Re: [hylafax-users] BrookTrout TruFAX

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 11:23:10AM -0600, Lee Howard wrote:
> I send this message to warn all up-front.  Do NOT get a BrookTrout TruFAX
> card under assumptions that it will work with HylaFAX, because it won't.
> 
> Although the TruFAX cards are hardware-controlled, use good ol' 14.4
> Rockwell chips, and are quite robust in capability and functionality [on
> paper], BrookTrout has seen fit to implement an encrypted hardware
> communication of sorts, and you will NOT be able to "talk" with the modem
> unless you purchase the development package and port the API and driver
> code to HylaFAX use as a "wrapper" of sorts.

Is it actually "encryption", Lee?  Or is it just that, being a
dedicated fax card, they implemented CAS or something similar *instead*
of an AT command set emulator?

> So, if you're looking for a way to get a bunch of analog faxmodems into one
> system, allow me to suggest a Comtrol RocketModem (or RocketPort with
> modems attached).  They work very well for this purpose.  Observe:
> 
> [root@newton deanox]# /sbin/lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> rocket                 23616   8
> [root@newton deanox]# faxstat
> HylaFAX scheduler on newton.deanox.com: Running
> Modem ttyR5 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR1 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR0 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR7 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR2 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR3 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR4 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> Modem ttyR6 (+1.435.755.0959): Running and idle
> [root@newton deanox]#
> 
> That's one ISA card. :-)

Yeah; Comtrol makes some nice stuff.  How much is that 8-modem card
these days?

Cheers,
-- jra
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