[asterisk-users] Fax with asterisk

[Matthew Marion]

Forgot to mention (I think) that though the chan_pika driver is for pika
hardware, the two fax apps for asterisk work with 3rd party hardware as
well, so you don't actually need the pika cards (that's why it's nice and
easy)

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Matthew Marion <mattmarion2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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