Re: flexfax: halyfax, certain fax machines, several modems andtransmission errors

[Jose Maria T J <jtj@tssystems.net>]

>Hello to everybody,
>
>during the last weeks i tested several modems with
>hylafax (mainly 4.0pl12, also 4.1beta2) on Linux Kernel 2.2.10 (Suse 6.2)
>
>The only reliable one i found until now is the Else Microlink 56k basic in
>Class 2.0
>(testing in a production environment will start next week)
>
>There are some fax machines out there which do not receive faxes sent from
>hylafax, if hylafax drives one of the followin modems:
>
>CReatix LC144VF (latest firmware) Class 1
>US Robotics Sportser Flash latest Firmware in Class 1  (Class 2.0 is
>unreliable)
>US Robotics Sportser Flash Vi28.8 in Class 1
>Zyxel 1496E (firmware 6.21) in Class 2 and 2.0  (how can i use it in Class
>1?)
>2 noname products in Class 1
>
>
>The symptoms with some fax machines are the well known page retransmissions
>after e.g. retrain negative.
>
>i tested rstcts and xonxoff with all of the above modems.
>Maybe one of the config files was wrong, but i did not find any errors
>related to
>the configuration of flow control.
>
>the problems can be reproduced with at least one fax machine.
>
>is anybody out there who wants to help me in diagnosing (and solving?) these
>problems?
>
>TIA!!
>
>
>Bernd

I solved many of these problems setting the Software as Class 1, xon/xoff,
and changing the modem speed to 19200 Bps (Default was 38400) (the modem is
supraFAXmodem v32 Bis)

Hope this helps you