Re: [hylafax-users] wedged and reset scripts

[Joe Konecny <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee Howard wrote:
> Tony Delov wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I was looking trough the the man for wedged.
> > It talks about a reset modem script.
> > " If there exists an  executable  file  
> > /var/spool/hylafax/etc/resetmodem
> >       then  that file will be executed upon execution of the wedged 
> > script in
> >       an effort to recover the modem."
> >
> > Has anyone got any scripts that they use ? 
>
> The applicable scripts will be quite varied, I would think, depending 
> on what you want to do and what kind of modem you have.
>
> For example, if you have a MultiTech ISI modem or a MainPine RockForce 
> modem you can reset individual modems with a utility that they 
> provide.  So your resetmodem script would basically involve a call to 
> that utility in an appropriate fashion.  If you have dumb (meaning not 
> intelligent enough to have such a utility) internal modems maybe just 
> rebooting the system is the only thing that can be done.  If you have 
> external modems attached to a smart UPS maybe then you can run some 
> utility to trip the power to them.  Maybe you want to send an e-mail 
> to someone other than FaxMaster (where the normal wedged mail would 
> go) - someone who works in a nearby room, and they'll walk over there 
> and power-cycle an external modem...
>
> Anyway... the options are limitless and I think that they would vary 
> quite a bit from implementation to implementation.

I'd write a script that goes out to the internet and buys a brooktrout 
board.  I've been running a Brooktrout
board for probably 4-5 years on WinNT/Netsatisfaxtion/Winfax without a 
wedge or reboot.  Our purchasing
department won't switch away from it.  My Multitechs wedge maybe once 
every two months.

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