[asterisk-biz] RS-232 FAX/Modems for Faxing !?

[Trevor Peirce]

Seysan wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> about 1 week ago I asked a question about using EXTERNAL Fax/Modems 
> (RS-232)  that can be used as an FXO or FXS.
> But I couldn't get to a clear answer yet!
>
 From my understanding you can never get voice capabilities from an 
external modem connected by serial cable.
> Has anyone used EXTERNAL Fax/Modems to SEND/Recv FAXES?
If it is a fax modem, it can send & receive faxes.  I don't think you'd 
want to use asterisk for this, however.  Asterisk wants to route voice 
calls, not fax calls unless you add patches which still probably won't 
let you use a faxmodem.

> Can we use them for faxing at least?
Easily... just not with asterisk :)

I'm not an authoritative source on this, but from my limited experience 
with faxing everything above is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Regards,
Trevor

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