-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup hints for BGFAX with US Robotics Modems & AdeptXBBS 1.06 12-28-95 B.J. Guillot bgfax@blkbox.com FidoNet 1:106/400 http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: US Robotics owners, please read over the USR section in the READ.ME file before proceeding! Please make sure the following three items are true before proceeding... (1) Your modem is NOT set to "Auto Answer" mode (REGISTER S0 MUST EQUAL 0) (2) DIP switch #5 is in the "SUPPRESS AUTO ANSWER" position (3) You have already put all relevant DATA commands for the BBS into NVRAM Note that, generally, fax (AT+F) commands CANNOT be stored in NVRAM. Here is the relevant information... [AdeptXBBS] Config -> Active Line -> General Settings "ATO on DATA" should NOT have a check mark! ^^^ (Note: There is a bug in the Sportster 288 DSVD modem that may require you to put a check mark on the ATO for Data. This affects the 288 DSVD modem ONLY, and not the Sportster 288 or Sportster 288 Voice, just the *DSVD* product.) Answer .... AT+FAA=1;+FNR=1,1,1;A| Init ...... v~^~ATZ|~AT+FCLASS=2.0| (Note: There is a bug in Adept 1.05 and 1.06 that causes Adept not to initialize a USR modem properly if you actually put the 2nd part of the init line on the 2nd line on the init box, as suggested in the new 1.06 fax setup. If you do that, the USR modem will not get the fax commands initialized properly, that's why I've put the AT+FCLASS=2.0| on the first line of the init section. This bug was supposedly fixed in 1.06, but it's still here. Bug tracking number is 110695.3. It's not fixed in 1.06.) Dial Pref.. v~^~AT+FCLASS=0DT Dial Suf... | Answer on Ring: 2 Ring Response: RING : +fclass=0dt enables data mode operation on outgoing calls : +fclass=2.0 enables fax mode operation : +fli="713 555 1212" sets your FAX ID, up to 20 characters : +fnr=1,1,1,1 tells modem to let BGFAX know connect speed, etc. [AdeptXBBS] Config -> Active Line -> Dial Strings If you make use of any of these special dial strings, they too must start with AT+FCLASS=0 followed by any special modems commands, then followed by the DT dial command. The suffix can remain "|". After making the changes, you will need to do a SHUTDOWN (of Adept, not OS/2)! You will need to create a file called FAX1.CMD in your d:\Adept directory. (The "1" is for #Line 1. If you are using #Line 2, it would be FAX2.CMD.) FAX1.CMD ~~~~~~~~ @d:\bgfax\bgfax2 /fco:4 d:\bgfax h%1 z "d:\bgfax" is the directory that faxes will be received into. "h%1" is how Adept passes the com handle to BGFAX/2. The "z" saves faxes in ZFAX-style format. If you have trouble receiving faxes, you may need to adjust the /fco:nn number, to maybe /fco:2 or /fco:8, depending upon your computer speed. USR's FAX/ARQ light WILL flash when waiting for calls with this setup! Regards, B.J. Guillot