[Asterisk-Users] Fax and PRI

[Peer Oliver Schmidt]

Lee Howard wrote:
> On 2005.01.19 01:39 tim panton wrote:
> 
>> My options include;
>>     1) get a basic fax machine and plug it into a (iaxy/sipura?) ATA. 
>> Configure the ATA to do alaw
>> so asterisk doesn't have to do any transcoding and hope it works.
>>     2) use spandsp on my asterisk system and add suitable print queues
>>     3) get an separate analog line and plug a fax into it
[..]
> Andrew's experience seems to indicate that you could mix numbers 1 & 2 
> with success.  In other words, send with #1, and receive with #2.  I 
> don't have any experience with #2.  My experience with #1 is that 
> sending works fine, but receiving is not fine.

I'll second this. In my setup, asterisk has an AVM C4 BRI card. All 
incoming faxes are being dealt with by the server and stored within a 
database, with some basic web frontend running as an ActiveDesktop 
object within the users desktop.

The majority of fax sending is done using a plain old fax machine 
connected to a GrandStream HT-286.

This setup works just fine and dandy. It saves on paper, because not all 
faxes have to be printed, especially spam faxes.

rgds
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