Fine Resolution FAX Reception Fails

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sat, 10 May 1997 11:52:38 +0200

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Hi,

Andrew J. Piziali wrote:
>  05/09 11:44:26 dem fax_id: '+FTSI:"972.555.1212  "'
>  05/09 11:44:27 dem transmission par.: '+FDCS:1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0'** found **
>  05/09 11:44:27 dem fax_send: 'AT+FDR'
>  05/09 11:44:27 dem fax_wait_for(CONNECT)
>  05/09 11:44:44 dem transmission par.: '+FDCS:1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0'** found **
>  05/09 11:44:44 dem fax_get_page_data: receiving /var/spool/fax/incoming/ff3735462em-_972.555.1212-_.01...
>  05/09 11:44:47 dem fax_get_page_data: page end, bytes received: 4693
>  05/09 11:44:47 dem fax_wait_for(OK)
>  05/09 11:44:47 dem page status: +FPTS:1

Up to this point, everything went just fine.

>  05/09 11:44:57 dem connection hangup: '+FHNG:100'** found **
>  05/09 11:44:57 ##### fax dev=modem, pid=11335, caller=none, name='', id='_972.555.1212  _', +FHNG=100, pages=1, time=00:00:39

And here the modem lost touch with the sending side, and gave up.

> Is this likely a limitation of the modem or can the mgetty configuration be
> changed to receive FAX machine fine resolution FAXes?

I think this is a modem firmware problem. Maybe there is some "magic" init
string, but most likely, it's just plain broken and needs a firmware update
to work...

gert
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