[asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception

[Paul Hales]

A colleague of mine did some testing the other day, with a digium TDM400
with FXS modules hooked up to fax machines and a TE120P hooked up to our
testing E1 line.

It seems to work pretty well, and she said it was easy to configure.

PaulH

On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 14:55 -0700, shadowym wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies.  Seems there are at least 2 or 3 people giving
> strong recommendations to iaxmodem/hylafax as a reliable (ie. business grade
> production) solution.  That is just the sort of feedback I was looking for.
> 
> My application is just standard business reception of faxes.  Right now they
> use WinFax and probably receive about 30 to 50 faxes a day.  I want to wean
> them off Winfax as it's not really supported anymore and I dislike all
> things Symantec in general.
> 
> Receiving faxes on Asterisk has the added benefit of being able to use the
> fax line as an extra outgoing line when the rest are in use.  That is what
> they are doing now on their key system and they don't want to lose that
> ability.  I don't blame them.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Turnbull [mailto:duncan at e-simple.co.nz] 
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 2:18 PM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception
> 
> I use Asterisk and Hylafax and iaxmodem to send 600+ faxes per week with no
> baby sitting, I receive about 20 and it requires no baby sitting
> 
> Hylafax and iaxmodem with Asterisk works very well - check out iaxmodem and
> hylafax lists for much bigger examples
> 
> Cheers Duncan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of shadowym
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2007 7:34 a.m.
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception
> 
> Sorry but I must have missed it if someone else responded.  If the built in
> fax reception doesn't work very well what about the 3rd party stuff
> mentioned on the Asterisk Wiki?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Totaro [mailto:stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:38 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception
> 
> Someone already answered this question.  The answer is no, it does not work
> by your definition of production ready.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
> http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com
> KB3OPB
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- 
> > bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of shadowym
> > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 11:20 AM
> > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception
> > 
> > Anybody??
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shadowym [mailto:shadowym at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:35 AM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [asterisk-users] Bottom line on fax reception
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > So what is the bottom line?  Does it work or not.  I've heard stories
> it
> > works, it doesn't work, it kinda sorta works when it's not raining out 
> > side.
> > Everything under the rainbow.
> > 
> > What's the bottom line with recent updates on 1.2.x?  Is it production 
> > ready for fax?  By production ready I mean that it just works all the 
> > time
> and
> > doesn't need any babysitting.  Do I have to worry about dropped lines, 
> > sometimes not detecting incoming fax tone....yada yada.
> > 
> > I know I don't have to use fax on Asterisk but I really want to for 
> > various reasons.  Mostly incoming but outgoing is a nice to have.
> > Should I
> use an
> > addon package and if so which one?  Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > 
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