Re: [Thinkpad] [TP-almost on topic] Faxes

Dear Bruce,

Drink more.

tOM

On Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 20:01,
Bruce Markowitz <scosgt@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Now you see I have a combination phone/fax/answering machine. It detects a
> fax and automagically switches over and reveives the fax. But it does ring
> twice before it picks up, rendering me senseless at 4AM. Therein lies the
> problem.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Kelly" <jcrkelly@gmail.com>
> To: "David Goldman" <David@dgoldman.com>
> Cc: "Thinkpad mailing list" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] [TP-almost on topic] Faxes
>
>
> > On 3/22/06, David Goldman <David@dgoldman.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Ross wrote:
> > >
> > > >> Without new hardware? By "receive the fax", do you mean route it to
> > > >your
> > > >> computer and make a file out of it? Do you have a fax program
> > > >installed?
> > > >
> > > >Yes, that's what I mean. I figure that if I can get the fax contents I
> > > >can let the sender and receiver know the mistake, and maybe avoid it in
> > > >the future.
> > > >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > >If there is no software-only (or software+modem(s)) solution, I'd be
> > > >willing to buy some hardware, if it would do the job and wasn't too
> > > >pricey.
> > > >
> > > David:
> > >
> > > The problem with sorting calls into "voice" vs "fax" vs "data" is that
> > > the **ONLY** way to know which calls are which is by answering the call
> > > and listening for a fax negotiation warble vs a data modem warble vs
> > > somebody saying "hello". By the time you've answered the call and made
> > > the decision that it's a voice call, it's too late to let the call
> > > continue to ring so that a live person (or answering / voice mail
> machine)
> > > can pick up a receiver.
> >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > This may help...
> > http://www.command-comm.com/products.html
> > and there are probably a software / modem based version of this out there
> > somewhere. In essence it answers the call, waits up to 4 seconds to see
> in
> > any fax (CNG) tones are sent, and if not routes the call to the handset.
> If
> > CNG is detected, it routes to the fax machine or fax modem.

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