[Asterisk-Users] How to receive faxes with SPA3000 and Asterisk setup

[asterisk at anime.net]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Zach A wrote:
> I have SPA3000 receiving PSTN calls and also have a SIP line on the same
> Asterisk server with 5 extensions. Now there is a fax too which comes
> through the PSTN line. Fax calls have short rings. Can Asterisk somehow
> detect those short rings and send the call to the fax machine on one
> extension? Or is there any other way of receiving faxes. Can SPA3000
> send fax calls directly to the fax machine when detecting the short
> rings? I need some solution to receive faxes.

I use NVDetect to detect fax calls on the SPA3000 FXO, and then forward 
the call to a fax machine hanging on the FXS port. Works good for me.

-Dan