Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-06 Thread Paulo Scardine
Don Pobanz escreveu: Frame slips are NOT motherboard related! I had problems with some combinations of motherboards, memory sizes and linux kernel versions. There are timing problems that also causes frame slips, like buffer overruns or underruns, but these are software related. -- Paulo

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-06 Thread MBIT Technologies
, 5 April 2006 9:09 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server,anyone? Don Pobanz escreveu: Frame slips are NOT motherboard related! I had problems with some combinations of motherboards, memory sizes

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-06 Thread Anton Krall
PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of |MBIT Technologies |Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 6:19 PM |To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' |Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a |fax server,anyone? | |I'm not sure if this has been brought up

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-06 Thread Paulo Scardine
But boards with hardware DSPs costs an arm and two legs. Using asterisk+hylafax with cheap Digium or Sangoma boards can lead to a less than perfect solution, but away more afordable. -- Paulo MBIT Technologies escreveu: I'm not sure if this has been brought up before but I don't think

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-04 Thread Olivier Krief
2006/3/31, Rich Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes, particularly for voice. For faxes, it may or may not be 90% andwill be directly related to how far off the clocks are (eg, how far outof sync they are).Which command should I use to measure clocks syncs ? I'm thinking of something that for every fax,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-04 Thread Rich Adamson
Olivier Krief wrote: 2006/3/31, Rich Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes, particularly for voice. For faxes, it may or may not be 90% and will be directly related to how far off the clocks are (eg, how far out of sync they are). Which command should I use to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-04-04 Thread Olivier Krief
2006/4/4, Rich Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Olivier Krief wrote: 2006/3/31, Rich Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes, particularly for voice. For faxes, it may or may not be 90% and will be directly related to how far off the clocks are (eg, how far out of sync they are). Which

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Steve Underwood
Don Pobanz wrote: Adolfo R. Brandes wrote: Lee Howard wrote: However, based on the comments you give I'd suspect that you're having what people seem to be calling frame slipping. There seem to be some motherboards that react poorly with Zap cards (or their respective drivers) and cause

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Rich Adamson
However, based on the comments you give I'd suspect that you're having what people seem to be calling frame slipping. There seem to be some motherboards that react poorly with Zap cards (or their respective drivers) and cause that. Your zttest results should be

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Olivier Krief
So, if you are absolutely sure that you've specified the correct T1synchronization parameters in your /etc/zaptel.conf and you still have fax reliability issues, look elsewhere in your implementation for theroot cause.So, would you conclude that it's possible for a given T1/E1 to have incorrect

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Matt Roth
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-31 Thread Rich Adamson
So, if you are absolutely sure that you've specified the correct T1 synchronization parameters in your /etc/zaptel.conf and you still have fax reliability issues, look elsewhere in your implementation for the root cause. So, would you conclude that it's possible for a given T1/E1

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Adolfo R. Brandes
Craig Guy wrote: I have done this and it works. I have maxed out an E1 with 30 concurrent calls of which at least 25 would have been fax. Thank you for your prompt reply! Now it's clear to me that at least it can be done! I'll try replicating your scenario to see if I can also get good

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Adolfo R. Brandes
Lee Howard wrote: However, based on the comments you give I'd suspect that you're having what people seem to be calling frame slipping. There seem to be some motherboards that react poorly with Zap cards (or their respective drivers) and cause that. Your zttest results should be revealing

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Lee Howard
Adolfo R. Brandes wrote: Lee Howard wrote: The concurrent calls really isn't that big of a deal, either, if those are your thoughts. The bigger issue seems to be the quality of the audio as it is delivered to the fax application/modem. Interesting. The little information I've found

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Don Pobanz
Adolfo R. Brandes wrote: Lee Howard wrote: However, based on the comments you give I'd suspect that you're having what people seem to be calling frame slipping. There seem to be some motherboards that react poorly with Zap cards (or their respective drivers) and cause that. Your zttest

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Lee Howard
Don Pobanz wrote: Adolfo R. Brandes wrote: Lee Howard wrote: However, based on the comments you give I'd suspect that you're having what people seem to be calling frame slipping. There seem to be some motherboards that react poorly with Zap cards (or their respective drivers) and cause

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Steven
Most complaints concerning fax and asterisk are from people trying to fax over IP. -- -- Steven May you have the peace and freedom that come from abandoning all hope of having a better past. ---- --- - - - -- - - -- - - - --- - -- - - --- - - -- - --

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Craig Guy
] To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server,anyone? Adolfo R. Brandes wrote: Lee Howard wrote: The concurrent calls really isn't

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Boris Bakchiev
in production as a fax server,anyone? In practice I've found that the fax receiving process is sensitive to CPU load. If the load jumps too high you will see half page fax pages or black streaky pages mixed with perfectly good pages in a multipage fax. Things that can cause this include running agi

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk in production as a fax server, anyone?

2006-03-30 Thread Olivier Krief
2006/3/30, Don Pobanz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Adolfo R. Brandes wrote: Lee Howard wrote: However, based on the comments you give I'd suspect that you're having what people seem to be calling frame slipping.There seem to be some motherboards that react poorly with Zap cards (or their respective