Fax Console - Receiving faxes

[Clem Browne]

I am making increasing use of Fax Console, now that my
13yr. old free-standing machine has given up the ghost!
No serious problems sending and receiving when system
(Dell 8200) is fully powered up. But what I'd appreciate
learning is whether it is possible to receive faxes when
system is in STANDBY mode. I've been assured this IS
feasible, but test faxes sent to me while Dell was in
standby did NOT get through. -- Your guidance welcomed!!

[Ananda Sarkar [MSFT]]

You cannot receive a fax once you set the machine to STANDBY mode. The
sender will get "No Answer" message. Once you resume the machine and the
sender retries to send, the fax will be received successfully.

Thanks,
Anand

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Microsoft Printing, Imaging & Fax Team

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"Clem Browne" > wrote in message
...
> I am making increasing use of Fax Console, now that my
> 13yr. old free-standing machine has given up the ghost!
> No serious problems sending and receiving when system
> (Dell 8200) is fully powered up. But what I'd appreciate
> learning is whether it is possible to receive faxes when
> system is in STANDBY mode. I've been assured this IS
> feasible, but test faxes sent to me while Dell was in
> standby did NOT get through. -- Your guidance welcomed!!

[Lem]

Not true -- at least as a general rule. Many (most?) fax modems/PCs can be set
to "wake on ring." I've set this up on my XPpro Gateway PC. The one thing I
haven't determined is whether a user actually has to be logged on to XP at the
time the PC goes into standy. I know I can receive faxes if a user is logged on
and the PC is then put in standby. I'm not at my XP box now or I'd give you the
settings. Search in XP help for "wake on ring" and if that doesn't help, try
Google or Dell.

"Ananda Sarkar [MSFT]" wrote:

> You cannot receive a fax once you set the machine to STANDBY mode. The
> sender will get "No Answer" message. Once you resume the machine and the
> sender retries to send, the fax will be received successfully.
>
> Thanks,
> Anand
>
> --
> Ananda Sarkar
> Microsoft Printing, Imaging & Fax Team
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
> purposes only.'
>
> "Clem Browne" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am making increasing use of Fax Console, now that my
> > 13yr. old free-standing machine has given up the ghost!
> > No serious problems sending and receiving when system
> > (Dell 8200) is fully powered up. But what I'd appreciate
> > learning is whether it is possible to receive faxes when
> > system is in STANDBY mode. I've been assured this IS
> > feasible, but test faxes sent to me while Dell was in
> > standby did NOT get through. -- Your guidance welcomed!!




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p

[Ananda Sarkar [MSFT]]

Are you using any "wake on ring" capable modem? Which is your modem
make/model?

Thanks,
Anand

--
Ananda Sarkar
Microsoft Printing, Imaging & Fax Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup
purposes only.'

"Lem" > wrote in message
...
> Not true -- at least as a general rule. Many (most?) fax modems/PCs can
be set
> to "wake on ring." I've set this up on my XPpro Gateway PC. The one
thing I
> haven't determined is whether a user actually has to be logged on to XP at
the
> time the PC goes into standy. I know I can receive faxes if a user is
logged on
> and the PC is then put in standby. I'm not at my XP box now or I'd give
you the
> settings. Search in XP help for "wake on ring" and if that doesn't help,
try
> Google or Dell.
>
> "Ananda Sarkar [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > You cannot receive a fax once you set the machine to STANDBY mode. The
> > sender will get "No Answer" message. Once you resume the machine and the
> > sender retries to send, the fax will be received successfully.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anand
> >
> > --
> > Ananda Sarkar
> > Microsoft Printing, Imaging & Fax Team
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> > Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for
newsgroup
> > purposes only.'
> >
> > "Clem Browne" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I am making increasing use of Fax Console, now that my
> > > 13yr. old free-standing machine has given up the ghost!
> > > No serious problems sending and receiving when system
> > > (Dell 8200) is fully powered up. But what I'd appreciate
> > > learning is whether it is possible to receive faxes when
> > > system is in STANDBY mode. I've been assured this IS
> > > feasible, but test faxes sent to me while Dell was in
> > > standby did NOT get through. -- Your guidance welcomed!!
>
>
>
>
> --
> p
>