If you are going to do hylafax why not just do it seperate from asterisk on a regular modem and just email o ut the results. Don't see the big bonus to using a FXS and the adding cost and point of failures.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:13:25 +1200, Carlos Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About faxing, anyone tried this? > > How about instead of sending the fax to a tiff file, dial an FXS > extension, where you'll have either a dedicated fax machine, or a > Hylafax-connected modem, so you handle all your faxes though hylafax? > > I have hylafax running succesfully, and can send and receive already > using an external modem.. so, if I plug the modem's phone line to a > zaptel FXS, I'll be able to do: > > exten => fax,1,Dial(Zap/X) > exten => fax,2,Hangup > > You could centraly handle faxes on hylafax.. and email the tiffs after > that... > > I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. I'll be trying this later on.. > > Carlos H. > > > > > Stefan Tichy wrote: > > >On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:25:17AM -0500, Rob Fugina wrote: > > > > > >>I'm using the latest Asterisk from CVS, SpanDSP 0.0.1k, and the > >>latest > >>app_rxfax.c (as mirrored by friendly list members recently), and > >>libtiff > >>3.5.7. Asterisk is detecting the fax signal properly, and > >>executing > >>the fax extension in the dialplan. > >> > >> > > > >I am using the same software versions, but don't have Zap channels. > > > > > > > > > >>The fax part of the dialplan is pretty simple. The incoming call > >>is > >>already answered by this point: > >> > >>exten => fax,1,RxFax(/tmp/fax.tif) > >>exten => fax,2,Hangup > >> > >> > > > >This should be enough. > > > > > > > > > >>I do get files in /tmp called fax-[tr]x-audio-*, but no tif... > >>The console output follows. I don't really know what any of it > >>means... > >>Can anyone give me a hand getting this working? > >> > >> > > > >Files like /tmp/fax-[tr]x-audio-* are just audio logs for debug. > >LOG_FAX_AUDIO in ./src/t30.c is the trigger for this debugging. > > > >It is not related to your problem, but files used as argument to > >txfax() are left open. > > > >This is not the answer to your problem, I know. But maybe theese > >remarks are usefull anyway. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
