Fax machine in Japan unable to connect

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Hello,

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

Sounds OK. Maybe you should reduce the number of RINGs (some faxes have
short timeouts, and dialing from japan to USA and waiting for 6 RINGs
might already take too long for a successful handshake).

> 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)

Up to this point, everything is fine.

> 11/23 22:19:26 yS0  connection hangup: '+FHS:70'** found **

This usually means "the other end just went away" ("Unspecified Receive
Phase B error"). 

Can you receive faxes from other fax machines in the US?

> 11/23 22:23:11 yS0  fax_wait_for(CONNECT)
> 11/23 22:23:21 yS0  connection hangup: '+FHS:02'** found **

This is interesting, it means "call aborted", but I'm not sure from which
side.

[..]
> 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?

I'd try with less RINGs, and try receiving from other fax machines. Maybe
it will need a firmware upgrade for the Sportster, ask USR (their fax
firmware is not too good).

gert

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