Re: [hylafax-users] Sharing phone line with other fax machine?

[Alex Wang <hadyn_whx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The brother multifunction should have a function to set the fax function
from Auto to Manual.

I have the same env and they work fine.


ALex

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:57:06 -0700 (PDT)
"Jerry Kaidor" <jerry@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>    Can two fax machines share the same phone line?  I'm delighted to have
> hylafax running on my linux box so I can create faxes with shell
> scripts and
> unix graphics utilities.  But I still use the fax machine on the Windows
> side a lot.  Never at the same time, though.
> 
>    Unfortunately, when I stick them both on the same phone line, the Windows
> fax ( actually a Brother MFC9700 multifunction ) "answers" the outgoing
> call from the Linux fax.  It was a convenient way to test the linux fax
> transmission capabilities, but ultimately the plan is to fax to other
> machines out there.
> 
>    I suppose it would be possible to have a computer controlled switch that
> routed the fax line to one machine or the other.  I have a Velleman kit that
> interfaces the USB to a variety of slow analog & digital I/O.  But I would
> hate to reinvent that wheel.
> 
>     Hints?
>     Thanks in advance,
> 
>                      - Jerry Kaidor( jerry@xxxxxxx )
> 
> 
> 
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