On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 20:57 -0500, Don Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Adam Moffett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I have a 4 port Digium FXS card and a single port PRI card on the > same asterisk box, is it expected that I'd be able to plug a fax > machine into the analog FXS port and have no problems sending or > receiving faxes? Our connection to the Telco is on the PRI obviously. > > <snip> > > > Nobody can say for sure. It is not a supported configuration. I can > tell you that I have had great success and wasted days messing around > with this configuration. > > <snip> > > > > Again, it has never been a supported configuration by Digium, and > everyone that has dealt with faxing in Asterisk especially on > different systems will tell you that you won't know until you try. > And even then, is it worth days of your time trying to get it as > close to a POTS line as possible? > > <snip> > > > Thanks, > Steve T > > This is a scary answer—you’re saying that what should be simple “TDM” > FXS to PRI does not work? > > > > Are you suggesting this is an Asterisk problem or a Digium hardware > problem? >
Like most faxing issues, at it's root it is a timing problem IMO. Sangoma makes a special timing cable to link their cards so you can do exactly what you are asking to do. I've never purchased it, but last I looked into the issue, that is what they suggested. j -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
