[asterisk-users] FAX handling

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 04:35:43PM +0200, Jose Limeres wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using asterisk 1.2.10 BRI stuffed 0.3.0-PRE-1s with zaptel 1.2.8
> and we are trying to have FAX receiving working in
> one of the BRI lines.
> 
> No problem with FAX transmissions but we can not receive. I have
> configured in zapata.conf faxdetect=both (tx and rx).
> FAX machine is connected to one FXS port on a PAP2 with G711a and no
> echo cancelation configured. When the FAX arrives at the
> FAX machine, they start negotiating but then it stops as if the format
> is not recognized by the Fax machine as a valid fax.
> 
> Does anyone have a similar configuration working?

Hmmm....

How can asterisk detect that the call is a fax? Is it by answering it?

If you get rid of the fax detection and send everything to the fax
extension, will faxes get through?

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