[Asterisk-Users] Little off topic

Steve Underwood steveu at coppice.org
Fri Nov 19 09:01:41 MST 2004


Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> Eric Hall wrote:
>
>> Telco gives me a PRI It connects to my Asterisk via Wildcard T100P using
>> a 2nd Wildcard T100P I would like to connect with a X-Cable my HylaFax
>> server.
>>  My question is will a Wildcard T100P work in a Hylafax server?
>
>
> That depends on your definition of "work". If you mean will it cause 
> the machine to function properly, sure. If you mean will Hylafax be 
> able to use it to send and receive faxes without additional help, the 
> answer is no, as others have already told you.
>
> Hylafax needs FAX modems to talk to. The T100P card (and all Digium 
> cards) does not have FAX modems on it. There is some work being done 
> to make Asterisk be able to emulate class 1 FAX modems for Hylafax to 
> talk to, in which case you'd be able to put Hylafax _and_ Asterisk on 
> that box and then send/receive FAXes over the T100P card. That is not 
> available today, though.

Probably around the end of the year. I sort of have HylaFAX half working 
with spandsp now.

>
> For Hylafax, if you want lots of channels and DID support, you will 
> have to use one of the supported T-1 FAX cards: Patton, Digi, Eicon, 
> etc. They are all very expensive, so be warned.

Yeah, pricy. Wait a few weeks :-)

Regards,
Steve




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