RE: flexfax: Re: Thomas Bruns

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-flexfax@celestial.com [mailto:owner-flexfax@celestial.com]On
> Behalf Of George Zeigler
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 9:56 PM
> To: flexfax@sgi.com
> Subject: Re: flexfax: Re: Thomas Bruns
>
>
> Hello,
> 	I'm curious about this one.  What is the point of going to
> class 2 if
> you have class 1 working?  I have class 1 working with my PCMCIA
> Linksys combo
> card, and never bothered to try to get class 2 working.  What
> for?  What is the
> advantage?
have a look at the hylafax doku. i don`t remember the excat location :-(
afaik class1 modems need more cpu resources and a more accurate timing than
class2* modems. with class1 modems you will run into problems earlier than
with class2* if your system is under load.

Bernd
> George
>
> Tue, 11 Apr 2000, �� ��������:
> > Andreas Hoedle <hoedle@kwsoft.de> writes:
> >
> > > > I've got a problem using Class 2 with an old 14.4-Modem.
> Must be some model
> > > > from GVC, I suppose.
> > > >
> > > > MODEM ROCKWELL ROCKWELL 144DP/E.C.  Version : 7.1 COUNTRY :
> 5  GERMANY
> > > >
> > > > at+fclass=?
> > > > 0,1,2
> > > >
> > > > I am using Hylafax from Suse 6.3 ("susefax"), HylaFAX (tm)
> Version 4.1beta2.
> > > >
> > > > Sending faxes with class 1 works, but using class 2 leads to an
> > > >
> > > > "Document was encoded with 2DMR, but client does not
> support this data format"
> > > >
> > > > message. Has anybody got an idea how to get class 2 working ?!?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > >
> > > With class 2 most of the work for sending fax is done by the
> modem. That
> > > means most errors in communication result from buggy firmware at one
> > > side of the phone-line.
> >
> > :-) Do you really believe in that? What about the bugs in *software*
> > (supplying incorrect data to the modem/violating some timing conditions
> > etc)?
> >
> > > If possible try to upgrade the firmware of your
> > > modem and test again.
> >
> > *Wrong*. The above problem has nothing to do with firmware
> bugs. His modem
> > obviously does not support 2D Mod. read in Class2 mode (in Class1 it's
> > supported by Hylafax itself). He should just purge the info database.
> >
> > > Andreas
> >
> > Wrong (useless) advice is much worse than no advice at all.
> >
> > Hope to hear from you soon,
> > Dmitry
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