using a shared phone-fax line

[FT]

Is there a way of configuring XP(home edition) to
recognise different ring tones? My incoming fax calls
have a different ring to my phone calls but the fax
console answers both if I set it to automatically receive
faxes. At the moment I have it set to manual receive but
that isn't going to be much use when I'm not near the PC.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Cerridwen]

Is there a way of configuring XP(home edition) to
recognise different ring tones?

No - no NT based OS has *ever* supported distinctive ring.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP DTS]]

Some third party hardware devices can provide a work-around:

http://www.youcansave.com/switchboard.html
Emerson Switchboard
http://www.command-comm.com/phone_line_products.html
ComSwitch®

Hal
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