Scott,

I assume that you want to eliminate the use of an analog line for
receiving faxes?  We recently did that since we were having trouble
with T.38 and G7.11.  The reliability just wasn't the greatest and we
had to do something quick.

We took a very unorthodox approach and signed up for a cheap TrustFax
service.  They will send the received fax to an email address as a
PDF.  I wrote a small bash script that will look for new emails,
download the PDF attachments, print the fax to our copier, and then
archive the PDF's in a dir on our file server.

>From everyone's perspective, it works the same as always.  Our fax
number is the same, the call comes into our PRI, then sipx redirects
it to the external TrustFax number.  I don't know if that would work
with POTS lines.

Sending faxes we use a Patton MATA device that connects directly to
our Patton SN-4960 using T.38, and sends the fax as usual.  We had
trouble sending if it registered with sipx, but the direct connection
works great.

The nice feature about this method, is that I can have it auto-print
the fax to multiple printers.

It's a little ridiculously complicated for just faxes, but it works
great for our needs.

Matthew


On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Scott Richesson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony,
>
> Thanks.  That device would certainly work, but I was hoping for something
> that didn't have to go through an analog FXO or FXS.
>
> Scott
>
> From: Tony Graziano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:44 AM
> To: Scott Richesson; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] T.38 Fax Termination
>
>
>
> Been and done to a certain extent. We do it now with uLaw, simply because
> our carrier is not supporting t.38 (yet).
>
>
>
> http://www.myitdepartment.net/content/view/46/68/
>
>>>>
>
> Hello,
>
> We're using sipX 3.10.2 with an Audiocodes Mediant 1000 gateway.  Currently
> we receive faxes with an Audiocodes MP124D FXS connected to a fax server
> with an analog  modem that then emails the fax.   Usually, this works OK,
> but I'm looking for something simpler.
>
> I'm looking for a fax server appliance or software that can directly receive
> a fax (and then email it) without getting an analog phone line involved.
> Has anyone used anything like this?  Is this something that may be built
> into sipX someday?
>
> Using Google, I find several software packages that claim to do this.  Our
> usage is light, so I'm looking for something that costs < $1000.   Any
> recommendations?
>
> Thank You,
>
> Scott Richesson
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