
• PC doesn’t answer because the are no programs running that are listening for
incoming calls
However, there is a potential pitfall in this solution. This is because of the restriction that
only one filter can be applied to each setup message.
A fax device, for example, may be configured to accept calls whose bearer capability is
specifically Fax Group 3. However, fax messages which originate within an analogue
network do not come with this very precise call type information. They are simply classified
by ISDN as "generic analogue", just like a voice call.
Therefore, the fax device, which is looking specifically for fax calls, will reject valid fax calls
from fax machines connected to the PSTN.
Similarly, if the fax machine is configured to accept "generic analogue" calls, then a fax
message which originates directly from an ISDN network, and therefore may have the
specific "fax call" type, will be ignored.
Consider the following case:
The fax machine on the analogue network makes a call to the fax machine on the ISDN
network.
The SETUP generated on receipt of the call by the ISDN network specifies the call type is
Generic Analogue. There must be a call type in a SETUP message, but the ISDN cannot
know exactly
what kind of device is causing this SETUP, so it makes a best guess.
In this case, the fax machine in the bottom-right corner will happily answer the incoming
call.
If however, a call is generated by a fax machine on an ISDN line, the SETUP message will
describe the call type as being specifically from a "G3 Fax".
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