My fax and telephone is the same. How would caller I D separate the two? null

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Wattsdav · Accepted Answer

The phone company sends ring back voltage on the line during or between the ring cycles that you can not hear. The stick can read these and can tell the difference between a phone or fax call.

SteadJR · Answer

My device normally rings through my phone before transferring to the fax. I'm not 100% sure how the consumer would know the difference between fax & voice unless we know the different numbers for each service, as it pertains to incoming transmits. When conducting outbound business, consumers can select using the fax versus landline service.

Answered by SteadJR 9 years ago

When conducting outbound business, consumers can select using the fax versus landline service.

ITguy2015 · Answer

The only way to make this work is:
Sometimes the phone company gives you a feature call, ringmaster, that has a distinctive ring to the regular phone ringing. Most modern All-in-one printer/fax/copy machines will detect this distinctive ring and answer.
Other option. If you know you are expecting a fax, simply configure the fax to answer on the first ring, and connect a Y cable to your phone jack and only connect the line to the fax machine when you want to receive a fax.
All these options are explained in detail in the fax machines manual.
I would make it a point to read it.

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