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- Filename....: FDTN-003; FrontDoor Technical Note #003
- Rev.........: 002
- Dated.......: 08-Jan-1995
-
- Subject.....: Use of FrontDoor 2.12, FrontDoor 2.20c.mL and above
- with USRobotics Courier and Sportster modems
-
- Author......: Edward Hobson
- 2:443/59.24@fidonet
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- Class 2.0 Fax capable Courier and Sportsters feature Call Selection,
- allowing them to distinguish between Modem and Fax calls on-the-fly and
- switch to data or Fax mode as appropriate. If a call comes in from a
- Fax, the modem will report '+FCO'. On receiving this string, FrontDoor
- can be configured to exit and call up an external fax receiver.
-
- In order to allow your modem to receive fax calls in this manner, you
- must ammend several strings in your existing FrontDoor setup:
-
- FDSETUP, Modem menu:
-
- +----------------------------------------- Command strings +
- | |
- | Dial AT |
- | \-Prefix M1+FCLASS=0DT | * Note!
- | \-Suffix | |
-
- | Init-1 AT&F1&K2E0H0S15=8S19=4S28=20| |
- | Init-2 ATS34=8+FCLASS=2.0| |
- | Init-3 AT+FLI="1234-567890"| | ** Note!
- | |
- +----------------------------------------------------------+
-
- * If your telephone exchange cannot support MFT tone dialling, change
- the 'Prefix' string to read 'M1+FCLASS=0DP' (do not include
- quotation marks).
-
- I find that with some ROM revisions, the Sportster 28800 will not
- accept this command. If you find this to be the case, too, replace
- it with the following: '+FCLASS=0|`ATDT'. Exclude the quotation
- marks, but do not omit the backward-apostrophe in the middle,
- signifying a half-second pause.
-
- ** Change '1234-56789' to the telephone number from which your fax is
- making the call. This is your Fax ID.
-
- +----------------------------------------- Answer control +
- | |
- | Force answer ATB0M1+FCLASS=2.0|~AT+FAA=1+FNR=1,1,1;A| |
- | |
- +---------------------------------------------------------+
-
- +--------- Fax +
- | |
- | Internal No | (This is a commercial-only feature)
- | |
- +--------------+
-
- To ensure that the modem is placed back in data mode when you use the
- terminal part of FrontDoor, change your terminal initialisation string
- as follows:
-
- FDSETUP, Terminal menu:
-
- +---------------------------------------------- Miscellaneous +
- | Init AT+FCLASS=0E1| |
- | Download |
- | Upload
-
- If you use the commercial version of FrontDoor, received faxes may be
- viewed automatically when using FrontDoor's own editor. The VIEW utility
- supplied with BGFAX is useful for this. To allow this, configure the
- following:
-
- FDSETUP, Editor menu:
-
- +------------------------------------------------------ Fax +
- | |
- | Viewer K:\FD\FAX\BGFAX\VIEW =F | * Note!
- | Automatic Yes |
- | Remove No |
- | |
- +-----------------------------------------------------------+
-
- * Replace 'K:\FD\FAX\BGFAX\VIEW' with the correct path to and name of
- your Fax file viewing software.
-
- FDSETUP, Mailer menu:
-
- +--------- Errorlevels +
- | |
- | {Errorlevel ... |
- | .. definitions etc} |
- | |
- | Fax 255 | * Note!
- | |
- | Create BAT.file Yes |
- +----------------------+
-
- * The errorlevel should be configured to as high a value as possible,
- preferably 255, as above. This is to reduce the time between
- FrontDoor exiting and the fax software being called up from the
- batch file. This timing is critical.
-
- A respective entry must be added to your batch file under the line which
- calls up FrontDoor. This must call up your fax receiver routine:
-
- IF ERRORLEVEL 255 GOTO FAX
-
- The following batch file section could be used to call up BGFAX with
- sound effects disabled, to receive a fax on COM1 and store it in ZyXEL fax
- format in the directory 'K:\FD\FAX\FILES'.
-
- :FAX
- BGFAX.EXE /FCO K:\FD\FAX\FILES 1 Z /NS
-
- For information about your fax receiver's command-line parameters,
- consult the supplied documentation. If you find that the transition from
- FrontDoor to the fax software takes a longer period of time than
- expected, and that faxes cannot be received, try replacing the '/FCO'
- parameter with '/FCOS'.
-
- To post fax-attach messages for use with FrontDoor Commercial
- =============================================================
-
- BGFAX creates a file called DOPRINT.BAT, which contains an entry for
- each fax received. It is possible to use this file to automatically
- print received faxes, or (as is useful with the commercial version of
- FrontDoor) post fax-attach netmail messages which can be viewed from
- within FrontDoor's editor. If you wish to do this, you must use the
- XRobot utility (downloadable from FrontDoor support sites) and add the
- following to the above batch-file section (replacing K:\FD\FAX\FILES
- with the path in which BGFAX receives its faxes into):
-
- CALL K:\FD\FAX\FILES\DOPRINT.BAT
- DEL K:\FD\FAX\FILES\DOPRINT.BAT
-
- Create a file called EXEPRINT.BAT in the received fax directory:
-
- XR SEND /F%1 /R2:443/59.24 /N1 /MB+
-
- Replace '2:443/59.24' with your node number, and the number 1 with the
- number of the user in FDSETUP (1 to 10) which the message should be
- originated 'By'. Your own name will be in position 1. XR is the name of
- the XRobot executable file.
-
- Additional note for Courier V.32Terbo owners
- ============================================
-
- The original V.32terbo units did experience difficulties resetting after
- a Fax connection, or failed Fax answer sequence. The result of this is
- that FrontDoor would continue to report 'Carrier Detected' and would not
- be able to reinitialise the modem. In order to rectify the problem,
- configure FrontDoor's "Lower DTR to terminate call" to 'No'. Change the
- "On-hook" initialisation string to 'ATZ|' (one of the fiew instances
- when an NV-RAM reset really is necessary) and add 'S13=1' to your
- initialisation string(s) so that the modem will reset on DTR toggle.
-
- End of document
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