Re: flexfax: No Dial Tone

[Matthias Reich <rei@hagos.de>]

hein@informsa.co.za wrote:
> 
> I seem to have a problem that I can't find the answer to.
> 
> I tried to send a fax using an internal modem (USR), in Linux the
> command I use is:
> 
> sendfax -f hein@informsa.co.za -n -m -d 3621482 fax.complete.ps
> 
> This is what I get back from the Fax Master's email:
> 
> <snip><snip<snip><snip><snip<snip><snip><snip<snip>
> 
> Your facsimile job to 3621482 failed because:
>     No local dialtone; too many attempts to dial
> 
>     ---- Transcript of session follows ----
> 
> Sep 09 14:02:32.36: [ 5712]: SESSION BEGIN 00000073 27123621482
> Sep 09 14:02:32.36: [ 5712]: SEND FAX: JOB 14 DEST 3621482 COMMID
> 00000073
> Sep 09 14:02:32.36: [ 5712]: DELAY 2600 ms
> Sep 09 14:02:34.97: [ 5712]: <-- [15:ATE0V1Q0S0=0H0\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.11: [ 5712]: --> [2:OK]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.11: [ 5712]: <-- [12:ATS8=2S7=60\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.25: [ 5712]: --> [2:OK]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.25: [ 5712]: <-- [12:AT+FCLASS=1\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.39: [ 5712]: --> [2:OK]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.39: [ 5712]: <-- [7:ATL0M1\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.53: [ 5712]: --> [2:OK]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.53: [ 5712]: <-- [12:AT+FCLASS=1\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.77: [ 5712]: --> [2:OK]
> Sep 09 14:02:35.77: [ 5712]: DIAL 3621482
> Sep 09 14:02:35.77: [ 5712]: <-- [15:ATDT0,3621482@\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:37.90: [ 5712]: --> [12:NO DIAL TONE]
> Sep 09 14:02:37.90: [ 5712]: SEND FAILED: No local dialtone
> Sep 09 14:02:37.90: [ 5712]: SEND FAILED: No local dialtone; too many
> attempts to dial
> Sep 09 14:02:37.90: [ 5712]: <-- [5:ATH0\r]
> Sep 09 14:02:42.90: [ 5712]: MODEM <Timeout>
> Sep 09 14:02:42.90: [ 5712]: SESSION END
> 
>     ---- Unsent job status ----
> 
>    Destination: 3621482
>          JobID: 14
>        GroupID: 14
>         Sender: hein
>       Mailaddr: hein@informsa.co.za
>         CommID: 00000073
> Submitted From: localhost
>     Page Width: 215 (mm)
>    Page Length: 279 (mm)
>     Resolution: 196 (lpi)
>         Status: No local dialtone; too many attempts to dial
>        Dialogs: 0 (exchanges with remote device)
>          Dials: 12 (consecutive failed calls to destination)
>          Calls: 12 (total phone calls placed)
>          Pages: 0 (pages transmitted)
>       TotPages: 7 (total pages to transmit)
>       Attempts: 0 (attempts to send current page)
>         Dirnum: 0 (directory of next page to send)
> 
>     ---- Documents submitted for transmission ----
> 
> The following documents were submitted for transmission and are
> available on the server for reuse until they are automatically
> purged when this job is removed.  Documents may also be manually
> removed using the faxrm command; consult faxrm(1) for information.
> 
> Filename                 Size Type
> docq/doc14.ps          302981 PostScript
> 
> <snip><snip<snip><snip><snip<snip><snip><snip<snip>
> 
> The thing is that I have to dial out of a PBX system, thus in my
> conf.ttyS1 file I have:
> 
>                 ATDT0,%s@
> 
> As a modem command. (we have to dial 0 to get out). I have connected
> a telephone to the modem and was able to dial out using the phone.
> I'm not sure if the modem is working thought (how to check if modem
> works??).

Tell the modem not to wait for the local dialtone
(mostly ATX3)
check the modem manuals for the right string

Try adding this to your modem config-file
ModemResetCmds: ATX3

have fun
/Matthias
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