Re: flexfax: too much delay between TCF and +FDR?

[Darrell Berry <darrellb@hhcl.com>]

thnx...i'm trying to get my head around reading the logs ;-)

in the mean time, i've also learnt my lesson and am going to try a
multitech in place of our USR...

thanks again

David Woolley wrote:
> 
> > Feb 19 16:34:18.94: [  333]: <-- [7:AT+FDR\r]
> > Feb 19 16:34:24.39: [  333]: --> [7:CONNECT]
> 
> That's almost 5.5 seconds to train the modem.  Making a call across
> the office PABX it only takes 2.5 seconds.  I suspect it has had to
> try more than one speed, because of a failure at the highest speed.
> 
> > Feb 19 16:34:24.39: [  333]: RECV: begin page
> > Feb 19 16:34:24.39: [  333]: RECV: send trigger 022
> > Feb 19 16:34:25.34: [  333]: RECV: 0 total lines, 0 bad lines, 0
> > consecutive bad lines
> > Feb 19 16:34:25.45: [  333]: --> [14:+FPS:1,4,0,0,0]
> 
> That's a very short time after carrier.  My guess is that the line
> quality is unusable and the your modem has lost the remote modem's
> carrier.
> 
> You should probably check flow control settings, just in case RTS is
> being interpreted as RTS rather than host initiated flow control.
> 
> > Feb 19 16:34:30.45: [  333]: --> [5:ERROR]
> 
> Note the abort is at the start of the high speed transmission of the
> actual fax image.