Re: [hylafax-users] Receiving some faxes, but not others

["Michael J. Pedersen" <pedermj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:52:38PM +0200, Jaap Winius wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Recently, I set up a little Hylafax test system, but alas: my success
> have only been intermittent. I can send faxes no problem, but receiving
> seems to depend heavily on the fax hardware being used to contact us.
> When things do not work out, the faxmodem picks up, but then it doesn't
> recognize that another fax is trying to communicate with it, times out
> and hangs up. This is what shows up in the hylafax.log:
> Aug 18 16:21:35 chi FaxGetty[3876]: MODEM USROBOTICS COURIER HST DUAL
> STANDARD V.34+ FAX Product type           Netherlands External MSK
> Options                HST,V32bis,Terbo,V.FC,V34+ Fax Options          
>  Class 1/Class 2.0 Clock Freq             20.16Mhz Eprom               
>   256k Ram                    32k/Supervisor date        11/14/95 DSP
> date               07/05/95 Supervisor rev         031-6.2.2 DSP rev   
>             1.2.2
> ModemType:              Class2.0        # use class 2.0 interface

I've got a similar setup, and had similar problems. Answer: Remove and
re-add the modem, but tell HylaFAX to use Class1 for it. Trust me, the
result is MUCH better.

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