[asterisk-users] Asterisk Fax

Kevin P. Fleming kpfleming at digium.com
Mon Sep 6 12:43:27 CDT 2010


On 09/06/2010 07:45 AM, Andrew Nowrot wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I know that this topic was on the list maybe dozen of times. But I
> have a question regarding the fax support in asterisk, because all the
> information I could get does not give me the clear view of if. I read
> that Asterisk 1.8 will have strong fax (t.38) support, but I want to
> know if these four scenarios will be possible to achieve:
> 
> fax machine (phone+fax) connected to ATA --- SPA2102 ATA --- Asterisk
> 1.8 --- SPA2102 ATA --- fax machine
> 
> fax machine (phone+fax) connected to ATA --- SPA2102 ATA --- Asterisk
> 1.8 --- PSTN --- fax machine
> 
> fax machine (phone+fax) connected to ATA --- SPA2102 ATA --- Asterisk
> 1.8 --- IAX --- another Asterisk 1.8 --- SPA2102 ATA--- fax machine
> 
> fax machine (phone+fax) connected to ATA --- SPA2102 ATA --- Asterisk
> 1.8 --- SIP --- another Asterisk 1.8 --- SPA2102 ATA --- fax machine
> 
> For last three scenarios Asterisk should work as fax T.38 gateway. Is
> it possible?

There is no support for T.38 gateway mode in Asterisk 1.8, although
there is still work on that front. The patches in the issue tracker may
have been updated for Asterisk 1.8 already, though.

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