On Aug 01 10:20 96, Frank Filippone of 3:632/107.103 wrote:

FF>>> What sort of text/graphics should I include in the fax?

DH>> Text, sufficent to occupy the line for over 1 minute, but less than 2.

DH>> I use a block of 72 characters * 40 lines of "A", with
 after
DH>> each line myself.  (To be fancy, there's a "\" in one
side, and a "/"
DH>> on the other, spaced to make a full page "X" as well.)

FF> Thanks.

FF> Just did it, and received excellent for everything bar the transmission 
FF> level. Amazingly, Telstra have fixed my line less than 48 hours after I 
FF> called them! See tagline :-)

Excellent.  Time our side won a few.

FF> FOLDS told me the Courier is transmitting some 7.6db too loud, at -10.4db. 
FF> Is it possible to change this to the recommended -17.0db to -19.0db range?

Dunno.  It may be that the differential level between fax and modem is
speced to another range for the Courier.

The idea is that you send a fax at a considerably lower level than modem
data, since faxes can't echocancel.  ????   (It's in da book, and wot dey
said...:-)

FF> Still, FOLDS reported an error rate of 0 bits per 100,000 bits sent, and it 
FF> received the whole page, so should I even worry about this?

I wouldn't.   I _would_ get an independent send level check from somewhere
else - too high a level isn't good, but you're only really interested in
the modem side.  FOLDS is marvelously useful for the equalization and
frequency response.

(Caveat - I have gotten "correct" send levels out of FOLDS, using
a Microcom.   And I've never been able to connect with my Couriers at all.)

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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