[asterisk-users] asterisk fax handeling

[Klaus Darilion]

Am 17.03.2010 10:40, schrieb Peter den Hartog:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if the following was possible:
> When somebody sends a fax to my direct number 0101234567105 (my
> extension will be 105) is it possible that Asterisk, or an addon sees
> this as a fax, and e-mail the fax to me?
> So everybody with a private extension will be able to receive faxes in
> his e-mailbox on his direct number.

Yes, that should work (at least with 1.6.2):

1. Enable fax detection on the inbound channel, e.g. sip.conf:

; FAX detection will cause the SIP channel to jump to the 'fax' 
extension (if it exists)
; when a CNG tone is detected on an incoming call.
;
; faxdetect = yes              ; Default false


chan_dahdi.conf:
; For fax detection, uncomment one of the following lines.  The default 
is *OFF*
;
;faxdetect=both
;faxdetect=incoming
;faxdetect=outgoing
;faxdetect=no


Further, put a "fax" extension in the context where you handle the fax, 
e.g. forward to Hylafax are receive directly with ReceiveFAX().

IIRc the originaly dialed number will be written in the variable 
FAXEXTEN. Thus, you can send the fax to the respective email address 
based on FAXEXTEN.

regards
klaus




>
> Any pointers would be highly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>