Acermodem 56 Surf can't receive fax

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Gert Doering wrote:
> Now that's pretty interesting.  It's not an USR, but it tries to identify
> as one.  Could be an USR/3com OEM, with the known-good fax reception
> quality.
> 
> [Fax reception seems to be exceptionally hard.  ALL current modem vendors
> have problems with it.  Some just give up at session startup (ELSA),
> others just mess up the whole reception process... - has anybody any
> recommendation of a Really Good faxmodem for reception?  My ZyXEL 2864
> works surprisingly well, if I think about it...]

ok, some news about it. I tried to get a fax via Win95 with supplied
software - class 2.0 didn't work, but class 1 did. Sending a fax with
class 2.0 and mgetty worked without problems...

> This workaround is only for *sending*...
> 
> You might want to try "mgetty -m 9600", to force reception down to
> 9600bps max - this might help.  It might not.  You'll have to try it.

didn't help at all

> I'd try to get the latest firmware version, and if that still doesn't
> work, give it back.

Got the lates firmware with no results, but rest is great. very clean
data connects...

Bye...FRank

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