[asterisk-users] Fax with asterisk

[Matthew Marion]

Just to clarify, pika's chan_pika is their asterisk channel driver for their
hardware.  The two fax applications, app_pikarxfax.so and app_pikatxfax.so
are fax modules for asterisk to implement fax in your dialplan:

exten => 5001,1,Answer(1000);
exten => 5001,n,Set(LOCALSTATIONID=123456789)
exten => 5001,n,Set(LOCALHEADERINFO="PIKARxFax Test Page %P Time: %H:%M To:
%l From: %r")
exten => 5001,n,Set(FAXFILE=/tmp/pikafax-${UNIQUEID}.tif)
exten => 5001,n,PIKARxFax(${FAXFILE})

you'd still need hardware to actually get the faxes to asterisk...

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Erik Haider Forsen <erikf at opera.com> wrote:

> Hi Matthew,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion. The problem is that most of our users
> would not feel comfortable with using software fax solutions. So we
> will have to stick with the old fax machine.
>
> Our reception takes care of the fax machine, receiving and sending
> faxes. This one fax is shared by ~ 600 employees.
>
> Erik
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Matthew Marion wrote:
>
> > Hey Erik,
> >
> > You can also check out pika technologies which supply chan_pika.
> > This comes with a fax application that will let you do your faxes in
> > asterisk (even using non-pika boards).  Works pretty good...
> >
> > pikatechnologies.com
> >
> > mattm
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Erik Haider Forsen
> > <erikf at opera.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm new to this list. I tried to search the list archive for a
> > solution on my current setup, but couldn't find any.
> >
> > We have an asterisk connected directly to the PSTN with 2 E1 lines
> > through a Sangoma A102d interface. We also have a regular FAX machine.
> >
> > My question is how to get the fax service handled by asterisk? I want
> > to cancel the analog line I have for the FAX machine today.
> >
> > What would be the best solution? Fax machine and asterisk is on the
> > same LAN, not much load, with high end switches etc. Can I expect good
> > results with using our existing FAX machine, connected to asterisk
> > through an ATA box?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Erik
> >
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