How to do phone calls, fax and aswering machine on one PC box?

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Elly

Not exactly hardware, but maybe you guys can give me a clue.

I want to have my XP computer handle phone calls, fax and answering
machine altogether. For that I guess I need a piece of software. The
software should be smart enough to know if it's a phone call or a fax.
If it's a fax, start to receive right away. If it's a phone call, have
it ring 3 or 4 times for picking up, otherwise the answering machine
kicks in and records the message. Is there such a goodie out there?
 
Elly said:
Not exactly hardware, but maybe you guys can give me a clue.

I want to have my XP computer handle phone calls, fax and answering
machine altogether. For that I guess I need a piece of software. The
software should be smart enough to know if it's a phone call or a fax.
If it's a fax, start to receive right away. If it's a phone call, have
it ring 3 or 4 times for picking up, otherwise the answering machine
kicks in and records the message. Is there such a goodie out there?
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AFAIK you can't tell whether it's a call or a fax until you answer it
 
mentalalien said:
AFAIK you can't tell whether it's a call or a fax until you answer it
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I'm pretty sure that there are boxes out there that can determine between a
voice and fax call and route the call to a specific phone, so I think it's
possible to do this. I'm just not sure exactly how.

It would be a function of the modem hardware itself. I'm pretty sure that if
you keep the resistance high, you can "pick-up" the phone and the phone
company won't detect the pick-up so the computer can listed for a fax tone
but the call isn't considered answered yet.
 
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