Re: [hylafax-users] Fw: cid not logging

[Lee Howard <faxguy@deanox.com>]

At 12:17 PM 5/24/01 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 09:03:38AM -0600, Lee Howard wrote:
>> At 03:47 AM 5/24/01 -0400, Network wrote:
>> >> > below are my settings for HylaFax
>> >> > RingsBeforeAnswer:      2
>> 
>> That RingsBeforeAnswer setting is a problem.  CID information is generally
>> only passed to the modem on the first RING.  Consequently, there is no CID
>> information available on the second ring, which is when you're answering,
>> and therefore all calls will be rejected unless you've compensated.
>
>Perhaps I'm missing something... but it's my understanding that the
>way modems handle that is that you get 
>
>RING
>
>NMBR=7275552368
>
>RING
>
>RING
>
>Since the CNID burst is transmitted after the first ring (to allow
>the boxes to sleep), that's when the modem's deliver it, no?

Yes.  Are we saying something different?

Lee.



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