Connecting to a fax line using Modem

[makdu]

Is there a way/ code to convert a normal text file to a fax data ?

[DataMiser]

I suppose you could print it to a fax driver, getting the data as a text file on the other side would likely prove difficult.

[makdu]

I suppose you could print it to a fax driver, getting the data as a text file on the other side would likely prove difficult.

Tried this option by sending a text file. But the receiving file is a tiff file Is there a way to receive the file in the same format as we send, ie txt file as txt itself or doc file as doc file itself ????

[DataMiser]

a fax is basically a hard copy so I would say at best it would be very difficult but odds are that it is near impossible.

Why not tell your boss that he will need to upgrade the phone service if he wants to send dat to these computers

[makdu]

IS there a way to achieve the result using TAPI?, ie instead of using MSCOMM, if i got with TAPI programming, will that solve the connection problem?

[DataMiser]

Think about it. If you are using a phone line and you need to send data but the phone line does not allow you to send data then you are spinning your wheels.

You need to get either the proper phone service on the line(s) in question or use a method other than the phone line.

[makdu]

Think about it. If you are using a phone line and you need to send data but the phone line does not allow you to send data then you are spinning your wheels.

You need to get either the proper phone service on the line(s) in question or use a method other than the phone line.

correct i missed the reason for the problem and was thinking of a way to get a soultion , (desperate attempt)

[dglienna]

Kind of like wanting to get money out of a copy machine? We couldn't tell you how to do it. Others would figure it out as well.

I doubt they're protecting their fax lines. I'd guess voip lines.

[makdu]

How is a music file send through the line, will it be same as data signal or different. If it is different, i think i can give a try by sending a .mp3 file and check the behaviour. Whats the opinion on this ?
The reason i want to have a try is that the voice communication is happening with this line. So if the music data file is different from normal data, then the line should support sending the file .

[makdu]

Whats the way of handshaking done when a fax line is dialled from MSCOMM. Is that different?

[DataMiser]

When you send a fax the modem uses different tones to identify itself to the remote modem. A fax machine can answer an incoming fax request but will not connect to an incoming data request.

As I understand it when you send a fax you are basically sending a digital image that can be printed on the receiver side. A data transmission sends a data stream. This can be anything at all, music, video, text files, binary files or whatever. The onyl thing that is different is the actual data being sent.

Handshaking as pointed out before is simply the start/stop signals and have nothign to do with the type of data being sent.

[George1111]

Have you considered an AB switch

When in A mode the Fax line is connected to the Fax

Wehn in B mode the Fax Line is just a telephone line connected to a normal Modem

Hopefully then, the Fax machine wont interfere when you are in B mode


OH !!!! I JUST HAD A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA

Install another line just for the comms and forget about using the Fax Line (other than for faxing)

This will cost a about $20 a month no doubt - too much for your management ?

(so far your free consultancy would have cost your management about $2000, I would guess - but thats the wonderful guys at Codeguru - cheers !)

You did say non-fax lines were working well, I believe - this just may be a solution when there doesnt seem to be another solution forth coming.

[makdu]

Have you considered an AB switch

OH !!!! I JUST HAD A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA

Install another line just for the comms and forget about using the Fax Line (other than for faxing)

This will cost a about $20 a month no doubt - too much for your management ?

(so far your free consultancy would have cost your management about $2000, I would guess - but thats the wonderful guys at Codeguru - cheers !)

You did say non-fax lines were working well, I believe - this just may be a solution when there doesnt seem to be another solution forth coming.

Its more than $20 and not just one shop. So yearly cost will be more than around $10000. And the management dont want to go with a new line option ( bad time comes in unexpected fax lines ).

[WizBang]

Have you tried using the target PC to receive a FAX from your computer on that line? I've seen lines where the quality is so poor, that certain types of data connections can't establish themselves. Perhaps lowering the baud rate will work too, in the case of poor line quality. Try something like 1200bps. That **should** be low enough for just about any line.

I would tend to agree however, that data is data, and I have my doubts that the telephone provider is detecting the nature of the data, and cutting the connection.

[makdu]

I would tend to agree however, that data is data, and I have my doubts that the telephone provider is detecting the nature of the data, and cutting the connection.

You got the problem. The telephone provider is detecting the nature of data and cutting the connection