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Re: [hylafax-users] Modem answers on the first ring



Ummm....I got confused here.....My main aim is for the
fax server to answer the call after 5 rings, so that
if I know it is a voice call, I can pick it up first.

Seems that I got the concept mixed up....

I thought that Hylafax is the one that should answer
after 5 rings?  Or do I disable hylafax from
answering?  If Hylafax is not answering and the
ModemNoAutoAnswerCmd is set so that the modem won't
answer, then none will answer?

Or do I set Hylafax to not answer, and set the modem
to answer after 5 rings?  But what is the main purpose
of RingsBeforeAnswer then?

Currently from what I understand, the modem should
never pick  up the call, unless Hylafax tells it so. 
Therefore,  when the modem detects ring(s), it will
pass the ring info to Hylafax.  And hylafax will do
the counting, which I set to 5, so that Hylafax will
instruct the modem to answer the call.

Please feel free to tell me otherwise.  I need
help....

--- Lee Howard <faxguy@deanox.com> wrote:
> On 2002.04.13 07:39 Hardi Gunawan wrote:
> > Hi, I've tried to find my problem on the man
> pages,
> > mailing list and faq, but can't find the answer. 
> So I
> > hope someone in the mailing list can help me.
> > 
> > I've already set the modem to be no autoanswer
> (using
> > the ModemNoAutoAnswerCmd in hylafax's config) and
> the
> > RingsBeforeAnswer to 5.  However, my modem answers
> it
> > on the first ring.  Has anyone experience this? 
> My
> > modem is a USR (can't remember which type, but
> > according to the manual, the no auto answer
> command is
> > already correct).
> > 
> > Is there anything that I've missed out?
> 
> By setting ModemNoAutoAnswerCmd in the config file
> you're simply providing 
> the AT command for this situation, but you are not
> instructing HylaFAX to 
> not answer.  To tell HylaFAX to not answer you must
> set RingsBeforeAnswer 
> to 0.
> 
> Lee.

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