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Path: news.cac.psu.edu!psuvm!hxm3
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:27:16 EST
From: Anthony <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: ModemFax
References: <4je5sh$[e-mail]>

In article <4je5sh$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dennis
Clancy) says:
>Hi
>Could someone tell how to sent a ComputerFAX to a Fax m/c which has an
>answer m/c first
>Cheers
>        Dennisc
    One way to do it is let your fax software wait long enough to skip the
answer machine message for fax connection.
    Just add "S7=90" to your modem Init String. 90 is number of seconds it
will wait for fax connection. Use appropriate number as you like.
    The other way is add "X3" to modem Init String. (This will prevent modem
from trying to detect dial tone, i.e., blind dialing) And us a single "," as
the fax number. Let your fax program process and prepare all fax files but do
not dial yet. You can then pick up the phone and manually dial the fax number.
listen to the answer machine message patiently until it finish and switch to
fax, then you press a button to let your computer begin fax, and put down the
phone.
    Unfortunately most of fax programs do not allow such a pause. They will go
immediately to dialing once fax files are prepared. You may try QFAXV103.ZIP
which do have the above described manual dial feature. It is stored in:
        ftp.coast.net:/SimTel/msdos/commprog/qfaxv103.zip

--Anthony