Re: [hylafax-users] Damn! Hylafax, Multitech, and distinctive ring

[Bill Binko <bill-sender-4b2fd6@binko.net>]

On Tuesday 20 May 2003 10:54 am, George Bell wrote:
> Just spent about a day trying to get hylafax working with my single
> phone line.  It is provisioned with a second phone number via
> distinctive ring.  My results:
>
> *$!@! Modem(Multitech MTS5634ZPX-PCI-V92) seems only implements the
> following Voice commands:
>
> +VCID  ( caller id )
> +VDR   ( distinctive ring report )
>
> The distinctive ring comes as two short rings as compared to a regular
> voice ring.  These are reported by +VDR as DRON=8 and DROFF=variable(I
> have seen go from 8 - 40 in tenths of a second).   Well, it apears the
> Multitech modem won't give me a RING1 or RING2, as I had hoped.  It just
> gives me this fricken distinctive ring report.  So, I tried to use that.
>  I noticed that whenever a call comes in on the fax number the VDR
> reports DRON=8, so I tried entering a RingFax:    "DRON=8" in my
> config.ttySN file, but hylafax isn't buying it.  So the VDR feature
> seems useless.
>
> I have RingsBefore Answer set to "2".  Hylafax will answer the call in
> two rings if the fax number is called as entered in the config file.
>  However, when I dial in on my regular voice number, HylaFax answers the
> call about 4 rings later, still as fax(of course).   Although that's
> fine, I seem to have no control over this parameter or how to use it for
> anything.
>
> Any Ideas?

Only to commiserate: I am in exactly the same situation.  I am very sure there 
is a solution to this, but I have the same issues.  The only other thing I 
can suggest is to make sure you try both options for the +VDR second 
parameter.  That is supposed to determine whether or not it reports the RING 
(and other messages) as well as the DRON/DROFF or not.  

I am working on this issue, and will let you know if I find a solution.  I'd 
appreciate it if you'd do the same.

Bill

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