Configuring Fax

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I use a fax program on my computer. This is a company computer connected to
one telephone line and there are many telephones connected to this line. The
program used is Windows XP Fax Console. It is configured to start manually.

Problem is that I'm not allways seat in front of my computer to press the
button. Is there a way to configure the program to start receiving
automatically? By example, if I answer the phone somewhere far far away in
the building, I hear a fax tone then I press a button witch tells computer
to recieve right away.

I've tried automatic reception after 4 rings but then fax competes with
answering machine and it doesn't differentiate voice from fax signal.

Thank you
Nicolas Poirier

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Hi,

Make sure your PC is equipped with a data/fax modem, you contact your PC
manufacturere for more information. Furthermore, during the configuration,
make sure you select specify send and receive options, and whether you'll
manually answer incoming faxes or answer automatically when received. For
more information, see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] 02october2
1.mspx

HTH
Venkatesh

"Nicolas Poirier" <adlc@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> I use a fax program on my computer. This is a company computer connected
to
> one telephone line and there are many telephones connected to this line.
The
> program used is Windows XP Fax Console. It is configured to start
manually.
>
> Problem is that I'm not allways seat in front of my computer to press the
> button. Is there a way to configure the program to start receiving
> automatically? By example, if I answer the phone somewhere far far away in
> the building, I hear a fax tone then I press a button witch tells computer
> to recieve right away.
>
> I've tried automatic reception after 4 rings but then fax competes with
> answering machine and it doesn't differentiate voice from fax signal.
>
> Thank you
> Nicolas Poirier
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

There is no mention of the "distinctive ring" feature in the original post.
A distinctive ring would be something like one long and one short ring,
repeated. Or two long and one short and so on. His options would be
choosing a different number of rings to answer on, obviously different than
the answering machine. Or buy a dedicated fax machine and a dedicated fax
line. Or use homing pigeons. Or semaphore.

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <misstick@lancre.dw> wrote in message
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> Venkatesh [MS India Community Star] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Make sure your PC is equipped with a data/fax modem, you contact your
> > PC manufacturere for more information. Furthermore, during the
> > configuration, make sure you select specify send and receive options,
> > and whether you'll manually answer incoming faxes or answer
> > automatically when received. For more information, see here:
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] 02october2
> > 1.mspx
> >
> > HTH
> > Venkatesh
>
> And your point is? Did you actually *READ* the original post?! The OP is
> asking about distinctive ring, which no NT-based OS supports.
>
>
>
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