrate one office from M$Win to Linux.
On Tuesday 29 March 2011 18:09:23 H.S.Rai wrote:
Sorry. The info in my post was incorrect as far as hylfax and auto answer goes. Hylfax MUST use it's own process to auto answer. Therfore you must set ATS0=0 followed by AT&W i.e restore modem back to the manual setting.
in the hylafax config (/etc/hylafax/config.ttyACM0 or whatever your file is)file you have to set RingsBeforeAnswer n (where n is the number of rings before answering).
however this link shows stuff in better detail http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Advanced_Server_Configuration:Adapti...
Please use minicom At the prompt at ok atS0=3 ok at&W ok
Now dial the number
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:56 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
Where (in which software) to type these commands?
<snip>
Do you mean all above (below <snip>) in minicom?
Thanks for your reply.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:56 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
The info in my post was incorrect as far as hylfax and auto answer goes.
Does it mean auto answer under HylaFax only or auto answer under efax-gtk / efax also.
Is there any specific reason to have mention of HylaFax, when my problem was with use of efax-gtk?
Is it so that if one install both HylaFax and efax, such interference / problem occur?
It may take more time to understand HylaFax, otherwise efax-gtk seems excellent and simple software, fulfilling my requirements.
Do efax has capability to auto-answer?
I could not use efax in console mode to send / receive fax in manual / standby mode, though in manual mode, efax-gtk works fine. Only thing I could not do in efax-gtk, is to have audio signal / pop-up, to alert for incoming fax and run it in standby (auto answer mode).
What is the name of configuration file for efax, while I could figure out configuration file efax-gtk as .efax-gtkrc
<snip>
Is it in minicom, or some other software? How it will receive fax in auto-answer mode?
On Wednesday 30 March 2011 09:19 PM, H.S.Rai wrote:
It may take more time to understand HylaFax, otherwise efax-gtk seems excellent and simple software, fulfilling my requirements.
Hylafax setup is console based but interactive with questions put to you one by one and you choose your answer. Good for first time users.
On Wednesday 30 March 2011 21:19:45 H.S.Rai wrote:
hylafax only
I missed the efax-gtkrc in your 2nd mail. the first does not state any fax prog and I assumed hylafax.
Is it so that if one install both HylaFax and efax, such interference / problem occur?
Possible
Yes. efax -d /dev/ttyXY -w -iS0=4
S0=4 means autoanswer on 4th ring. Your efax-gtkrc with S0=3 should have worked. It is also possible that the modem is not recognising your incoming ring, in which case you have to set several params in the modem for ring frequency and cadence. Start minicom and dial your fax number. minicom should display RING.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:08 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
... It is also possible that the modem is not recognising your incoming ring,
I suspect this :-(
in which case you have to set several params in the modem for ring frequency and cadence.
Can I have some hint about parameters and their range which I can try?
Start minicom and dial your fax number. minicom should display RING.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:08 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
If I am trying BSNL line, minicom showed "ring".
But I am to use it with our EPBX (Alcatel Lucent) for which it does not show "ring".
I am held up :-(
Any hint / help will be highly appreciated.
On Monday 04 April 2011 10:59 PM, H.S.Rai wrote:
Fax machines/modems sometimes do not recognise EPABX circuits. EPABX lines use 21 volts DC and low ring voltages whereas PSTN lines us 50 volts DC and a 75 volt AC ringer. Try out your config on a direct line at least for testing and cross checking.
On Monday 04 April 2011 23:25:32 Rony wrote:
However the network (phoneline) interface (usually) has dip switches / jumpers which can be set to overcome this problem.
For the modem in question (a tiny USB device) I doubt any such facility would be available for setting voltages.
Try out your config on a direct line at least for testing and cross checking.
+ 1
If it does not work it could mean either voltage or different ring cadence. I would suspect the 2nd.
Regarding setting ring cadence I will have to google. I knew quite a number of AT commands, but hardly ever use any for the past few years.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:13 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Monday 04 April 2011 23:25:32 Rony wrote:
Fax machines/modems sometimes do not recognise EPABX circuits.
How there are two other fax machines, which work fine (without any need to do any change any where) on same EPABX
<snip>
You are right ;-(
Try out your config on a direct line at least for testing and cross checking.
OK
Regarding setting ring cadence I will have to google. I knew quite a number of AT commands
Would appreciate help in this regards.
Will it be possible to have a new modem which cam work with EPBAX or that will be impossible.
I can buy a new modem, but replacing EPBAX will not be in my capacity :-(
On Tuesday 05 April 2011 07:14:15 H.S.Rai wrote:
Revert back with the results of the test. The fact that minicom reports "ring" shows that the ring detect is ok.
IMO this modem will work too, with appropriate settings. Just hold on for a day or two as I am tied up with some other work.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:09 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
With BSNL line, and not with line through EPBAX, will telephone connection from "Connect".
<snip>
IMO this modem will work too, with appropriate settings. Just hold on for a day or two as I am tied up with some other work.
Take your time. I will wait.
With regards,
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:09 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
The EPBAX we are having support "Group 4" protocol, while efax support "Group 3".
I guess Hylafax do support Group 4:
http://www.hylafax.org/man/4.4.4/hylafax-info.4f.html
Tag, Type, Description supports2DEncoding, boolean,accepts Group 3 2D encoding supportsMMR, boolean, accepts Group 4 encoding
What is the opinion of experts? Am I right?
On Wednesday 06 April 2011 10:44 PM, H.S.Rai wrote:
It must be 'upto' G4, not only G4.
On Thursday 07 April 2011 12:39 PM, jtd wrote:
The OP should ask the EPABX guy if he can alter the ring type or increase ringer voltage.
On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 22:36 +0530, H.S.Rai wrote:
I am able to successfully send and receive faxes on my PC.
distro?
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com wrote:
Ubuntu 8.10 and 10.10
-
H.S.Rai -
H.S.Rai -
jtd -
Kenneth Gonsalves -
Rony