[asterisk-users] Asterisk + fax

[garth at bitco.co.za]

> Hi all
>
>   I need a help with asterisk+fax -> fax to email
>   I am trying to setup fax to email with asterisk with no success.
>
>   I have asterisk 1.2.9.1 running on CentOS
>   i have created extension 300 which should receive faxes.
>
>   extensions.conf
>   -----------------------------
>   exten => 300,1,Goto(fax,s,1)
> exten => 300,2,Congestion
> exten => 300,3,Hangup
>
>   exten => s,1,Macro(faxreceive)
> exten => h,1,system(/usr/bin/mail -s "Fax from ${CALLERIDNUM}
> ${CALLERIDNAME}" ${EMAILADDR} < ${FAXFILE})
>
>   [macro-faxreceive]
> exten => s,1,Set(FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk/fax/${UNIQUEID}.tif)
> exten => s,2,Set(EMAILADDR=${FAX_RX_EMAIL})
> exten => s,3,rxfax(${FAXFILE}|debug)
> exten => s,103,Set(EMAILADDR=${FAX_RX_EMAIL})
> exten => s,104,Goto(3)
>
>
>   When i am trying to call 300 extension i am receiving broken fax noise.
>   in addition on the CLI> i see the next line
>    Executing RxFAX("SIP/5060-08d6f170",
> "/var/spool/asterisk/fax/1152714504.466.tif|debug") in new stack
>
>   But the file never been created.
>
>
>   In /var/log/asterisk/full i see these lines:
>
>   Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier down
> Jul 12 17:28:24 DEBUG[25029] app_rxfax.c: FLOW HDLC carrier up
>
>
>   Any help with fax to email with Asterix will be appreciated.
>
>
>
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The echo cancellation on your line is causing this.  I had the same issue
with faxing.

Garth