Re: flexfax: MultiTech MT2834ZPXb -- anything I should watch outfor?

[Andy McNiece <andym@parr.com>]

I have been using the MT1932ZDX for about three years. It required no
special set as I recall.  Haven't had to even look at it in a long time.

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Andy McNiece, Parr Lumber Co.                              andym@parr.com
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On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Chen Coulter wrote:

> Tim Fredrick wrote:
> > 
> > Hello everybody!
> > 
> > I finally gave up on our USR Sportster modem and purchased a MultiTech
> > Systems MT2834ZPXb 33.6K bps data/fax modem (Multitech seemed to have
> > a degree of compatibility with Hylafax in the FAQ web page.  We have
> > the hylafax-4.0pl2-3rh5 RPM installed under Redhat Linux 5.1 and kernel
> > 2.1.122.
> > 
> > I haven't even opened the box yet, but I thought I'd ask ... does anyone
> > have a configuration script that will work with this modem?  Or can I
> > expect things to work by just running faxaddmodem?  There is a file in
> > /var/spool/fax/config/etc/mt-1432 -- would this file be a starting point
> > if I have to configure my own settings for this modem?  Any other Multitech
> > experiences (particularly with the MT2834ZPXb)?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!  --Tim Fredrick (fredrick@acd.ucar.edu)
> >                       NCAR/ACD Computer Systems Administration
> 
> Tim:
> 
> We have been Multi-Tech resellers for many years and are currently
> using the MT2834ZDX external modem (should be basically the same
> as the ZPX internal) with HylaFAX v4.0 pl2.  We were able to run
> faxaddmodem successfully where it selected the mt-1432.  HylaFAX
> ran with no problems, and based on all the messages we see on the
> list about USR, may represent a good choice for you.  However, we
> run SCO OpenServer, and I can tell you that SCO definitely
> discourages the use of internal modems with Unix; this may or
> may not be a consideration with Linux.
> 
> Chen Coulter
> software_sourcery@bigfoot.com
>