man tkusr (Commandes) - X11 tool to manage the Self-mode of USR/3COM Message modems.

NAME

tkusr - X11 tool to manage the Self-mode of USR/3COM Message modems.

SYNOPSIS

tkusr

DESCRIPTION

tkusr is a is a small Tcl/Tk program that allows the playing of messages and retreiving of faxes stored on USRobotics / 3Com message modems.

Features:

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Compatible with Message (Plus) and Professional USRobotics / 3COM modems
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Intelligent retrieving of data with a cache system to speed up the download. So you do not have to download the full memory to get only one fax.
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View the list of fax or voice messages stored in your modem's flash
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Play any voice message including outgoing messages.
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View a fax with the built-in G3 decoder (written in pure Tcl !)
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Print a fax (display it and then click on the print button)
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Save a fax with one G3 file for each page (right click an entry)
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Save a voice message as a GSM file (right click an entry)
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Upload GSM File / Record outgoing messages
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Support for most settings of Message modems

You can use g32pbm(1), g32ps(1), kfax(1), gimp(1) to convert the saved fax data, and zgsmplay(1) to play a saved message. In order to upload messages you need to make GSM files, so use sox(1) or toast(1) from the 'gsm' package.

You can modify some variables of 'proc init' in tkusr.tcl:

device(device):
the device file to open (e.g. /dev/modem)
device(initstring):
the modem's initialisation string
DebugSetLevel:
set to 1+ if you want to debug the modem chat

OPTIONS

No command line options.

Miscellaneous notes

If no GUI appears when you run tkusr, then the modem's serial port is probably locked by another process. Find that process with a 'fuser /dev/modem' and kill (or close) it.

As I've seen strange core dumps when Tk 8.0 tries to open the serial port device, if you have any problem install Tk 8.3.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Ludovic Drolez <ldrolez@free.fr>.