HylaFAX: Unspecified Transmit Phase B error (code 20)

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 5.2
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Hylafax: Version 4.0pl2

Symptom:

You have one of the following modems :

When sending faxes with HylaFAX the modem aborts the transmission. In the logfile /var/log/messages the following error messages can be found :
May 25 17:56:28.95: [  464]: MODEM TIMEOUT: reading line from modem
May 25 17:56:28.95: [  464]: REMOTE HANGUP: Unspecified Transmit Phase B error +(code 20)
May 25 17:56:28.95: [  464]: SEND FAILED: Unspecified Transmit Phase B error

Cause:

This is most likely a bug of HylaFAX, which cannot handle the error messages of the U.S. Robotics modem in a correct way.

Solution:

Replace the line

Class2NRCmd:            AT+FNR=1,1,1,1  # setup status reporting command
by
Class2NRCmd:            AT+FNR=1,1,1,0  # setup status reporting command
in the file /var/spool/fax/etc/config.modem
Keywords: HYLAFAX, USR, USROBOTICS, SPORTSTER

Categories: HylaFax

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