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

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.
>
> -j
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