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.

-j
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Received on Wed Mar 22 19:40:07 2006