Fax/modem switches
MOR...@resnova.com
>Has anyone any experience of or recommendations for a telephone
>line switcher for fax or data?
>
>I have a fax machine and a USR Courier V32bis DS modem on one
>line, and I'd really like automatic switching between the two -
>i.e. when a fax comes in, it goes to the fax, when someone calls
>with a modem, the modem grabs the call. I've seen a number of
>adverts for this type of thing, but the only ones I've seen in
>use were voice/data switches and not too reliable.
>
>I don't want to replace the modem with a fax modem - I don't have
>the $300 for a new USR and I won't buy the cheaper ones!
>
>Thanks,
>Richard Smith
>
>
>
I think that your modem, if its a USR courier, has fax built into it. Have
you explored these options? Im sure that in your init string, by setting the
proper S register, that you can have the MODEM discriminate between the two.
One other way, that i have seen working, is answering machines. There are
now answering machines that listen for the little "Im a fax" tone thats
emitted every 2 seconds. Then, if it gets one, it switches to fax, and
receives (i guess that would make it a fax machine more than an answering
machine?). The trick would be getting the default set to go to the modem and
switch to voice or fax, where appropriate.
M.