mgetty voice/fax/data

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Hi,

Paul Miller wrote:
> <Please reply to paul@3dillusion.com>
> On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> > > Does mgetty support silent answer? And how can I 
> > > send the +FAA=4 command to my modem instead of +FAA=1?
> > 
> > No way.
> 
> Not even if I have an answer-chat command? 

No, because answer-chat is only called when the phone already RINGs, and
that's precisely what you don't want to happen with +FAA=4.

> Is there a work around? 

You could put mgetty to "data-only" mode, and add all the fax
initialization to "init-chat".

> How do voice/data/fax modems work? 

They don't (at least not reliably).

> > > Also, how do I tell mgetty to use caller id and look at
> > > the dialin.config file?
> > 
> > Should be done automatically. Just at "AT#CID=1 OK" to the end of your
> > modem init sequence ("init-chat" in mgetty.config).
> 
> hm.. If I tell mgetty to deny all numbers expect for a couple of know fax
> numbers, it still always answers the phone. I don't think it is being
> read.

Logfile? Without logfile, it's impossible to give any comment...

gert

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