[Asterisk-Users] Software FAX Modem--One Last Request For Help

Christian Lademann lademann at zls.de
Tue Oct 28 13:28:13 MST 2003


I would like to try out RxFax as well. Where can I find it?

Thank you,
Christian Lademann.

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:50:50 -0500
"Johnson, Randy" <rjohnson at Spang.com> wrote:

> Here's one last plea for help from the list before I give up on the totally
> cool software FAX modem concept in complete despair (for now, at least,
> until I have more time to dig into it)....
> 
> I am simply not able to successfully receive a FAX no matter what device I
> transmit from or how I bring the call into Asterisk.  My lastest effort was
> a call from a Pitney-Bowes FAX machine into an X100P on an analog extension
> off our Nortel Option 11C PBX.  It's not the Nortel PBX--we have analog
> modems and faxmodems all over the place here, and even a Lucent Portmaster
> on a CT1, hanging off that PBX and all work fine.  Besides, I've already
> tried several different faxmodems plugged directly into an S100U on the *
> box running RxFax, I've tried sending calls across my T100P, I've tried
> TDMoE on a lightly-loaded Ethernet segment, I even tried an IAX trunk just
> for kicks.  None of these configurations gave substantially different
> results.  The only thing I haven't tried is a TDM400P, because I don't own
> one.
> 
> Anyway, here is my configuration.  Does anyone see ANYTHING that looks
> amiss?  Do I need SCSI drives?  A P4 CPU?  Patched kernel?  Disabled sound?
> Enabled sound?  Windows Server 2003? (just checking...)  Does anything jump
> out?  What's going wrong for me?
> 
> Sorry for the long message, and thanks for any pointers anyone can provide,
> Randy Johnson
> 
> Linux:  Linux ucrpsmb01.spang.com 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (stock RH 9 kernel)
> Asterisk:  Asterisk CVS-10/22/03-14:42:42 built by root at ucrpsmb01.spang.com
> on a i686 running Linux
> Spandsp:  built from spandsp-20031021.tgz
> Hardware:  Dell Dimension 4100, IDE HD, PIII-933Mhz, 512MB RAM, 3Com
> 3C905B-TX NIC
> 
> /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf (for X100P):
> echocancel=no
> echocancelwhenbridged=no
> context=demo
> callerid=asreceived
> signalling=fxs_ls
> channel => 1
> 
> Cat /proc/interrupts:
>            CPU0
>   0:     319219          XT-PIC  timer
>   1:        106          XT-PIC  keyboard
>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
>   3:      26070          XT-PIC  eth0
>   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
>   9:     565549          XT-PIC  es1371
>  10:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
>  11:    2664131          XT-PIC  wcfxo
>  12:        399          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
>  14:       9956          XT-PIC  ide0
>  15:      86218          XT-PIC  ide1
> NMI:          0
> ERR:          0
> 
> Output on * console when receiving FAX:
> 
>     -- Executing Answer("Zap/1-1", "") in new stack
>     -- Executing RxFAX("Zap/1-1", "/tmp/testfax.tiff") in new stack
> Changed from phase 0 to 1
> Start receiving document
> Changed from phase 1 to 4
> Sending ident
> >>> CSI: 40 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
> DIS:
> Store and forward Internet fax: no
> Real-time Internet fax: no
> Preferred octets: 256
> Can receive fax
> Data signalling rate: V.29
> R8x7.7lines/mm and/or 200x200pels/25.4mm OK
> 2D coding OK
> Scan line length: 215mm
> Recording length: A4 (297mm)
> Receiver's minimum scan line time: 0ms at 3.85 l/mm: T7.7 = T3.85
> R8x15.4lines/mm OK
> Inch-based resolution preferred: no
> Metric-based resolution preferred: no
> Minimum scan line time for higher resolutions: T15.4 = T7.7
> >>> DIS: 80 00 c6 f0 80 80 01
> HDLC underflow in state 9
> Changed from phase 4 to 3
