USR Sporster 28.8 / Sendfax setup

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<hsilver@pyx.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.10.9911291219570.23513-100000@faith.pyx.net...
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> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, pg wrote:
>
> > Transmission error +FHNG:25  (DCS sent 3 times without response)
> > command exit with status 12
>
> Just a guess on my part;
> Are you using pbm2g3 or pbmtog3 ?
> If the latter, that could be the source of your problems. pbmtog3
> does not convert to true fax format.
>
> I use only pbm2g3 to convert faxes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Harley Silver
>
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Harley,
                Thanks for the suggestion.  I looked at the process for how
I send a document from a Windows OS machine to the Linux OS machine to be
faxed - and this is what I found:

When I want to "fax" - I print to a device on the Windows machine that takes
the file and creates a Postscript file, and sends it to my Linux box. (via
remote print)   Once it arrives at the Linux box ( for "printing"...) , a
filter (faxlpr) queues the "job" for use by "faxspool".  The "faxspool"
script then converts the file(s) from postscript to g3 format.  I looked
closely at the script, and it does use pbm2g3.  The file (now a g3) is then
placed in the "outgoing" queue for processing by the "faxrunq" script.

I have looked at the file(s) in the outgoing queue - so I know they are
there, and are in the correct format ( I can look at them using a utility
like Kfax) All of the information is there, and looks perfect when viewed
with Kfax , so I don't think it's a problem with generating the g3 file(s).

My problem seems to be happening after "faxrunq" starts and tries to have
the modem send the  g3 file.

I am wondering if I need to change the setup init for the modem, or if there
are other parameters that this modem needs in order to transmit correctly.
( or it could be the fax machine I am trying to recieve on....wouldn't that
be a hoot....!)

Thanks for the rapid response.  I will try setting the debug to maximum to
see if that catches anything.

Paul Gaffney