Joseph Chan <joseph@milton.u.washington.edu> (06/26/91)
I have a standalone fax machine and a fax modem (send/receive at 9600 baud) installed on my 286 machine. There is no RS232 port on the fax machine. I have one phone line at home. Here is what I am trying to accomplish (i.e. use the fax machine as a scanner): 1. Connect the fax machine to the fax modem thru a regular telephone cable. 2. Send image from the fax machine to the fax modem over the telephone cable. (since I have one phone line at home, I can not send the fax image over the telephone system). 3. Edit and manipulate the image. One other thing I would like to try (i.e. use the fax machine as a printer to print image received by the fax modem): 1. Let the fax modem receive the incoming fax message. Screen the message by viewing the fax message bitcom software. 2. Send the fax image to the fax machine for printer. (The reason for this: the Epson 24 header printer is very slow to print out a fax image, the fax machine can print at less than 30sec per page). Has any one done some similar thing to this? Thank you for any pointers. Joseph Chan Internet: joseph@nsr.bioeng.washington.edu Center for Bioengineering Bitnet: chanj@uwarita.bitnet University of Washington WD-12 UUCP: uw-beaver!uw-nsr!joseph Seattle, Washington 98195 Dial: (206) 543-5418
Proctor & Associates <0003991080@mcimail.com> (06/27/91)
Joseph Chan <joseph@milton.u.washington.edu> writes: > I have a standalone fax machine and a fax modem (send/receive at 9600 > baud) installed on my 286 machine. There is no RS232 port on the fax > machine. I have one phone line at home. Here is what I am trying to > accomplish (i.e. use the fax machine as a scanner): > 1. Connect the fax machine to the fax modem thru a regular telephone > cable. (rest deleted ... describes how he wants to be able to send from the fax modem to the fax machine, and vice versa, without going via a regular phone line.) This is easy to do with a CO line simulator, like the ones made by Proctor & Associates. They simulate regular central office lines, with dialtone, ringback tone, ringing voltage and everything, and can be used with any device that will work on a standard phone line. The four line unit is the model 49200, and it sells for $475. It will work with both rotary and tone dialing, and uses two digit dialing for each line. There is a new two line unit that is less expensive, the model 49250. It sells for $259.95, and uses only tone dialing. To dial the other port, just dial the # key, or any seven digit number. If the fax machines don't have to dial and don't need to hear dial tone, one could get by really cheap with a ringdown circuit. The Proctor model 46220 sells for $179, and as soon as it detects an off hook condition on one jack, it sends ringing to the other. With any of these devices one can do anything that one would do with a standard phone line. Modems can talk to modems, fax boards can use fax machines as printers, and phones can talk to other phones. Proctor & Associates is at 15050 NE 36th St, Redmond, WA 98052-5317. The phone number is 206-881-7000, and fax is 206-885-3282. All prices are FOB Redmond, WA, and Proctor accepts Visa or Master Card. Paul Cook Proctor & Associates Redmond, WA 206-881-7000 3991080@mcimail.com