Re: [hylafax-users] Question about USR Faxmodems incorrectly Initiating with Hylafax 4.4.4 on OpenSuSE 11.2

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
> More precisely, when it tries to send a fax, it dials, and then does 
> not send fax tones.  It instead begins the squelch noise, as if it is 
> the receiving fax machine, instead of sending tones and waiting for 
> the answerer to begin handshake.   I had 5 different USR modems laying 
> around, going back to some old 33.6 versions, and I tried them all - 
> getting the same issue.  I have re-run faxaddmodem and configured the 
> modem as Class 1 and Class 2.0, but the problem persists in either 
> setting.
>
> For some extra troubleshooting, I involved minicom.  I discovered that 
> AFTER trying to send a fax, if I load minicom and tell the modem to 
> dial out to my cel phone, when I answer the cel phone the faxmodem is 
> already starting the fax squeal.  However, if I issue the atz command 
> in minicom (resets modem) and then dial my cel phone, it works just 
> fine, and I hear silence on the line when I answer.  Then, if I exit 
> minicom and try to send another fax with hylafax, and then go back 
> into minicom and dial my cel phone, I hear the squeal again.  Entering 
> atz and dialing again once more produces a silent line.

You have another fax device (probably a fax machine) "sharing" the line 
with your HylaFAX-controlled modem.  That device is answering the call 
that the modem is making.  Disconnect that device from the line.

Thanks,

Lee.


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