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To: designi!camco1!eskimo.com!scottw (Scott Wolfe At Eskimo)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 20:38:27 -0800 (PST)
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I was thinking of Flexfax but had some questions first.

1) Has anyone gotten Flexfax to work with a internal USR Sportster?

2) Whats the lates version of Flexfax?

3) Does Flexfax need a dedicated modem in order to receive faxes or can I
   still dialin and  login with Flexfax waiting for faxes?? Any help on
   things to wachout for would be great.

-Scott Wolfe

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The USRobotics Sportster (firmware revision Supervisor 4.1/DSP 10) is
listed as a modem know to work - I don't know if this is the internal
version.

Quote:>2) Whats the lates version of Flexfax?

The last release was version 2.2.1, available as /sgi/fax/v2.2.1.src.tar.gz
from sgi.com.  The faxaddmodem script in this release is a little broken in
that config files are not correctly created.  You can either create the
config file by hand (not hard), or I can supply a patch for faxaddmodem.

The author is currently beta testing version 2.2.2.  If you feel
adventurous, you can get it from the same site.  At the moment, it
requires only small fixups to compile out of the box.

Quote:>3) Does Flexfax need a dedicated modem in order to receive faxes or can I
>   still dialin and  login with Flexfax waiting for faxes?? Any help on
>   things to wachout for would be great.

My installation allows me to send/receive faxes, use minicom/kermit/seyon
for calling out, uses UUCP to pick up mail/news every day, and accepts data
logins.  Because my class1 modem doesn't have adaptive answer, I had to
patch faxd slightly to allow it to do a form of distinctive ring, similar
to uugetty's RINGBACK feature.  It's been running this way for many months
without a hiccup.

Rick.

yes

Quote:

>2) Whats the lates version of Flexfax?

2.2.1 (another version is in beta)

Quote:

>3) Does Flexfax need a dedicated modem in order to receive faxes or can I
>   still dialin and  login with Flexfax waiting for faxes?? Any help on
>   things to wachout for would be great.

>-Scott Wolfe

No, flexfax can share the modem. It can use the modem's adaptive answer if
it has it, or there is a simple hack (for class1 modems): if flexfax gets
an error when it answers the incoming fax call, it hangs up and reanswers
again in data mode (the phone company won't hang up on the caller for
ten seconds so this really does work). It isn't pretty, but it works (takes
longer to anser though).

Flexfax will compile out of the box without any patches with Linux
pl14 or above, and gcc 2.4.5. With gcc 2.5.8 you must patch flexfax,
because of C++ bugs. You should make sure /bin/getty exists or change
the paths.h file (flexfax compiled for Linux seems to like the old SLS
defaults)

here is my config.cua3 file for the Sportser, I've tested it with my
modem and it works for send & receive fax, and for incoming and
outgoing data calls.

# $Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/etc/RCS/config.usr-sportster,v 1.7 93/10/03 12:36:51 sam Rel $
#
# Configuration for using the Class 1 command interface with
# a USR Sportster modem.  Beware that there are apparently two
# different architectures for the modem.  Also, use of old
# firmware can result in timing problems.  The following firmware
# is known to work:
#
#               Rev     Date
# Supervisor    4.1     04/22/93
# DSP           10      03/23/93
#
# If you do not have up-to-date firmware and are experiencing
# problems, contact USR to get an upgrade (apparently for free).
#
# XON/XOFF flow control is used.  RTS/CTS is also known to work.
#
# Note that when sending DCD is raised when carrier is first received,
# but then dropped from the first HDLC receive until the point where the
# initial training is sent (from that point on DCD is asserted). This
# can be a problem because there is no way to override this behaviour
# which means that the host must be capable of ignoring DCD for sending
# to function correctly.
#
# CONFIG: CLASS1: 1444: Manufacturer=USRobotics Model=Sportster
#
CountryCode:            1               # USA
LongDistancePrefix:     1
InternationalPrefix:    011
AreaCode:               604
DialStringRules:        etc/dialrules
FAXNumber:              +1.604.XXX.YYYY
ServerTracing:          1               # log server-related operations
SessionTracing:         15              # log session-related operations
RecvFileMode:           0600            # recvd facsimile are not public
LogFileMode:            0600            # private log files
DeviceMode:             0666            # device is accessible only to uucp/fax
#QualifyTSI:            etc/tsi         # accept facsimile from anyone
SpeakerVolume:          off             # audible confirmation
RingsBeforeAnswer:      1               # answer on first ring
#
# Modem-related stuff: should reflect modem command interface
# and hardware connection/cabling (e.g. flow control).
#
# Note that we setup the modem to idle in class 0 to avoid
# jinxing dial out programs.  See ModemSetupAACmd, ModemDialCmd
# and ModemAnswerCmd.
#
# NB:  Modem sets &H3&I2 on +FCLASS=1
#
ModemType:              Class1          # use this to supply a hint
ModemRate:              38400           # max rate for DCE-DTE communication
#ModemFlowControl:      xonxoff         # SunOS does CTS but not RTS
ModemFlowControl:       rtscts          # SunOS does CTS but not RTS
ModemSetupDTRCmd:       &D2         # setup so DTR drop resets modem
ModemSetupDCDCmd:       &C1         # setup so DCD reflects carrier (or not)
ModemSetupAACmd:        +FCLASS=0&H1&I0
ModemSetVolumeCmd:      "M0 M1 M1 M1 M1"# OFF QUIET LOW MEDIUM HIGH
#
#GettyArgs:             "-h %l dx_%s" # NB: enable this for dialins (SGI)
#GettyArgs:             "std.%s -"    # NB: enable this for dialins (SunOS)
GettyArgs:              "-h ttyS3 %s vt100"
#
# NB: If you need to prefix phone numbers to get through a PBX,

#
#ModemDialCmd:          +FCLASS=1DT%s   # T for tone dialing (XON/XOFF)
ModemDialCmd:           +FCLASS=1&H1&I0DT%s     # T for done dialing, (CTS/RTS)
#
# A shorter than normal timer is required for incoming calls to
# avoid timing out most data callers when using adaptive answer.
#
Class1RecvIdentTimer:   15000           # shorter timer for incoming ID
AdaptiveAnswer:         yes             # alternate fax/data answer on error
#ModemAnswerCmd:                +FCLASS=1A      # "generic" answer (counter 0 idle)
ModemAnswerCmd:         +FCLASS=1&H1&I0A        # (CTS/RTS)
#
# HACK:  Make sure the phone is on on-hook before answering in data mode.
# This allows a crude adaptive answer capability by taking advantage of
# the fact that, in the US at least, the phone company won't drop the
# caller for ten seconds.
#
#ModemAnswerDataCmd:    H+FCLASS=0A     # data answer (XON/XOFF)
ModemAnswerDataCmd:     H+FCLASS=0&H1&I0A# data answer (RTS/CTS)
#ModemAnswerDataCmd:    H+FCLASS=0&H1&I0S2=128A # data answer (RTS/CTS)
#ModemAnswerFaxCmd:     +FCLASS=1A      # fax answer (XON/XOFF)
ModemAnswerFaxCmd:      +FCLASS=1&H1&I0A        # fax answer (RTS/CTS)
#
ModemMfrQueryCmd:       !USR            # US Robotics
ModemModelQueryCmd:     I3
ModemRevQueryCmd:       I7

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