[asterisk-users] asterisk and fax machine

[Thomas Artner]

Hi!

Either the fax machine or the asterisk box has to pick up the call to
know whether it is a fax or not.

My solution is that I let asterisk pick up every call, and if it is a
fax, then the call is forwarded to a fax-machine.
If its a voice call, the call is forwarded to the phones.




[incoming]
exten => s,1,Answer()           ;automatic answer for fax recognition
exten => s,2,Wait(3)            ;prevents ringing when it is a fax
exten => s,3,Dial(Sip/21&Sip/22&Sip/25&Sip/26,45,t)     ;ring phones
exten => s,4,Hangup             ;hangup after 45 secondes

;is it a fax? then take it here!
exten => fax,1,Dial(Zap/1)





But this solution implies that asterisk picks up every call immediately.
So the caller has to pay for the call before he can talk to you.

tom



aslay-pinwee wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I need to share my PSTN line with my Digium card together with my FAX
> machine.
> If fax coming in, will asterisk pick up the call or my fax machine pick
> up the call.
>  
> How do I make asterisk not to answer the incoming fax and let my fax
> machine receive
> the fax. Similarly, how do I make my fax machine not to answer any voice
> call and let
> my asterisk answer..
>  
> Regards
>  
> ASLAY
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