[Asterisk-Users] Which asterisk-friendly cards are fax-capable?

[Darren Nickerson]

"Lee Howard" <faxguy at howardsilvan.com> wrote:

> Yes I have a Patton 2977 (driven by HylaFAX), connected via crossover to 
> one port on a TE405P (driven by Asterisk) which has another port connected 
> to the T1 from the telco.  Asterisk bridges the two for sending and 
> receiving.  Receiving is wonderful.  Sending is also quite good, however, 
> there are some quirks with the Patton firmware which need to be resolved 
> for me to be completely delighted.

Like Lee, we've had much success using Asterisk as a bridge between the PSTN 
and a HylaFAX server with T1/E1 fax boards. We prefer the Eicon Diva server 
and Brooktrout TR1034 boards, which are known to work well with HylaFAX 
since we've had our share of headaches with the 2977's. If you're looking 
for something that works today with HylaFAX, supports all the important fax 
features including V.34-speed (33.6)faxing, I can recommend the Diva Server 
highly - it comes in 8 and 24-port PRI, and 2 and 8-port BRI flavors.

Having said that, I'm excited to see Lee and Steve improving IAXmodem and 
the underlying SpanDSP library, and look forward to the day that is performs 
similarly (or better) to the DSP-laden boards we presently favor!

Tom, if you really only have a single-port PRI and can't shell out for a 
dual, then a T1 fax board is out of the question - it's even more cash. That 
doesn't leave you with a lot of options except to outsource your faxing. Why 
not give Lee's stuff a try some weekend when your system's idle?

-Darren

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Darren Nickerson
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