[asterisk-users] Fax Detection on SIP

[--[ UxBoD ]--]

----- "--[ UxBoD ]--" <uxbod at splatnix.net> wrote:

> ----- "Paul Scott" <paul at cpanel.net> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah sounds like you wanna use NVFaxDetect
> > 
> > it would allow you to add something like exten =>
> fax,1,Swift("number 
> > 
> > has changed"); to your inbound call part of your dialplan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Jan 14, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Juan C. Villa wrote:
> > 
> > > Could you use NVFaxDetect?
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 17:35 +0000, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> We have a issue where one of our clients is receiving a high
> volume
> >  
> > >> of calls from automated fax machines and passing through their  
> > >> context which means all phones get rung.
> > >>
> > >> I am looking for a way to detect the fax tone, on answer, and
> route
> >  
> > >> it to a extension/macro where a announcement would tell them the 
> 
> > >> correct number to fax to.
> > >>
> > >> The inbound calls are across SIP so am not able to use DADHI.   
> > >> Would this scenario be perfect for "Fax for Asterisk" ?
> > >>
> > >> All help greatfully appreciated.
> > >>
> 
> The problem is that NVFaxDetect does not appear to work with Asterisk
> 1.6.X :( Looking for something that is actively supported.
> 
Well perhaps I should have read the sip.conf ;) Okay so I am able to set faxdetect=yes and then I presume just create a extension in the target context:

exten => fax,1,Play(sorry-wrong-fax-number)
exten => fax,n,Hangup()
-- 
Thanks, Phil