Re: [hylafax-users] sendfax on multipage documents

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Assuming you're using 4.2.0 use Class 1.0 or Class 1.

Lee.


On 2004.11.18 14:03 Jim Ginn wrote:
> Lee (or others):
>
> MultiTech did the trick!!!!
>
> Another Question:
> Replaced the USR's with MultiTech  MT5634ZBA-V92, when using
> faxaddmodem
> to configure should these modems be changed to class 2 or 2.1 or
> should I
> take the default of class 1?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jim Ginn
>
>
> > On 2004.11.16 14:23 Jim Ginn wrote:
> >> We frequently get errors (Phase C) on multipage (ie. 6 page)
> >> documents.
> >> Seems smaller jobs are OK.  We're running Hylafax 4.2.0-1 on Fedora
> >> 2.6.8-1.521 with Digiboard Portserver II with USR Sportster modems.
> >
> > As Pedro mentioned, you'll see that the USR modems are the root of
> all
> > fax evil.
> >
> >> The tail of the log:
> >> Nov 16 16:28:13.37: [25079]: SEND send frame number 9
> >> Nov 16 16:28:13.37: [25079]: SEND send frame number 10
> >> Nov 16 16:28:13.37: [25079]: SEND send frame number 11
> >> Nov 16 16:28:13.37: [25079]: DELAY 200 ms
> >> Nov 16 16:28:13.57: [25079]: <-- [10:AT+FTM=96\r]
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.57: [25079]: MODEM <Timeout>
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.57: [25079]: SEND end page
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.57: [25079]: Unspecified Transmit Phase C error
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.57: [25079]: <-- [9:AT+FTH=3\r]
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.85: [25079]: --> [8:AT+FTH=3]
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.85: [25079]: <-- [5:ATH0\r]
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.85: [25079]: --> [5:ERROR]
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.85: [25079]: MODEM Command error
> >> Nov 16 16:28:43.87: [25079]: SESSION END
> >
> > The fact that you get an echo (AT+FTH=3 is echoed) indicates that
> the
> > modem was reset.  HylaFAX didn't reset the modem, of course.  The
> modem
> > did it on its own due to its internal firmware bugs.
> >
> > A lot of people have seen this kind of problem with USR modems.
> Some
> > people have been able to work around the Class 1 firmware flaws in
> the
> > USRs by not using AT+FTS/AT+FRS commands.  See
> > /var/spool/hylafax/config/topic for examples on what to do to your
> > config file to disable AT+FTS/AT+FRS.
> >
> > But, a lot of people just solve the problem by getting new modems.
> >
> > Lee.
> >
> >

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