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Re: waiting for modem to come ready
Damian Ivereigh wrote:
>
> Hi Manfred,
>
> > HylaFAX [..] Server running
> > Modem [ttyS1]: waiting for modem to come ready
>
> Have you actually tried sending a fax? You might find it actually works
> even though it has this message.
Yes, I tried; it appeared in the message queue, but never got any
further. I received an error message, that it could not be sent [blabla]
>
> If you don't configure a faxgetty, then faxq just leaves the modem in
> this state expecting faxgetty
> to reset the modem and get it all sorted out and change the status
> message. I agree it is highly misleading.
>
> Even though you are only using outgoing faxing, it is still highly
> recommended that you still use a faxgetty (Just set your
> "RingsBeforeAnswer:" parameter to zero). Faxgetty is very good at
> resetting tricky modems.
I´m going to try this; however, when I configured a modem on port ttyS0,
the HylaFAX server never even noticed its presence, even after I tried
to disable the modem on port ttyS1.
>
> Damian
>
> --
>
P.S. Since I´m currently not at my office, I use the account of my
husband, so I´m Susan. Didn´t mention that in my first message though -
sorry.
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