Fax machine in Japan unable to connect

swasey@together.net (swasey@together.net)
Sat, 25 Nov 1995 02:48:23 +0100


I have set up mgetty 0.22 and have been able to exchange faxes with
several fax machines here in the USA.  However, I've got a friend in
Japan that I've been able to fax to, but when she tried to fax back to
me today, it failed.

I'm sure there's someplace that I could look to see what the failure
means, but I haven't found it yet, so I'm asking here:

I have a USRobotics Sportster 28,800Fax Modem.  I start mgetty with the
flags: "-s 19200 -x 4 -n 6 ttyS0" from /etc/inittab.

In my /var/adm/log_mg.ttyS0, for the connection attempts I have:
--
11/23 20:41:52 yS0  check for lockfiles
11/23 20:41:52 yS0  locking the line
11/23 20:41:53 yS0  lowering DTR to reset Modem
11/23 20:41:53 yS0  send: \d\d\d+++\d\d\d[0d]\dATQ0V1H0[0d]
11/23 20:41:57 yS0  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
11/23 20:41:57 yS0  send: ATS0=0Q0S13=1&D2&H1[0d]
11/23 20:41:57 yS0  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
11/23 20:41:57 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> OK
11/23 20:41:58 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FAA=1;+FCR=1' -> OK
11/23 20:41:58 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FBO=1' -> OK
11/23 20:41:58 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FNR=1,1,1,0' -> OK
11/23 20:41:58 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FLI="802 6608978"' -> OK
11/23 20:41:58 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FCC=1' -> OK
11/23 20:41:58 yS0  waiting...
11/23 21:41:58 yS0  checking if modem is still alive
11/23 21:41:58 yS0  fax_send: 'AT' -> OK
11/23 21:41:59 yS0  waiting...
11/23 22:18:14 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:18:14 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:18:20 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:18:26 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:18:32 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:18:38 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:18:44 yS0  send: ATA[0d]
11/23 22:18:44 yS0  waiting for ``CONNECT''
11/23 22:19:01 yS0  found action string: ``+FCO
''
11/23 22:19:01 yS0  start fax receiver...
11/23 22:19:01 yS0  fax_wait_for(OK)
11/23 22:19:12 yS0  fax_id: '+FTI:"        +81457877988"'
11/23 22:19:12 yS0  transmission par.: '+FCS:0,1,0,2,0,0,0,5'** found **
11/23 22:19:12 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FLO=2' -> OK
11/23 22:19:13 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FDR'
11/23 22:19:13 yS0  fax_wait_for(CONNECT)
11/23 22:19:26 yS0  connection hangup: '+FHS:70'** found **
11/23 22:19:26 yS0  fax_get_pages: cannot start page receive
11/23 22:19:27 ##### fax dev=ttyS0, pid=6024, caller=none, name='', id='"        +81457877988"', +FHNG=070, pages=0, time=00:00:42


--
11/23 22:19:27 yS0  check for lockfiles
11/23 22:19:27 yS0  locking the line
11/23 22:19:28 yS0  lowering DTR to reset Modem
11/23 22:19:29 yS0  send: \d\d\d+++\d\d\d[0d]\dATQ0V1H0[0d]
11/23 22:19:32 yS0  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
11/23 22:19:32 yS0  send: ATS0=0Q0S13=1&D2&H1[0d]
11/23 22:19:32 yS0  waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> OK
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FAA=1;+FCR=1' -> OK
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FBO=1' -> OK
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FNR=1,1,1,0' -> OK
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FLI="802 6608978"' -> OK
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FCC=1' -> OK
11/23 22:19:33 yS0  waiting...
11/23 22:22:05 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:22:05 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:22:10 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:22:16 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:22:22 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:22:28 yS0  waiting for ``RING'' ** found **
11/23 22:22:35 yS0  send: ATA[0d]
11/23 22:22:35 yS0  waiting for ``CONNECT''
11/23 22:22:51 yS0  found action string: ``+FCO
''
11/23 22:22:51 yS0  start fax receiver...
11/23 22:22:51 yS0  fax_wait_for(OK)
11/23 22:23:10 yS0  fax_id: '+FTI:"        +81457877988"'
11/23 22:23:10 yS0  transmission par.: '+FCS:0,1,0,2,0,0,0,5'** found **
11/23 22:23:11 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FLO=2' -> OK
11/23 22:23:11 yS0  fax_send: 'AT+FDR'
11/23 22:23:11 yS0  fax_wait_for(CONNECT)
11/23 22:23:21 yS0  connection hangup: '+FHS:02'** found **
11/23 22:23:21 yS0  fax_get_pages: cannot start page receive
11/23 22:23:22 ##### fax dev=ttyS0, pid=6078, caller=none, name='', id='"        +81457877988"', +FHNG=002, pages=0, time=00:00:47

The mail that faxadmin got from mgetty says:

(for the first attempt)

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
A fax has arrived:
Sender ID: "        +81457877988"
Pages received: 0

Communication parameters: +FCS:0,1,0,2,0,0,0,5
    Resolution : normal
    Bit Rate   : 4800
    Page Width : 1728 pixels
    Page Length: unlimited
    Compression: 0 (1d mod Huffman)
    Error Corr.: none
    Scan Time  : 5

Reception Time : 0:42


The fax receive was *not* fully successful
The Modem returned +FHNG: 70
		   (Unspecified Receive Phase B error)

Spooled G3 fax files:

  


regards, your modem subsystem.
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(And for the second attempt)

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
A fax has arrived:
Sender ID: "        +81457877988"
Pages received: 0

Communication parameters: +FCS:0,1,0,2,0,0,0,5
    Resolution : normal
    Bit Rate   : 4800
    Page Width : 1728 pixels
    Page Length: unlimited
    Compression: 0 (1d mod Huffman)
    Error Corr.: none
    Scan Time  : 5

Reception Time : 0:47


The fax receive was *not* fully successful
The Modem returned +FHNG:  2
		   (Call aborted, from +FK or AN)

Spooled G3 fax files:

  


regards, your modem subsystem.
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Have I configured something wrong or is it possible that the fax machine
in Japan (although it can receive faxes from me) doesn't like to send to
me?

Thanks,
 Frank Swasey