faxing on huawei E220

[mnin2008]

How do you activate faxing on Windows Vista using: huawei E220

 

[Iam3G]

AFAIK, you cant.

AFAIK, you cant send(or recieve) faxes on any 3G device.

AFAIK, all you can do is recieve faxes to an email address, using a free 3rd party fax to email provider.

 

[Frankie]

AFAIK, you cant.

AFAIK, you cant send(or recieve) faxes on any 3G device.

AFAIK, all you can do is recieve faxes to an email address, using a free 3rd party fax to email provider.

I just recently looked into this and came up with the same conclusion.

 

[ic]

AFAIK, you cant.

AFAIK, you cant send(or recieve) faxes on any 3G device.

AFAIK, all you can do is recieve faxes to an email address, using a free 3rd party fax to email provider.

I suspect it's possible to do with a Huawei E620 and custom s/w that AFAIK does not exist as yet.

 

[Iam3G]

I suspect it's possible to do with a Huawei E620 and custom s/w that AFAIK does not exist as yet.

Still with custom software, the E620 doesnt have a fax dialing tone, so it would be impossible. Or does it have?

 

[ic]

Still with custom software, the E620 doesnt have a fax dialing tone, so it would be impossible. Or does it have?

Using an E620 and [AFAIK] the HMC dashboard and a headset, one can make and receive voice calls, so it should be possible for some fax software to replace the human at the E620 side of the call.

 

[Iam3G]

Using an E620 and [AFAIK] the HMC dashboard and a headset, one can make and receive voice calls, so it should be possible for some fax software to replace the human at the E620 side of the call.

But isnt the Voice dial tone also different from the Fax dial tone?

 

[ic]

But isnt the Voice dial tone also different from the Fax dial tone?

Do the E620 and HMC have a weird dialtone?

 

[Iam3G]

Do the E620 and HMC have a weird dialtone?

I dunno?

 

[ginggs]

Using an E620 and [AFAIK] the HMC dashboard and a headset, one can make and receive voice calls, so it should be possible for some fax software to replace the human at the E620 side of the call.

Huawei have assured me the E620 can send faxes, in fact when queried, the card reports that it is capable of sending faxes, the Windows XP fax service is even happy to be installed for this device, but I have never been able to send a fax. I've tried getting an answer from MTN without success, at one point they enabled a "enhanced fax & data package" for my SIM card, but I never got around to testing it as I switched to Vodacom.

I did read something about GSM emulating ISDN for faxing, so I still think there's something that the networks can do to get this working.

But isnt the Voice dial tone also different from the Fax dial tone?

I've never heard a dial-tone on a cellular network. You do however get distinctive ringing, which I think can be enabled for Telkom ISDN lines. It allows compatible fax machines and answering machines to decide which device will grab an incoming call as different types of incoming calls (voice, fax & data) will ring differently.

Added: If it turns out the E620 is capable of sending faxes, it wouldn't surprise me if the E220 and E272 are capable too. I don't think the E620's voice capability has anything to do with its fax capability (or lack thereof); there were fax modems for years before the models with voice capabilities arrived.

 

[ic]

I've never heard a dial-tone on a cellular network.

Now that you mention it, neither have I.