Re: [hylafax-users] CID question

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004.06.11 01:14 Ian Firla wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a CID-related question.
>
> My Hylafax server sees the number of the caller as it's programmed
> into
> the caller's Fax machine. This is the number that's written into the
> xferfaxlog and c# log files.

This is called CSI for the receiver, and TSI for the sender.

> Obviously this works fine unless a) a caller hasn't programmed a
> number
> into their fax machine or b) they have programmed their number
> incorrectly.
>
> My ISDN line sees the caller's number. When I run minicom, for
> example,
> I see the caller's number.

I think that this is either Caller-ID or MSN, possibly ANI.  In any 
case, HylaFAX uses them the same...

> How can I configure hylafax to use this number rather than the one
> transmitted by the fax machine?

You can't make it use it "rather than", but you can make it use it "in 
addition to".

In minicom take a look at how it displays the information, perhaps like 
this:

NMBR=3301234567

If you need to first run a CID-enable command like AT+VCID=1 then 
that's also important.  In your modem config file put "CIDNumber: 
NMBR=" and also "ModemResetCmds: AT+VCID=1" if that's applicable.  Then 
you should "see" the CID value show up in your faxrcvd.

> I've looked through the documentation/googled on CID reception but,
> unless I've misread, it assumes that CID is set and then explains how
> to
> configure CID-based rules. I can't even get Hylafax to see the CID
> though.
>
> Installation (Debian GNU/Linux) info:
>
> ii  hylafax-client              4.1.1-3                     Flexible
> client/server fax software - client utilities
>
> ii  hylafax-server              4.1.1-3                     Flexible
> client/server fax software - server daemons

You're using a rather old version of HylaFAX, so I don't know off-hand 
how many CID-related bugs you're going to encounter with it.  Suffice 
it to say, I recommend that you upgrade to the 4.2.0 version, as you'll 
have much better usage of the CID information, since that seems 
important to you.

Lee.

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