Re: [hylafax-users] Multiple Modems: All need to receive but only 2 should ever send

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

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:45:00AM -0400, CKennedy@kennedytech.com wrote:
> I've read through documentation, faqs and mailing list archives and haven't
> yet found the information I need to solve my problems:
> I'm running Hylafax 4.1.2-1rh7 on RedHat 7.1.  I have 4 Multitech MT1932ZDX
> Modems.  Two are on standard COM ports and two are on a Digi Classic PCI
> 4-port board.
> 
> First:
> I have 4 modems: all of them should be available to receive faxes but only
> 2 of them should be available for outbound use.  The first thing that I
> tried is to add the following line to /var/spool/hylafax/etc/config:
> 
>      ModemGroup              "any:   ttyCP.*"
> 
> And, in the script that calls 'sendfax', I export MODEM="any".  However,
> outbound faxes still use modems other than those specified by my modem
> group.  Just for reference, I have 2 modems on /dev/ttyS0 and S1 and 2
> modems on /dev/ttyCP0 and CP1.

Check bugzilla; ISTR a bug concerning that issue.

> Second:
> 'Sendfax' takes the "-h" argument for explicitly stating which modem to
> use.  It works for the first fax in a sequence of faxes.  However, jobs
> that are put in the queue before the first one is finished are "blocked by
> concurrent job" even though the specified (second) modem is ready and
> waiting.
> 
> I really don't like having to use the second method since it requires
> additional silly logic to use modems in a round-robin fashion.
> 
> What am I doing wrong that is preventing me from making the First option
> work correctly????

I've gotten a bit confused, here; could you walk through that one more
time?

Cheers,
-- jra
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