[asterisk-users] Setting up to reveive faxes.

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Saturday 22 November 2008 09:10:39 Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Noah Miller wrote:
> > Hi Ken -
> >
> >> Hey, all.  When I last was heavily into Asterisk (1.0.x), setting up to
> >> receive faxes was, well, a PITA, what with having to patch the Asterisk
> >> install with various driver patches and this, that, and the other.
> >>
> >> Is that still true?  Is there a fax HOWTO out there that reflects
> >> Asterisk 1.4.x?
> >
> > Not sure if you mean IP faxing or TDM faxing, but I don't think you'll
> > need to do any patching.  In general check out:
> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+fax
> >
> > For IP faxes, check out the wiki here:
> > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+T.38
> >
> > AFAIK: 1.4.x can't terminate IP faxes - only pass through, while 1.6.x
> > can pass through and terminate with the help of spandsp.
>
> Does this mean that 1.4 lost an ability that 1.2 currently has? Right now,
> with 1.2, I use spandsp (or rather the RxFAX application which uses
> spandsp) to terminate faxes and save them as TIF files, then outside
> asterisk email them to the appropriate destination... I'm currently
> looking at moving to 1.4 and this is something that's essential for me...
> I guess it's time to look deeper into this.

You missed the part about IP faxes.  Yes, you can receive faxes over a Zaptel
or DAHDI channel on your system.  That feature has not gone away.  It is the
feature of being able to terminate T.38 faxes that was never in 1.2, isn't in
1.4, but is in 1.6.  RxFax has never worked with IP faxes.  It requires the
use of a Zaptel/DAHDI channel.

-- 
Tilghman