2006/4/18, Doug Lytle <<a href="mailto:Support@drdos.info">Support@drdos.info</a>>:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Nicholas Kathmann wrote:<br>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Both hylafax and * are on the same machine and using the same PSTN<br>> interfaces (whether T1 or TDM). It uses iaxmodem to communicate
<br>> between the two systems (imagine a softmodem). I'll create separate<br>> extensions for the iaxmodems, then either map the numbers (or channels<br>> off the TDM cards) to dial those extensions. You can also use the fax
<br>> extension on your default incoming to dial the iaxmodem. Faxgetty<br>> then listens to the iaxmodem to receive faxes, and uses hylafax to<br>> send them to the appropriate email addresses, printers, etc. In most
<br>> cases I'll set up separate PSTN numbers for incoming faxes, but the<br>> fax extension also works relatively well. The only time I've ever<br>> seen problems with faxes (or modems) is when trying to use a SIP or
<br>> IAX provider over the internet. To connect the analog fax machines<br>> I'll either use a linksys PAP2<br><br></blockquote></div>Please, forgive my ignorance but could you elaborate how your system would be working ?
<br>I've read a lot about fax and Asterisk but I'm not sure I exactly got it (specially with iaxmodem and hylafax integration).<br><br>Do you mean that :<br>1. incoming calls would be routed according callee's extension (extensions are dedicated either to fax or voice applications) and only with that rule ?
<br>2. you would exclusively connect existing fax machines to SIP ATA's and hope offering users the ability to fax from software applications, would decrease SIP ATA's use inconvenients ?<br><br>Cheers<br>Olivier<br><br>