[hylafax-users] R: semi automatic fax switch question

["Fabrizio Carrai" <fcarrai@iol.it>]

Hi Rob,
thanks for your reply:

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Rob Higgins [mailto:rhiggins@shout.net]
> Inviato: venerd� 3 agosto 2001 19.22
> A: fcarrai@iol.it
> Oggetto: semi automatic fax switch question
> 
> I saw you message:
> "I' ve a question for the group. I was not able to send a fax to a
person
> who had the kind of machine that asks:
> 
> "Press * to send a fax. Press 1 if you want to talk to user xxx"
> 
> I tried to change the fax number to "<areacode><faxnumber>,,,,*", but
it
> didn't work. At the '*' sound (I heard that from the modem
loudspeaker)the
> communication terminated.
> 

[...]

> You are doing it right. It's probably a Comshare or some other low
quality
> faxswitch. They never seem to do waht they are supposed to do.
> 
> The way it should work with a semi-auto mode is:
> put the phone number you want to fax to in your auto dialer (like
normal),
> then type in ,,,*
> so your string should be for example 217-337-0965,,,*
> 
> This should work but if it doesn't you might try to reprogram the
switch
> for
> some other access code other than *, Maybe the switch needs a *2 or a
*3
> instead of just a *. Try it. Maybe it will work.

As you can read in my e-mail I'm trying to SEND a fax and in the
specific case I have got no control over the receiving part.

What I'm surprised about is why the mechanism of adding ",,,*", that you
confirmed correct, didn't work.
Unfortunately I was not able to send the fax using another "normal" fax
machine, so I cannot assert if the problem was on the other side.


Bye and thanks!
Fabrizio



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