Re: [hylafax-users] HylaFAX performance vs regular fax machine.

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

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 06:52:37PM -0400, Joe Matuscak wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.

We try to be helpful to people who try to help themselves.  ;-)

> On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Lee Howard wrote:
> > A log of that fax session would be useful.
> 
> I've included it at the end of this mail.

And it appears to suggest that faxsend *knows* that the modem is 2-d
capable...

> > HylaFAX always sends in 1-D the first time it sends to any particular
> > destination.  Once we have communicated with the remote, then successive
> > calls to that destination use 2-D, if available.
> 
> The logs show that its using 1-D every time. Is there a file that tracks
> numbers called?

There's a file in the info/ directory for each destination.

> > Another question is whether or not your modem can do 2-D...
> 
> Is there a way to test that?  I looked at the Multitech user doc and didnt
> see anything that mentioned it either way.

I'm fairly sure the MultiTech's can, but Lee?  Isn't that in the code
rather than the modem, in Class 1?  Or did Joe say that he was in Class
2?  [ looks ]  I see that his log says he's in Class 2.

> > >I assume HylaFAX should be able to equal the transmit times of a
> > >traditional fax machine, is that correct?
> >
> > Yes, and in all my testing, this has been the case ... excepting the first
> > call which will always use 1-D.
> 
> Thats good to know.  Thanks for your help.

Try killing the info file for that number, and see if that helps.

If not, you might try re-installing the modem in Class 1 and see if
*that* helps.  Lee?  Does the howto have anything on what you have to
do to rm a modem?

Cheers,
-- jra
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