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How to use a fax modem with frontdoor 2.20
This document was prepared by:
Mark Kerr @ 2:443/59, 2:443/60(fax) fidonet
This is a functional setup for fd 2.20 and a supra v32bis
faxmodem with 1.71roms.
Fossil is BNU 1.70 locked at 57600 copyright David NugentBGFAX
is 1.00beta5 copyright B. J. GuillotXRobot is 3.01 for dos
copyright Joaquim HomrighausenZfax is 2.23 copyright Zyxel
Corporation
This setup will receive faxes using bgfax as a rearend, xrobot
to createthe netmail and zfax to view the fax.
Any ideas for improvements, queries, modifications should be
forwarded tothe author via netmail for consideration..
IMPORTANT
This setup works for me, however it is strongly recommended that
you read
fully the documentation for all the products
involved!!!!!!!!
SETTING UP - the interesting bit..
I have set the received fax dir as d:\zfax\rcvbgfax is on the c:
drive which is a ramdisk
FDSETUP
MAILER/FAX
RcvdFiles D:\ZFAX\RCV\Recipient Mark KerrPrint No (or Yes
:-)Printer d:\zfax\zfax.com 2 =F
MAILER/ERRORLEVELS
Fax 254Received mail 200
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Create BAT.file Yes
EDITOR/FAX
Viewer d:\zfax\zfax.com 4 =FAutomatic YesRemove No
MODEM/HARDWARE
Serial port 2Locked port YesMaximum baudrate FixedReset modem to
connect speed YesLower DTR when busy YesLower DTR to terminate call
YesToggle DTR before dialing YesCarrier detect mask (CDMASK)
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MODEM/CONNECT MESSAGES
Fax FAX
MODEM/COMMAND STRINGS
Escape code +++Return on-line ~ATO|Onhook ATH0|Offhook
~ATH1|Dial ATDTPrefix
Suffix |Delay 5Init-1 ATZ|Init-2 AT+FAA=1+FCR=1|Init-3
AT+FLID="Your Name Here....."+FDCC=1,5|Down ATH1|Reset ATz|
MODEM/ANSWER CONTROL
Manual answer YesForce answer AT+FAA=1;A|Answer delay 5
Enable LDFRS No
MODEM/FAX
Internal No
RELEVANT PORTIONS OF THE MAIN BATCH FILE
if errorlevel 254 goto FAX
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:FAX
c:\bgfax.exe /FAX d:\zfax\rcv 2 zif errorlevel 4 call
d:\zfax\rcv\doprintgoto START
SAMPLE DOPRINT.BAT CREATED BY BGFAX
D:\ZFAX\RCV\EXEPRINT.BAT D:\ZFAX\RCV\FAX0004.ZFX
MY EXEPRINT.BAT
d:\fd\xrdos send /f%1 /r2:000/000 /n3 /mb+
Here I use XRobot 301 for dos to send me the notification of a
fax/F%1 uses the second part of bgfax's dofax.bat to find the
file
/r is your address/n3 is user number 3 in my fdsetup (called
"FAX")/mb+ sets the fax attach msg attribute
POSSIBLE EXEPRINT.BAT TO ALLOW FAX FORWARDING
d:\fd\xrdos send /f%1 /r2:000/000 /n3 /mb+c:\bgfax /send %1 232
343 5566
this would announce the fax in your netmail folder, then attempt
toforward the fax to 232 343 556 using the information in your
bgfax.cnf
file.
MY SUPRA SETUP
AT&VACTIVE PROFILE:B1 E1 L3 M1 N1 Q0 T V1 W2 X4 Y0 %C1 %E1
%G1 \N3 &C1 &D2 &K3 &Q5 &R0 &S0 &X0
&Y0S00:000 S01:000 S02:043 S03:013 S04:010 S05:008 S06:002
S07:050 S08:002 S09:000S10:014 S11:048 S12:050 S18:000 S23:063
S25:005 S26:001 S36:007 S37:000 S38:020S40:071 S46:138 S48:007
S95:003 S109:062 S110:002
HISTORY
Updated 09/09/93
bgfax now supports fax transmission from the commandline (beta
5)adding a suitable command to your exeprint.bat should allow
thereceived fax to be retransmitted/forwarded if you wish.
Possible
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uses could be if you are expecting an important an important
faxand will not be at your machine but at another location with
asuitable fax. The problem is all faxes received until your
returnwould be forwarded, unless you modified or changed the
batchfileremotely.This requires that you edit the bgfax.cnf file to
suit your modemand set an environment variable to point at its
location. Fulldetails of this can be found in the bgfax
documentation.
Updated 25/8/93
bgfax now makes a doprint.bat which calls exeprint.batwith beta
02 dofax.bat exefax.bat
Known Bugs
xrobot doesn't recognize the $task$ in the fd logname.
