[asterisk-users] res_fax

[Steve Underwood]

On 01/20/2011 11:11 PM, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> On 01/19/2011 02:30 PM, Bryant Zimmerman wrote:
>> On 01/19/2011 02:05 PM, Bryant Zimmerman wrote:
>>>  I am working on some fax tools for some of my users. I am reading the
>>>  https://wiki.asterisk.org docs for faxing.
>>>  Is see Application_SendFax and Application_SendeFax has one been
>> discondinued?
>>>  Any feed back on using the res_fax module would be apperciated. Any
>> examples or
>>>  other.
>>
>> *From*: "Jason Parker" <jparker at digium.com>
>> *Sent*: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:19 PM
>> There was a typo in the res_fax documentation. Application_SendeFax
>> should be
>> the correct documentation. I don't know where Application_SendFax is 
>> coming
>> from - it's probably old. When the next import happens, 
>> Application_SendFax
>> should be replaced by the correct version (then I'll try to remember to
>> remove
>> the bogus SendeFax copy).
>>
>> Jason thanks for the clarification on this.
>>
>> If I start my development with the res_fax_spandsp.so module. Should all
>> of my code be compatible with the res_fax_digium.so module? I want to be
>> able to get things running and tested and move to the digium supported
>> option in the future.
>
> The choice of technology module is mostly irrelevant; that was the 
> whole point of splitting res_fax out from them. If you use the 
> applications and other features of res_fax, it won't matter which 
> underlying technology module is loaded.
>
Well, people do get problems with the Digum FAX software, which go away 
when they switch to spandsp. Its best to test with the code you intend 
to deploy.

Steve