> <<< TSI: 43 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 33 33 33 30 20 36 39 36 20 32 31 34
> TSI without final frame tag
> Remote fax gave TSI as: "412 696 0333        "
> <<< DCS: 83 00 46 78 00
> DCS with final frame tag
> In state 9
> DCS:
> Store and forward Internet fax: no
> Real-time Internet fax: no
> Can receive fax
> Data signalling rate: V.29, 9600bps
> R8x7.7lines/mm and/or 200x200pels/25.4mm OK
> Scan line length: 215mm
> Recording length: B4 (364mm)
> Minimum scan line time: 0ms
> Get at V.29
> Changed from phase 3 to 5
> Fast carrier up
> Fast carrier down
> Changed from phase 5 to 4
> 0 bad bits in trainability test
> Start rx document - compression 1
> Start rx page
> >>> CFR: 84
> HDLC underflow in state 5
> Post trainability
> Changed from phase 4 to 5
> Fast carrier up
> Fast carrier down
> Fast carrier up
> Fast carrier down
> Fast carrier up
> Equalizer state:
>  -7 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>  -6 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>  -5 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>  -4 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>  -3 (       -0.61756,        -0.03965) ->         0.38295
>  -2 (        0.23038,         0.68354) ->         0.52031
>  -1 (       -0.30216,        -0.17821) ->         0.12306
>   0 (       -2.34509,        -1.86243) ->         8.96806
>   1 (       -0.30216,        -0.17821) ->         0.12306
>   2 (        0.23038,         0.68354) ->         0.52031
>   3 (       -0.61756,        -0.03965) ->         0.38295
>   4 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>   5 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>   6 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
>   7 (        0.00000,         0.00000) ->         0.00000
> Equalizer state:
>  -7 (       -0.26413,         0.01494) ->         0.06999
>  -6 (        0.21546,         0.63969) ->         0.45563
>  -5 (        0.18946,         0.39304) ->         0.19038
>  -4 (       -0.30719,        -0.28631) ->         0.17634
>  -3 (       -1.06797,        -0.37488) ->         1.28108
>  -2 (        0.33797,         1.14351) ->         1.42183
>  -1 (        0.20738,         0.77454) ->         0.64292
>   0 (       -1.96690,        -1.42811) ->         5.90821
>   1 (       -0.33907,        -0.76008) ->         0.69269
>   2 (        0.20528,        -0.06647) ->         0.04656
>   3 (       -0.45137,        -0.01184) ->         0.20388
>   4 (        0.24556,         0.41087) ->         0.22911
>   5 (        0.00681,        -0.19050) ->         0.03634
>   6 (       -0.07823,        -0.72290) ->         0.52871
>   7 (        0.05250,        -0.20101) ->         0.04316
> <...more of this...>
> Fast carrier training failed
> Equalizer state:
>  -7 (       -0.04391,        -0.15671) ->         0.02649
>  -6 (        0.02656,         0.18895) ->         0.03641
>  -5 (       -0.04580,         0.17080) ->         0.03127
>  -4 (       -0.02037,        -0.30735) ->         0.09488
>  -3 (        0.05777,        -0.24864) ->         0.06516
>  -2 (        0.09588,         0.97571) ->         0.96119
>  -1 (       -0.65363,        -0.09264) ->         0.43581
>   0 (       -1.12343,        -2.36205) ->         6.84135
>   1 (       -0.94664,        -0.85239) ->         1.62270
>   2 (       -0.01332,         0.46148) ->         0.21314
>   3 (        0.04255,        -0.31674) ->         0.10214
>   4 (       -0.04883,        -0.07892) ->         0.00861
>   5 (       -0.12097,         0.02353) ->         0.01519
>   6 (        0.07535,         0.07333) ->         0.01106
>   7 (        0.05340,        -0.04189) ->         0.00461
> Fast carrier down
> Fast carrier up
> Fast carrier down
> Fast carrier up
> Fast carrier down
> Fast carrier up
> Fast carrier down
> 





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