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Article #17846Re: Fax modem/answermachine problem
From: Keith Stanbury
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article <rSN7jBAzxX$yEwcm@darob.demon.co.uk>, Dave Roberts <dave@darob.demon.co.uk> writes >I'm struggling here, can anyone please help? > >I'm trying to use an answer machine and a fax/modem on a single line >with a FAX Friend to route voice and fax calls between the two without >much success. > >Has anyone had experience with the same or a similar set up? > >Regards >Dave > Bit confused here, Dave.... *If* you are on-line with your modem you cannot receive an incoming ansaphone call, nor can you receive a fax (number engaged) *If* you are off-line with your modem your ansaphone should work or your computer accept a fax (if configured properly) *If* you are powered down on your computer your ansaphone should work but you cannot receive faxes. My experience is with a dedicated line, split to provide a modem feed plus a feed to a separate "intelligent" ansaphone/fax machine - this works perfectly adequately, as incoming faxes are received hard copy and I can use my conmputer to generate outgoing faxes (MSWord/Winfax). HTH -- Keith
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102a94,e3bc149f3bbd69ec X-Google-Attributes: gid102a94,public From: Keith Stanbury <keith@ilf0rd.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Fax modem/answermachine problem Date: 1997/02/09 Message-ID: <2CiM5RAZaZ$yEwfa@ilf0rd.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 217566588 distribution: world x-nntp-posting-host: ilf0rd.demon.co.uk references: <rSN7jBAzxX$yEwcm@darob.demon.co.uk> organization: F.O.T.C.A. mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: Keith <keith@ilf0rd.demon.co.uk> newsgroups: demon.tech.modems