Re: [hylafax-users] Retrieve device for incoming fax

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

pasqualone@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a way to retrieve the device from 
> which an incoming fax was received.
>
> My client can't be able to retrieve that and I was told that through 
> Hylafax protocol isn't possible to obtain this information.
>
> I saw that in log files, is there a possibility to make this?

FaxDispatch knows.  You could rename the .tif file in FaxDispatch to 
incorporate the modem identification.  You'd be able to see this through 
the hfaxd protocol, I think.

If seeing it through the hfaxd protocol is unnecessary and you have the 
ability to examine/parse the TIFF tags in the client, then 
alternatively, you could configure ModemMfrQueryCmd and 
ModemModelQueryCmd in the modem config files to identify the specific 
modem like this:

ModemMfrQueryCmd: "!Eicon"
ModemModelQueryCmd: "!Diva ttyds01"

Then, when you retrieve the file you'd use your TIFF examination tool to 
parse-out the modem identification.

Certainly a feature could be added to hfaxd protocol, a new TIFF tag 
could be created (or one - like "Model" - could be repurposed), and that 
whole route... but that's a lot of work from which I don't think many 
users would benefit.  So if you can use one of the alternatives above it 
would be best.

Thanks,

Lee.


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