Re: [hylafax-users] Using HylaFAX with answering machine on same line

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From: "Rob Poe" <rpoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: john.j.hudak@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Lee Howard" <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:[hylafax-users] Using HylaFAX with answering machine on   
same line
Date: Wed Jul 05 2006 12:32:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
> They make a little "black box" device that will pick up and listen for fax tones.  It picks up the line and sends a "ringing" sound to the other end, and if it hears the fax "beep" it rings the fax.  Otherwise it sends it to the voice device.
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> > > > John Hudak <john.j.hudak@xxxxxxxxxxx> 7/3/2006 8:48 AM >>>
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> Thank you for the pointer.
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> Yes, I did search the archives and found the useful information from 
> George Ball (well at least one posting).  I'd like to pose the question: 
> Is there a way to do this without using distinctive ring?  I've used 
> Brother and HP machines that accomplish this by letting the answering 
> machine pick up the incoming call and the FAX machine 'listens in'....If 
> it hears the FAX tones, it switches the line from the answering machine 
> to itself.
> One way of accomplishing this is to build a circuit to reconfigure the 
> ring and tip lines depending on the incoming sounds.  I would still need 
> to generate a digital signal from the FAX computer to the switch. 
> Any other suggestions/approaches to overcome this situation?
> Thanks
> John
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> Lee Howard wrote:
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> > John Hudak wrote:
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> > > I've been using HylaFAX with RH9 on a dedicated phone line for a 
> > > while with no problems.  My situation has changed in that I now need 
> > > to share a phone line with an voice answering machine.  So the 
> > > question is how to distinguish between an incoming FAX or voice call.
> > >       
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> > You'll want to get a "distinctive ring" feature from your telephone 
> > company and then instruct to not answer the voice ring sequence.
> >
> > Search the archives for "distinctive ring" and you'll find some very 
> > useful information from George Bell.
> >
> > Lee.
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> >     
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