RE: flexfax: End Of Page error (EOP)

["Steven Pham" <steven@object-net.com>]

Hi,

I have made a small change in Class20.c++ to
ignore hangup code from the remote fax when sending
EOP.

It's working now but not sure if it has any side effect !

Steven

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de [mailto:Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de]
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 11:41 PM
> To: flexfax@sgi.com
> Cc: Steven Pham
> Subject: Re: flexfax: End Of Page error (EOP)
>
>
> Hi,
>
> this is a common problem with HylaFAX and some broken fax
> machines which does not implement the fax protocol correctly.
> I have here an failure rate at approximately 1%-2%. This
> problems happens always to the same customers. These gets the
> faxes 3 times and they aren't very happy about this.
>
> Can't we change the behaviour of HylaFAX that it ignores
> when EOP failed after the last page ?. If someone knows
> a good documentation about the fax protocol on the web,
> so that i can dig through the source and try to find a
> solution (help appreciated).
>
> Uli
>
> Steven Pham wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I've installed Hylafax 4.02 on Solaris with USR Sporter Fax modem x2.
> > Everything seems to work fine except one error at the end of
> each session
> > when Hylafax trying to tell the fax machine that this is the End Of Page
> > (EOF) but the fax modem either doesn't understant the command of decide
> > to hangup. So Hylafax think the session is not ended properly.
> >
> > Here is the log:
> > Oct 26 18:01:49.37: [  661]: SEND end page
> > Oct 26 18:01:49.37: [  661]: SEND send EOP (no more pages or documents)
> > Oct 26 18:01:49.37: [  661]: <-- data [2]
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.52: [  661]: --> [7:+FHS:54]
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.52: [  661]: REMOTE HANGUP: No response to EOP
> repeated 3
> > times (code 54)
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.52: [  661]: <-- [5:ATH0\r]
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.65: [  661]: --> [2:OK]
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.65: [  661]: MODEM set DTR OFF
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.65: [  661]: STATE CHANGE: SENDING -> MODEMWAIT
> (timeout 5)
> > Oct 26 18:02:05.65: [  661]: SESSION END
> >
> > Any help is appreciate.
> >
> > Thank you
>
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