Re: [hylafax-users] how pass the call to hylafax

[Mark <hylafax2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee Howard <faxguy <at> howardsilvan.com> writes:

> 
> antonio pieravati wrote:
> 
> > actually on my office we have a traditionally fax and a unique 
> > telephone number for fax and voice
> > when the phone ring, if we answer to the telephone and we notice that 
> > it is fax, we press the key # on the phone and the fax takes the call 
> > and prints the fax
> >
> > it's possible implement this in hylafax?
> 
> Are you sure that the "transfer" is actually not occurring due to some 
> feature with your PBX or telephone company?
> 
> Lee.

I have seen some brands of fax machines have this feature built-in.  The machine
somehow monitors the voice line without actually taking it off hook, and can
"hear" the tone command from the handset on the line after which it picks up the
line.  I think they call this "silent answer."

Mark


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