NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/dcom/fax/2488

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From: [e-mail] (Aaron Y.T. Cheung)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Netfax-3.2.1 with EverFax 24/96E (EV967-02 prom) timing out
Date: 22 Jan 1993 04:31:03 -0600
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I'm using an EverFax 24/96E (supposedly the newer model compatible with
the already-discontinued D version), and in particular, the ati commands
reports the followings:

ati4 --> EV967-02
ati5 --> MNP CLASS 5  FAX 24/96
ati7 --> 911027

And I'm driving it with fax-3.2.1 (gnu-make'ed okay) and ghostscript-2.5.2
(with "DEVICE_DEVS=dfaxhigh.dev dfaxlow.dev" compiled in), on both a
SparcStation 1+ and a SparcSystem 330 running SunOS 4.1.2.

Now, the problem is, having had the faxspooler started by cron and
when I submit a faxps job, the EverFax dialed out to the fax machine,
but cannot get past the negotiation stage; eventually faxspooler timed
out, with a syslog entry of read time out (which traces to being
triggered by an EINTR signal). I've tested it with 5 or 6 different
brands of fax machines... but still the same timeout problem prevails.

The question being, do I need do any patching on the netfax source
to use the 24/96E with EV967-02 prom?  Any suggestions?

I've also tried the same package with the sunos-&-xyzel patch
with a xyzel modem, and, instead of timing out, it just got
hanged forever.

Anyone had similar experience?  Would appreciate some hints
to get it going...

Best regards,
Aaron Cheung, Hong Kong.
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