Ubuntu Manpage: faxaddmodem - configure a modem for use with HylaFAX

Provided by: hylafax-server_6.0.7-3.1_amd64

NAME

       faxaddmodem - configure a modem for use with HylaFAX

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/faxaddmodem [ -s speed ] [ -f ] [ tty ]

DESCRIPTION

faxaddmodem is an interactive shell script that does the necessary setup work to configure
a modem for use by the HylaFAX software. To enable use of the configured modem one must
either use the faxmodem(8) program or configure the init(8) program to startup a
faxgetty(8) process for the newly configured modem. In either case the faxq(8) program
must also be running if outbound services are to be provided.

If the serial port name is not specified on the command line faxaddmodem will prompt for
it.

The configuration work done by faxaddmodem falls into two main areas: creating the
necessary files to run a facsimile server process, and defining the contents of the
configuration database file. The hylafax-config (5) manual page has an in-depth
description of the contents of the configuration file and should be consulted when
installing a modem.

Many aspects of configuring a modem are operating system-specific; faxaddmodem uses a
collection of support routines and parameters that are generated by the faxsetup(8)
program. If faxsetup has not been run on a machine prior to running then faxaddmodem will
abort.

faxaddmodem can be used to install a new modem or re-configure an existing modem. In the
latter case it will propagate all the server-related configuration parameters from the
existing configuration file to the new configuration file. These parameter include items
such as the phone number, area code, and tracing control parameters. Modem-related
configuration parameters are, however, not propagated. Instead faxaddmodem deduces the
type of modem attached to the specified serial port and then sets up the configuration
parameters using a set of prototype configuration files that have been tested with like
modems. If a modem is to be installed for which there is no existing prototype file,
faxaddmodem will work from a comprehensive template of parameters that can be edited
either during or after the installation process.

faxaddmodem deduces the type of modem attached to the serial port by sending commands to
the modem at a fixed speed. By default, this speed is deduced by sending commands to the
modem at successively decreasing speeds until a valid response is received.
Alternatively, a fixed speed can be specified from the command line with the -s option.

Because faxaddmodem needs to read and write the modem that is to be installed it will not
proceed with an installation if the modem is locked for use by another process. If the
modem is not locked and the -f option is used, then the system's fuser(1) command will be
invoked to ensure that faxaddmodem is the only process using the modem.

Finally, note that an installation can be safely aborted at any time by hitting the
interrupt key. faxaddmodem delays making installation-related changes until after
everything has been setup.

OPTIONS

       -s speed  Communicate with the modem at a fixed speed; this may be any value recognized by
                 the stty(1) command.

       -f        Use the fuser(1) command for exclusive access to the device.

PROTOTYPE CONFIGURATION FILES

       faxaddmodem  uses  prototype  configuration files that have been created for known modems.
       These prototype files are kept in the config subdirectory and, by convention,  have  names
       that  identify  a brand or type of modem and the DTE-DCE flow control scheme the prototype
       files configures.  The faxaddmodem(8) program that is used to configure a  modem  for  use
       with  HylaFAX  selects a prototype configuration file using information retrieved from the
       modem and comments embedded in the prototype files.  For Class 1 and Class 1.0 modems  the
       product  ID  code  returned  by  the  command  ``ATI0''  and the response from the command
       ``ATI3'' are used to select a prototype configuration file, while for Class 2  modems  the
       manufacturer  and  model  as  returned by ``AT+FMFR?'' and ``AT+FMDL?'', respectively, are
       used (or ``AT+FMI?'' and ``AT+FMM?'' for Class 2.0 and Class 2.1 modems).

       A Class 1 prototype configuration file is identified for use by faxaddmodem  by  searching
       for a comment of the form:
       # CONFIG:CLASS1:144:.*:RTSCTS: Manufacturer='AT&T' Model=Dataport
       In  this  example  ``144''  is the product ID code for an AT&T DataPort modem, ``.*'' is a
       regular expression matched against the result string returned by the ``ATI3'' command, and
       ``RTSCTS''  indicates  the  modem  is  configured  to use hardware flow control during fax
       operation.  The remainder of the line is evaluated by the sh(1) and used  to  specify  the
       modem's  manufacturer  and  model  (since  Class 1 modems do not have standard commands to
       query this information).

       Class 2, 2.0, and 2.1 prototype configuration files match the string ``manufacturer-model-
       flowcontrol''  against  a  sh(1)  glob  pattern specified in the configuration file, where
       manufacturer and model are the strings returned by querying the modem and  flowcontrol  is
       either ``RTSCTS'' for hardware flow control or ``XONXOFF'' for software flow control.  For
       example:
       # CONFIG: CLASS2: ZyXEL*-RTSCTS
       # CONFIG: CLASS2.0: USRobotics*-XONXOFF
       are configuration comments that appear in the prototype file for a ZyXEL 1496E with  Class
       2 support, and for a US Robotics Courier modem with Class 2.0 firmware.

       The  faxaddmodem  program merges server-specific configuration parameters into a prototype
       configuration according to comments placed in  the  prototype  file.   All  lines  between
       ``BEGIN-SERVER''  and  ``END-SERVER''  comments  are  placed  with  the appropriate server
       configuration parameters.  Note that this  means  modem-related  configuration  parameters
       must be placed outside this area of the file.

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