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MA034 Apple external modem

Victim of late-night eBaying, I find myself with an Apple MA034 external modem which I only bought thinking that I could use it to send/receive FAXes occasionally. I imagined plugging it into the phone line and running FAX software (what software??) on my Mac...

Is this possible? Especially, have you done it?

Mac mini, 24" iMac, iPod nano 4th gen., Time Machine, Mac OS X (10.6.4), VMware, Synergy,

Posted on Sep 1, 2010 4:01 PM

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Sep 1, 2010 4:40 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Malcolm,

You've plugged your telephone line into your MA034 and printed a document to it? How did you set the recipient's phone number, please?

I can find no user guide anywhere on the Web. Modems used to come with them, often complete with lists of Hayes codes too (not that I ever used the codes).
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Sep 2, 2010 2:12 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Yes, it does show as you say, as 'External Modem, not configured'. Configuration requires a Telephone no., Account Name and Password, which sounds like it assumes a straight-forward dial-up connection to an ISP. I, however, want to be able to Fax occasionally which needs no ISP, just a fax machine at the other end. And, of course, some software - Mac or 3rd party - to generate the dialling codes. (Just in case my Mac 'just works (tm)' I put in a known fax number, rubbish username and pwd and pressed Connect. It just hung around and disconnected).

I'm still trying to establish whether you or anyone has actually used a Mac + MA034 to send a fax and, if so, what needed to be done to do so. If this combination can be set up to receive them in the background as well, so much the better!
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Sep 2, 2010 5:30 PM in response to Gottalight

which sounds like it assumes a straight-forward dial-up connection to an ISP

No, it wants the phone number of the line the modem is connected to, so it can put it on the cover page as the sending fax number. It acts as a normal fax machine. It does not use any ISP. It shouldn't need any additional software. The Print dialog window from any application can send faxes using the PDF option at the bottom-left.

It can also be set to receive faxes, with manual or automatic answer, and waking the computer if needed.

Click the "?" at the bottom right of the "Print & Fax" system preference for instructions on setting up and using the modem.

I don't have a fax modem on my current Mac, so can't check the details here.
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