[Asterisk-Users] FAX over PRI

[Armin Schindler]

On Fri, 19 May 2006, Alexander Lopez wrote:
> For me the answer is simple:
> 
> 1	Not open source, IT is a thrill to be able to say what you did
> without Closed SW.

The drivers are GPL'ed open source. If your are referring to the firmware, 
then yes, it is closed, but why would you need that open? With the provided 
interface, you can do a lot of things...
 
> 2	Expensive
> 
> 	Eicon Diva Server Analog- 4 Port Price: $1,695.00 
> 	Most customers won't need that level of Fax anyway, it is
> usually a freebee tossed in as "Splenda" (ie Artificial Sweetener)

Sure, but when a professional reliable server with good features is needed, 
you might be cheaper in the end when you don't need to work around the 
problems you get with the cheaper cards.
 
> 3	Not that big of a deal, most people would have an investment in
> a fax machine anyway.

Possibly, but again, I didn't refer to that 'small' solutions.

Armin
 
> Just my .10 (Had to increase 5 fold to pay for gas for SUV)
> 	
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> > bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Armin Schindler
> > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 12:54 PM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX over PRI
> > 
> > On Fri, 19 May 2006, Alexander Lopez wrote:
> > > I have the same problem, Switched to HylaFax and IAXModem and had
> MUCH
> > > better luck. MUCH better being defined as not a single usable fax to
> > > only missing about 1%. Not bad.
> > 
> > Just out of curiousity, if the faxing is not that reliable with
> softfax
> > solutions, why not using hardware DSPs?
> > E.g. the DIVA Server PRI card (with DSPs for some or all channels)
> does
> > provide faxing without using the CPU (same like the DIVA Server BRI
> > cards).
> > 
> > Armin
> > 
> > 
> > > Spandsp or rather RXFax works on a few machines I hae quite well but
> on
> > > others it does not work at all, I have had good retruns with the
> > > HylaFax.IAXmodem combo on machines that could not use the RxFax.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tom
> > > Christensen
> > > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 12:18 PM
> > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX over PRI
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have had nothing but problems receiving faxes over PRIs with
> spandsp.
> > > I currently have 4 systems, 4 PRIs from 4 different providers...
> none of
> > > them get better than 50% success rates receiving faxes in spandsp, I
> > > constantly get cut off pages.  No body seems to have a fix for it,
> and
> > > it is really frustrating.  Supposedly it is caused by "frame slips"
> on
> > > the PRI, but if that is the case, I am 4 for 4 getting crappy PRIs
> that
> > > can't keep time.
> > >
> > > These same boxes work fine when receiving faxes over fxo ports, or
> if I
> > > plug a fax machine into an fxs port and call in to a spandsp
> extension
> > > the fax will be received just fine, so I am left thinking it must be
> the
> > > PRIs, but if all PRIs are this bad, how can anybody be using them?
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > On 5/19/06, Steve Hanselman <SteveH at brendata.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry for the late reply but both of these are fine, we use spandsp
> to
> > > print some faxes and email others.
> > >
> > > We also route via a PRI to our other phone system to hylafax on an
> > > analog modem and also to an analog fax.
> > >
> > > So what you want to do is fine and will work.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > > [mailto: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael
> > > Gaudette
> > > Sent: 21 March 2006 20:34
> > > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> > > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX over PRI
> > >
> > > Hmmm, Im not so sure I can apply this to me though.  I just want to
> do
> > > Fax-To-Email using PRI channels as the incoming lines.  Not so much
> > > transfer
> > > to a real fax.
> > >
> > > I am assuming that this is easily done with Asterisk? (I did it
> before
> > > with
> > > Asterisk SIP, but it only worked once every 10 tries or so)
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
> > > Kohlsmith
> > > Sent: March 21, 2006 3:25 PM
> > > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX over PRI
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 21 March 2006 15:09, Michael Gaudette wrote:
> > > > How should I consider Fax over PRI channels with Asterisk?  Is the
> > > > quality and reliability good, or should I be prepared for alot of
> > > grief?
> > >
> > > I'm having good success doing fax over PRI using a TE405; one span
> to
> > > the
> > > PRI, the other to an FXS channel bank that is almost obscenely
> > > underutilized
> > > (3 channels).
> > >
> > > I also have channel bank - T100P - IAX2 - TE405 - PRI, where the
> IAX2
> > > link
> > > is a 1-hop SDSL (VOIP only) data link.  This works well too.
> > >
> > > -A.
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