There was a brief discussion of this last fall on the sipx-dev list. A lot of it had to do with security, etc. I thnk at that time the general consensus was to build the fax client into the sipxconfig UI (no driver installations on the PC, etc.). If someone wants to resurrect that discussion, I think it would be helpful to all.
There are essentially 3 ways to this can be developed: 1. Driver for each desktop/OS. 2. Email 2 Fax gateway (send an email to the fax server in sipx to have the attached files converted and the subject line , etc. contain the fax number, etc. to be parsed). 3. As a function of the sipxconfig UI, the user can harness their existing phonebook and upload/attach the files they need to send there. The consensus (as I recall) was to use option #3, since it would be easier to ensure proper security/toll-fraud aspects and it would be "client-less". I also think there was a fourth option to add an IM function to send a fax, but being able to attach files from the various IM cleint is sometimes a problem and it might not have been discussed except for the ability of the IMBOT to message you on successful/unsuccessful transmission of any fax maybe. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Paul Herron <[email protected]> wrote: > Developing is a bit beyond my pay grade/capabilities but, I would be > willing to contribute to a bounty to see a fax transmit capability > developed using FS mod spandsp. > > It seems to me that one of the big challenges with such a capability is > developing the accompanying method of printing from the desktop to fax. > HylaFAX already has bunch of pretty front ends developed. Rather than > recreate the wheel, and considering that HylaFAX is published with an > unrestricted license for the server, I wonder if the components of > HylaFAX responsible for collecting and scheduling the faxes could be > married with FS mod spandsp to do the dispatching and avoid the T38modem > fiasco altogether? It appeared that Steve Underwood in the FS community > had been working on such a solution last Fall. > > Does anyone know folks with the right skills that could pull this off? > Does anyone know Steve Underwood? > > -Paul > > Paul Herron, Principal > Sage Craftsmen, LLC > [email protected] | 202-570-7030 > www.sagecraftsmen.com > > Happy is the home that shelters a friend. -- RALPH WALDO EMERSON > > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Niculae [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 2:43 PM > To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Implementing T.38 Fax with Sip Trunks > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Paul Herron <[email protected]> > wrote: >> We have a very limited need to send and receive faxes within my >> organization. For the most part, we do without fax capability but, now > that >> SipX will have the ability in 4.6 to receive and dispatch faxes to > users as >> a .pdf via e-mail, I am looking at reintroducing this capability. Im >> looking for ideas on the best way to implement fax for two or three > users >> sending and receiving fewer than 20 pages per month. >> > > Actually receiving fax in pdf format is committed in 4.4, not in 4.6 > yet (have to port it) - it use FSs mod spandsp > http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_spandsp that is also capable to > transmit faxes (so this seems like the natural way to add this new > functionality). Any effort to develop and contribute such feature will > be highly appreciated / supported on dev-list > >> How do you implement fax capabilities within your organization? >> >> Is anyone doing this with sip trunks? If so, who do you use as your > ITSP? >> >> SipX can receive faxes but, how do your users send faxes? I had > considered >> building another Hylafax server for sending faxes but, that seems like > a bit >> of overkill and Ive been having a devil of a time configuring t.38 > modem >> for the installation. >> >> Is anyone using FaxBacks VoIP Plug-in for Microsoft Fax to send > faxes >> either through SipX or, directly to the ITSP? >> >> Thanks in advance for the suggestions! >> >> -Paul >> >> Sage Logo Paul Herron Principal >> Sage Craftsmen, LLC >> [email protected] | 202-570-7030 >> www.sagecraftsmen.com >> >> Happy is the home that shelters a friend. -- RALPH WALDO EMERSON >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sipx-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > > > > -- > George > ---------- > Come meet us at CoLab @ CSU in March (5th & 6th) > http://www.sipfoundry.org/sipx-colab > http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/2012+sipX-CoLab+Hackfest > > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list > [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ -- ====================== Tony Graziano, Manager Telephone: 434.984.8430 sip: [email protected] Fax: 434.465.6833 Email: [email protected] LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: Telephone: 434.984.8426 sip: [email protected] Helpdesk Customers: http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net Blog: http://blog.myitdepartment.net Linked-In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4 Ask about our Internet Fax services! _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/
