[hsflinux] HSF as a fax answers the phone but doesn't beep

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

the 'AT &F' command should reset the driver to it's factory settings. If 
it doesn't work, either you have entered the command in the wrong place 
or there is a serious problem with the driver. Note that a few users 
which have reported similar error messages also told us that sometimes a 
reboot is needed after these error messages are generated or else the 
driver simply refuses to work.

I doubt that the source of the problem is related to IRQs, if it was an 
IRQ related problem, the connection would probably never been 
established in the first place. Sharing IRQs between devices is 
generally not a problem for modern OS like Linux and it is sometimes 
unavoidable on x86 systems.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



Harvey Coward wrote:
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> Whilst I wait for time to dedicate to working out how the AT commands 
> are going to help me (by the way, AT &F doesn't work at all).
> 
> Could the fact that my modem and video controller both use IRQ11 be the 
> problem? And if so, how I can fix it?
> 
> In message <4627B25F.1040208 at linuxant.com>, "Linuxant support 
> (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com> writes
>> Hi,
>>
>> documentation in PDF format is available at the bottom of this page:
>>
>> http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php
>>
>> This file describes all the supported AT commands as well as their 
>> expected return values by the driver.
>>
>> The new log file shows that there is an attempt to send or receive a 
>> FAX but it fails for some reason. You could try with a different FAX 
>> software to see if there is a difference. You could also try with the 
>> 'AT &F' init. string just to make sure it's not the source of the 
>> problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Jonathan
>> Technical specialist / Linuxant
>> www.linuxant.com
>> support at linuxant.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Harvey Coward wrote:
>>> In message <46266484.5060301 at linuxant.com>, "Linuxant support 
>>> (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com> writes
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> it seems that the FAX software is able to open the serial device and 
>>>> send commands but there is no reply. This is typical if the serial 
>>>> device is a physical one on your machine that is connected to nothing.
>>>>
>>>> In other words, the "/dev/modem" symlink is probably wrong. Either 
>>>> fix the symlink or configure your software to use "/dev/ttySHSF0" 
>>>> instead of "/dev/modem".
>>>>
>>> I examined the symlink, it looked OK, then using efax-gtk (different 
>>> logging) I tried again (Log is below). It shows the HSF modem being 
>>> used, but then for the avoidance of doubt I asked it to use ttySHF0 - 
>>> with the same result.
>>>
>>>> You could also try to use a low-level telecommunication tool like 
>>>> minicom. With that, it will be easier to identify the exact source 
>>>> of problem as you will be able to manually send 'AT' commands to the 
>>>> modem.
>>>>
>>> Do you know of a web link that will show me what commands I am 
>>> supposed  to send and what I am looking for?
>>>  ***********************
>>> Beginning fax log at 0801 BST 19 Apr 2007
>>>  No serial port device specified in efax-gtkrc configuration file
>>> Using default of /dev/modem
>>>   Socket running on port 9900
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:01:45 opened /dev/modem
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:01:46 using hsfmodem-7.60.00.02full in class 1
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:01:46 waiting for activity
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:21 activity detected
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:30 fax call answered
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:43 Error: timed out after waiting
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:48 Warning: timed out after waiting
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:51 Error: timed out after command: +FTH=3
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:56 Warning: timed out after command: H
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:30 sent CSI - answering ID
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:02:48 received CSI - answering ID
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:03:03 sync: dropping DTR
>>> efax-0.9a: 08:03:07 sync: sending escapes
>>>  *** Stopping send/receive session ***
>>>
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