Panasonic KX-FP342CX Service Manual page 106

(Cause and Countermeasure)
As shown in the chart above, the total handshaking time must be reduced, but because of the
long distance connection and linking of several stations, the line connection time cannot be
reduced. Accordingly, the following countermeasures should betried.
(A)... As the 35 sec. count is started directly after dialing or directly after the START button has
been pressed for models with a START button, the other party should be called manually, if
possible. Another possibility is entering two pausesat the end of the auto dial number on the
transmission side. Then the count start time can be delayed for 2 pauses (about 10 sec.).
Cause 2:
Erroneous detection because of an echo or an echo canceler.
(Echo/Echo Canceler)
The signal from FAX1 reaches FAX2 via stations 1 and 2, but the reflection signal at station 2 also
returns via station 1 (echo). As the distance between station 1 and station 2 is far, the echo
returns to FAX 1 at a max of 600 msec after transmission.There is a possibility that this signal is
detected erroneously as the signal from FAX2. For a normal call, there is also a possibility that
the echo of their own voice will make the call difficult to understand. For this reason, each station
(station1 and station 2) attaches echo cancelers (S1 and S2) for international lines or long
distance lines. For the echo canceler, the level of the transmission signal from FAX 1 is compared
with the level of the reception signal from FAX2. When the transmissionsignal is larger, S1 is
closed while S2 is opened when it is smaller. In other words, for transmission from FAX1, S1 is
closed and S2 is open, so that the echo does not return to FAX1.
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