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I setup the fax wizard and all looks fine. I get the message, "busy or not
connected", no matter who I send to. I have a cable connection and an
internal modem.
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Fax works on dial-up... Open the help files in the fax console, lots of help there.


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"jilli" <futurelag@nozero.net> wrote in message
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>I setup the fax wizard and all looks fine. I get the message, "busy or not
> connected", no matter who I send to. I have a cable connection and an
> internal modem.
> --
> jilli

 

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Make sure the modem is working properly. If you use dial-up networking, does
it connect OK? If not use Phone Dialer if you have it (possibly not
available on WinXP as far as I can see) to see whether your modem will
actually find a line and dial it. If you don't have Phone Dialer look for a
freeware one on Google.

If the modem's OK, make sure Fax is set up to use your modem
(Tools/ConfigureFax) and that 'enable send' is ticked.

If that's still OK, make sure your telephone line has a normal dial tone. If
not, set your modem to ignore the dial tone (Control
Panel/System/Hardware/DeviceManager/Modem Properties).

Don't make the mistake I made and try to test Fax by dialing your own number
(DUH! that one kept me guessing for a while before I cottoned on)

"jilli" <futurelag@nozero.net> wrote in message
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>I setup the fax wizard and all looks fine. I get the message, "busy or not
> connected", no matter who I send to. I have a cable connection and an
> internal modem.
> --
> jilli

 

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John Rampling wrote:
> Make sure the modem is working properly. If you use dial-up
> networking, does it connect OK? If not use Phone Dialer if you have
> it (possibly not available on WinXP as far as I can see) to see
> whether your modem will actually find a line and dial it. If you
> don't have Phone Dialer look for a freeware one on Google.
>
> If the modem's OK, make sure Fax is set up to use your modem
> (Tools/ConfigureFax) and that 'enable send' is ticked.
>
> If that's still OK, make sure your telephone line has a normal dial
> tone. If not, set your modem to ignore the dial tone (Control
> Panel/System/Hardware/DeviceManager/Modem Properties).
>
> Don't make the mistake I made and try to test Fax by dialing your own
> number (DUH! that one kept me guessing for a while before I cottoned
> on)


John,

Your post, whilst attempting to be helpful, is completely pointless. The key
thing here is she's attempting to fax using a cable 'modem' (not a modem at
all, but a NIC connecting you to a vast WAN). As cable doesn't use phone
lines, there is nowhere for the fax signal to go.


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jilli wrote:
> I setup the fax wizard and all looks fine. I get the message, "busy
> or not connected", no matter who I send to. I have a cable
> connection and an internal modem.


1) You do not have a modem. The word modem is a corruption of
'MOdulation/DEModulation' and those are terms which refer to the compression
and decompression of data signals sent via a conventional analogue phone
line. A cable 'modem' is really a NIC connecting you to a vast WAN. The
telephone system isn't involved at all (you don't dial a number when you
connect to the net, do you?)

2) In order to send a fax via your computer two things are required

a) An analogue fax modem
b) Which is connected to a conventional phone line

If you do not have an analogue fax modem you will need to purchase one.
They're not very expensive (typically £20 or so).


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lose his marbles?

 

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WRONG!

A modem does have a modulator and a demodulator.

What on Earth made you think it didn't? It modulates electromagnetic waves
does it not?

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cable-modem3.htm

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"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <misstick@lancre.dw> wrote in message
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> jilli wrote:
>> I setup the fax wizard and all looks fine. I get the message, "busy
>> or not connected", no matter who I send to. I have a cable
>> connection and an internal modem.
>
>
> 1) You do not have a modem. The word modem is a corruption of
> 'MOdulation/DEModulation' and those are terms which refer to the
> compression and decompression of data signals sent via a conventional
> analogue phone line. A cable 'modem' is really a NIC connecting you to a
> vast WAN. The telephone system isn't involved at all (you don't dial a
> number when you connect to the net, do you?)
>
> 2) In order to send a fax via your computer two things are required
>
> a) An analogue fax modem
> b) Which is connected to a conventional phone line
>
> If you do not have an analogue fax modem you will need to purchase one.
> They're not very expensive (typically £20 or so).
>
>
> --
> My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
> lose his marbles?
>
>