RE: flexfax: Modem Disconneting

["Bernd Proissl" <news@proissl.de>]

afaik:

sender and receiver should negotiate the same format during the
initialisation of the communication.

hylfax must prepare the document (let it go through ghostscript)
to get it encoded for transfer before placing the call.

to encode the document correctly it makes use of the info files 
which store the capabilities of previously called remote fax machines.

it can happen that false info is store in the info file so the doc
will be prepared in a false encoding which the fax machine cannot excecpt.

hylax has to interrput the call and forces the modem to hangup: ath0

hylaxfax should then update the info file an encode the doc again(?)

it happened for me that some info files got corrputed. i deleted them
manually and everything worked fine again.

you can force hylax to send with 1D:  sendfax -1 ... (see man sendfax)

(whfc works for me)

Bernd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-flexfax@celestial.com [mailto:owner-flexfax@celestial.com]On
> Behalf Of Hoo Kok Mun
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:19 PM
> To: flexfax@sgi.com
> Subject: flexfax: Modem Disconneting
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using external Prolink 33.6Kbps (using rockwell chipset), 
> hylafax 4.1 
> beta 2, slackware 7.0 (kernel v2.2.13)
> The modem keeps issuing hangup command right before sending data to the 
> remote fax.
> Another issue is the different data format, not sure if it's related.
> Can someone please help.
> 
> /var/spool/fax/log/C00000016
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: REMOTE best rate 9600 bit/s
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: REMOTE max page width 1728 pixels in 215 mm
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: REMOTE max unlimited page length
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: REMOTE best vres 7.7 line/mm
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: REMOTE best format 1-D MR (<-- ** 
> REMOTE Data 
> format?)
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: REMOTE best 20 ms, 10 ms/scanline
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: USE 9600 bit/s
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: USE 20 ms, 10 ms/scanline
> Mar 27 22:22:30.57: [  560]: <-- [5:ATH0\r]  (<-- * the modem is issuing 
> hangup *)
> Mar 27 22:22:31.44: [  560]: --> [2:OK]
> Mar 27 22:22:31.44: [  560]: SESSION END
> 
> /var/spool/fax/doneq/q14
> signalrate:9600 bit/s
> dataformat:2-D MMR (<-- ** LOCAL Data format?)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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