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10.3: Enable Distinctive Ring fax answering
Authored by: allangillian on Aug 22, '06 08:02:14PM

Many thanks for the help received already. With regard to receiving faxes with distinctive ring tone, or a duet line (here in Australia), I have found that altering the line as below:
-SDR=5
worked for me. I tried with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. 5 was the number here that worked.
I used the terminal as suggested and other instructions on this thread ie.
Entered into terminal. I needed admin password.

% sudo pico /usr/bin/fax

Go to the line that reads

INIT="-iZ -i&FE0&D2S7=120 -i&C0"

It is line 209 on my system ... append the quote to read:

INIT="-iZ -i&FE0&D2S7=120 -i&C0-SDR=n

Change the n to a 5, is what workded for me.

I had to save the changes. I eventually found that the "write out" command in terminal, in file, /usr/bin/fax is required to save.

So thanks to macosxhints.com I am a happy participant. I have also saved myself some money in not having to buy a separate fax machine which prints un-necessary faxes and wastes paper.
Regards Allan



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