Re: [hylafax-users] Multitech 2834ZDXB US/External - not reporting "no answer"

["Glen B" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  The modem times out of fax connect correctly and drops the phone line,
then resets back to normal as it should. Unfortunately, faxsend has no idea
this happened and continues to wait.

  I used minicom to dial my office phone and let it ring. The modem
eventually times out after a large number of rings and responds with NO
CARRIER. Shouldn't faxsend be picking that up and stopping the job? I know
it should respond with NO ANSWER and I'll check that out. Regardless, the
modem is sending an error response that faxsend is ignoring.

Regards,
Glen

-----Original Message-----
From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sebastian Flothow
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 6:36 AM
To: Glen B
Cc: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] Multitech 2834ZDXB US/External - not
reporting "no answer"


Am 9. Jun 2004 um 21:05 Uhr schrieb Glen B:
>  In the event of no answer, faxsend continues waiting for a response
> until
> the process times out with a "unknown error (check modem power)"
> message.
> [...]
> Jun 09 14:48:36.97: [ 3390]: <-- [16:ATDTXXXXXXXXXX\r]
> Jun 09 14:51:36.95: [ 3390]: MODEM TIMEOUT: reading line from modem

Looks like the modem doesn't timeout internally, so HylaFAX loses
patience eventually. The modem's timeout is usually set via one of the
S-registers, but timeout handling seems to be broken in some modems
(for example, I once had a modem which wouldn't timeout when the
destination is busy). In this case, try to get a corrected firmware
from the manufacturer, or put up with it and remember that "check modem
power" actually means "remote not responding" (which is what I did).


Sebastian

--
Sebastian Flothow
sebastian@xxxxxxxxxx

Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 > Why is top posting frowned upon?


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