flexfax: turn on/off Fax receive

[B.Bock@tu-bs.de]

Hi,
>>>>> "EG" == Ekkard Gerlach <SPS_Gerlach@online.de> writes:
 EG> 
 EG> using Linux 2.2.5, Suse 6.1, PC
 EG> Hello,
 EG> 
 EG> I´ve installed Hylafx/faxgetty: How can I turn off
 EG> the fax receive function only and turn it on again, if
 EG> I want to ?
 EG> 
 EG> Background: serveral users (not computer freaks)
 EG> should use Linux. There is only one telephone for
 EG> both, speaking and Fax. Normally the Fax receive
 EG> function should be turned off so that the incoming
 EG> non-fax calls are not disturbed. But the users
 EG> should have a icon or a functionality in the
 EG> KDE-Panel to enable / disable fax-receive.

My solution:

Set 
RingsBeforeAnswer:      0

and if the phone rings and you know it is a fax machine calling, type

faxanswer ttyS1  (or wherever your modem is connected to)

Make sure that the user has write permissions to FIFO.ttyS1 in the fax
directory (/var/spool/fax).

Bodo

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