Should I upgrade?

Michael Staats (michael@hal6000.thp.uni-duisburg.de)
Wed, 8 Feb 1995 13:18:44 +0100


Hello,
We're using mgetty+sendfax-0.17 (quite old now) und AIX 3.2.5.
I still have occasionally problems with sending a fax, especially to
foereign countries.
The question is:

Should I upgrade?

I don't need no more functionality than 017 provides.  A simple and
stable sendfax is the most important thing, followed by a reliable
mgetty to login via the modem. No need for fancy configuration,
faxspool etc. (We have an own printer backend which does the job for
us. It processes faxes in a serial way leading to problems when errors
occur, but that's no problem for us since we don't send too many
faxes.)

So the question is: Are there any real improvements in sendfax which
could improve the stability?

I append some logfile excerpts, maybe someone knows a solution. We're
using a Zyxel 1496 EG+, ROM V 6.13 P under AIX 3.2.5 and the old
sendfax-0.17, we have
#define MODEM_INIT_STRING	"ATZ4S0=0Q0&D3&H3&N0&K4PS41.4=1S42.4=1" 
in policy.h.

02/04 13:14:49  sending fax to 8,,0044494459720
02/04 13:14:49  checking /users/michael/faxscan_34821.gif.1.g3
02/04 13:14:49  checking /users/michael/faxscan_34821.gif.2.g3
02/04 13:14:49  checking /users/michael/faxscan_34821.gif.3.g3
02/04 13:14:49  makelock(tty0) called
02/04 13:14:49  do_makelock: lock='/etc/locks/LCK..tty0'
02/04 13:14:49  lock made
02/04 13:14:49  fax_open_device succeeded, tty0 -> 9
02/04 13:14:49  fax_command: send 'AT'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'AT'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:14:49  fax_command: send 'AT+FCLASS=2'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'AT+FCLASS=2'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:14:49  fax_command: send 'AT+FLID="49 203 3792965"'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'AT+FLID="49 203 3792965"'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:14:49  fax_command: send 'AT+FDCC=1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'AT+FDCC=1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:14:49  fax_command: send 'AT+FBOR=0'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'AT+FBOR=0'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:14:49  fax_command: send 'AT&H4D8,,0044494459720'
02/04 13:14:49  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for: string 'AT&H4D8,,0044494459720'
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for: string '+FCON'
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for: string '+FNSF:00 00 75 01 02 03 10 82 00 04 19 49 4E 53 49 47 4E 49 41 20 48 57 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 FF  '
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for: string '+FCSI:         01494459720 '
02/04 13:15:33  fax_id: '+FCSI:         01494459720 '
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for: string '+FDIS:1,5,0,2,1,0,0,3'
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:15:33  fax_send_page("/users/michael/faxscan_34821.gif.1.g3") started...
02/04 13:15:33  ioctl TXADDCD/TXDELCD: Invalid argument
02/04 13:15:33  fax_command: send 'AT+FDT'
02/04 13:15:33  fax_wait_for(CONNECT)
02/04 13:15:39  fax_wait_for: string 'AT+FDT'
02/04 13:15:39  fax_wait_for: string '+FDCS:1,3,0,2,0,0,0,3'
02/04 13:15:39  transmission par.: '+FDCS:1,3,0,2,0,0,0,3'
02/04 13:15:39  fax_wait_for: string 'CONNECT'** found **
02/04 13:15:39  waiting for XON, got:[11]
02/04 13:15:39  ioctl TXADDCD/TXDELCD: Invalid argument
02/04 13:15:39  sending /users/michael/faxscan_34821.gif.1.g3...
02/04 13:15:55  sending DLE ETX...
02/04 13:15:55  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:16:02  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:16:02  fax_command: send 'AT+FET=0'
02/04 13:16:02  fax_wait_for(OK)
02/04 13:16:05  fax_wait_for: string 'AT+FET=0'
02/04 13:16:05  fax_wait_for: string '+FPTS:2'
02/04 13:16:05  page status: +FPTS:2
02/04 13:16:05  fax_wait_for: string 'OK'** found **
02/04 13:16:05  Failure transmitting 8,,0044494459720: +FHNG:-1
02/04 13:16:05  fax_send: 'AT+FCLASS=0
'
02/04 13:16:05  removing lock file


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