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[hylafax-users] FW: HylaFax 4.1.5/RH8.0 + MultiTech ISI5634PCI/4
George W. Birmingham,
Here is a copy of an email I sent out last week. It gives you the lowdown
on my system. I dove into the HylaFax some time ago. I have spent a lot of
hours playing with it. I have tweaked it into inoperability a couple of
times that forced me to start from scratch again. There is a ton of
information on the net but I have not seen anything that specified what
hardware was recommended. I could be wrong. Because Linux seems to make
older systems run very fast I would say your fine with your plans. I only
went with what I have because I had the hardware sitting idle.
It was good for me because I plan to archive all fax records in and out and
the large storage capacity helps me. Because my company receives so much
fax material it was important that I have redundancy. So RAID 5 SCSI, dual
processors, triple power supplies, 4 modem lines, UPS backup is all part of
this. Do not think we have deep pockets. I purchased the server used for
$500.00 some time ago. The Red Hat 8.0 I just purchased for $149.00. So my
costs are what you see not counting the many hours learning by building and
crashing the system. I'm not a Linux expert but I have kept at it for about
2+ years which prepared me for the HylaFax project.
The various details are important like OS revisions, modem firmware,
HylaFax ttyM settings, etc. The open email forum has worked for me. I have
received much help over the email airwaves and I have posted my results for
anyone to see. I hope it helps someone in return.
Let me know where I can help...Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Blavatt [SMTP:jblavatt@dynamictechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:46 PM
To: hylafax-users@hylafax.org
Subject: [hylafax-users] HylaFax 4.1.5/RH8.0 + MultiTech ISI5634PCI/4
Since 11/21/02 my HylaFax server has been running very smoothly. To date I
have received over 448 fax's (not pages!!!!). My setup consists of a Compaq
Proliant 1600R Server, 2 450mhz CPU's, 1 gig RAM, 5 4.3gig SCSI hard drives
in a RAID 5 configuration. The OS is Red Hat 8.0 Pro, HylaFax 4.1.5 and a
MultiTech ISI5634PCI/4 multimodem card. I print to an HP LaserJet 4Si
network printer. This entire setup is set to auto receive on 4 lines (not
DID) and auto print.
I thought I would throw this out to help anyone and also receive help in
improving my setup;
MultiTech;
Originally I was running into some problems with any or all of the modems
dropping out. It was sporadic and irritating. By the way, this modem drop
out occurred under this fax servers original configuration which was
Microsoft Win NT4.0 Server w/AccPacc FaxServer. I recently updated
(flashed) the firmware to 4.25B which gave me the ability to use CLASS2.0
and CLASS2.1 (after verifying that I had the V8 DSP (1673TV8) and the
64Kx16 RAM (Alliance AS7C1026-12TC). It also cured my modem drop out
although I did not expect that to happen.
Red Hat 7.2;
I could not load RH7.3 or RH8.0 Pro on my Compaq Proliant 1600R server
(until I discovered "loadlinux nousb") so I loaded 7.2 server. Everything
worked well. No complaints.
Red Hat 8.0;
I erased everything off my server and loaded RH8.0 Pro since I just
purchased it. I have more than enough drive space (4.3gig x 5 RAID5) so I
loaded everything. I had just flashed the MultiTech card to 4.25B and
installed it. Work's great.
HylaFax 4.1.5;
I downloaded, compiled and installed again. I have been busy tweaking this
and that to get as much horsepower out of HylaFax. I'm still baffled as to
the "config.ttyM1a,b,c,d script". I still cannot successfully access or
display any of the captured fax documents (tiff) in the "recvd" folder. I
can read these files from the server console (as root) or copy them to
diskette and read them on any Windows station. I just cannot get the tiff
files to open via IE6. By the way, an IE6/Win98 client station will read
tiff files!!!! The print
In closing;
I have put in an enormous amount of time crash learning HylaFax. I have
spent several "all nighters" tweaking and playing with Hylafax to get it to
behave the way I want it to. My next task is to allow my Windows clients
the send out fax's through this setup but that will be later. Until I fully
understand and master the HylaFax settings I do not wish to unleash 100
clients to it.
I have included a copy of my "config.ttyM1d" file for comment
# $Id: lucent-mt-21,v 1.6 2002/08/27 22:56:43 darren Exp $
#
# prototype config file for MultiTech MT5634ZBA-V.92-NAM
#
#
#
CountryCode: 1
AreaCode: 810
FAXNumber: +1.810.225.4602
LongDistancePrefix: 1
InternationalPrefix: 011
DialStringRules: etc/dialrules
ServerTracing: 1
SessionTracing: 11
RecvFileMode: 0640
LogFileMode: 0600
DeviceMode: 0600
RingsBeforeAnswer: 1
SpeakerVolume: off
GettyArgs: "-h %l dx_%s"
LocalIdentifier: "Dynmic Technology, Inc."
TagLineFont: etc/lutRS18.pcf
TagLineFormat: "From %%l|%c|Page %%P of %%T"
MaxRecvPages: 25
#
#
ModemType: Class2.1
ModemRate: 19200
ModemNoFlowCmd: AT&K0
ModemSoftFlowCmd: AT&K4
ModemHardFlowCmd: AT&K3
Class2APCmd: AT+FAP=1,1,1
Class2BUGCmd: AT+FBU=0 # early firmware is buggy
Class2CQCmd: AT+FCQ=1,0
Class2SendRTC: yes
Class2UseHex: yes
# versions that respond to AT+FFC=? with non-zero data support RTFCC
# Class2RTFCC: yes
# If your line supports Caller-ID, you may want to uncomment this...
# QualifyCID: etc/cid # you must create this file
# ModemResetCmds: AT+VCID=1
# CIDNumber: "NMBR="
# CIDName: "NAME="
# unfortunately, HylaFAX can't currently receive in MMR or color
ModemAnswerCmd: AT+FCC=,,,,1,,,,0;A
# and, let's try to prevent any color sending attempts, also
ModemDialCmd: AT+FCC=,,,,,,,,0;DT%s
Joseph Blavatt
I.S. Manager
A+ Certified
jblavatt@dynamictechnology.com
Dynamic Technology, Inc.
http://www.dynamictechnology.com
1200 N. Old U.S. 23
P.O. Box 559
Hartland, MI 48353-0559
(810) 225-4601 X245 phone
(810) 225-4602 fax
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