Windows Fax and Scan: Adding 'pauses' to a dialled number

[Allan]

Hi,
I am trying to configure Windows Fax and Scan to use our phone service long
distance carrier.
I used to have Winfax and found that adding three 'pauses' after dialling
the long distance carrier number and before entering the fax number to be
called, did the trick.
Unfortunately in Windows Fax and Scan I cannot seem to enter any 'pauses'.

Does anyone know how I enter pauses or more importantly use a long distance
providers number before the number I wish to dial?

thanks in anticipation

Allan Thompson

 

[Quaoar]

Hi,
I am trying to configure Windows Fax and Scan to use our phone service long
distance carrier.
I used to have Winfax and found that adding three 'pauses' after dialling
the long distance carrier number and before entering the fax number to be
called, did the trick.
Unfortunately in Windows Fax and Scan I cannot seem to enter any 'pauses'.

Does anyone know how I enter pauses or more importantly use a long distance
providers number before the number I wish to dial?

thanks in anticipation

Allan Thompson

Try the Phone and Modem Options Control Panel. The first screen is the
entry point for the ISP phone number, etc.

Q

 

[V Green]

The comma (,) when inserted in a dial string, inserts
a 1 second pause.

For example, if you want an outside line at a hotel,
you would dial 9, wait three sec (or so) for things to
go through, then dial.

The entry in the "number to dial box" would look
like this:

9,,,1234567 (not using area code in this example)

The 3 commas will give you 3 sec. delay.

 

[Allan]

The comma (,) when inserted in a dial string, inserts
a 1 second pause.

For example, if you want an outside line at a hotel,
you would dial 9, wait three sec (or so) for things to
go through, then dial.

The entry in the "number to dial box" would look
like this:

9,,,1234567 (not using area code in this example)

The 3 commas will give you 3 sec. delay.

Thank you for your reply.

Indeed the comma does work... however, It is not allowed as a valid
character in the fields for 'Use this carrier to make long distance calls'
boxes.

It a valid character in the box to 'access an outside line for long distance
calls' box... which is quite perverse!

thanks for your response again

 

[Allan]

Try the Phone and Modem Options Control Panel. The first screen is the
entry point for the ISP phone number, etc.

Q

That is the place where I was trying to enter the 'pause' see my response
below as to why it didn't work!

Thanks for your response!

Allan

 

[V Green]

Thank you for your reply.

Indeed the comma does work... however, It is not allowed as a valid
character in the fields for 'Use this carrier to make long distance calls'
boxes.

It a valid character in the box to 'access an outside line for long distance
calls' box... which is quite perverse!

thanks for your response again

The workaround for that is to NOT use all the weird
options like "use this carrier..." and just set up for a normal
phone call, at which point you can have a complex a dial
string as you want (as you have discovered).

I learned many years ago that Windows just does not do
complex dialing schemes properly. I prefer to compose
my own dial strings from scratch (I am VERY familiar with
the Hayes AT commands) and just drop them into the
"number to dial" box.