Re: [hylafax-users] Hardware or software?

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2003.11.25 14:00 Niclas Söderlund wrote:
> Hiya guys.
>
> Can this scenario be done with an ordinary US Robotics Faxmodem and 
> HylaFax?
>
>
> Facts:
>
> - HylaFax installed on a Debian i386 machine
> - A USR modem attached via com1 to the Debian machine
> - One telephoneline with the modem attached - aswell as an ordinary 
> telephone
>
> Scenario:
>
> When someone calls in, an ordinary normal call phone to phone, the 
> modem and hylafax will not answer and someone haveto pick up the 
> ordinary phone an answer.
>
> When someone calls in, a fax from an ordinary fax of some kind, the 
> modem and hylafax sense its an incoming faxtransmission and answers, 
> preferrably before the phone even rings.
>
> Or is this something impossible to do with this setup, is a 
> commercial hardware switchboard to achieve this?

You want to order "distinctive ring" from your telco and you need to 
make sure your modem supports it.

Lee.

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