Faxing only works at 9600!

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Hi,

Bob Newell wrote:
> I have tried every combination of flow control and
> policy.h/sendfax.config option.  Studying the logs closely I found
> indeed (from looking at FDIS and FDCC) that 9600 is fine and 14400 is
> always where the problem is.  When I go into the source code and make a
> change to force 9600 faxing (it's currently hard-coded to 14400 with the
> tempting note 'FIXME'), then all faxes work fine between any sources.

Well, the first problem is that you don't have a modem... (at least I
cannot find any evidence of that in your e-mail).

Anyway: 14400 and 9600 bps fax use different modulation schemes.  It 
is quite common for modems to "work just fine" in one mode, and "fail
miserably" in the other.  [It isn't unheard that 14400 fails between some 
fax machines either :-/ ]

What I'd do now is to try a different modem, and see if that improves
things.  Also, check the serial line speed sendfax->modem, it should be 
38400 bps for 14400 bps faxing (19200 works, but is "just so" fast
enough).

gert
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