[Asterisk-Users] Fax with wildcards

[Darren Nickerson]

> Does anybody have any experienci with fax sending and the PC
> performance needed for this?
>
> What kind of PC hardware would I need when I would like to send
> concurrently faxes on one/two/three/four E1? Is it possible either?

Four E1s (120 channels) worth of concurrent faxing is easy, sure, but you're
not likely to be able to (or want to) do that in software.

Assuming you're looking for a full-featured fax implementation including ECM
error correction, V.34 (33.6) speed faxing, as well as real-time image
(re)compression for optimal performance, then you're talking about a
non-trivial amount of CPU cycles to drive multiple E1 circuits. These cycles
are commonly offloaded to a dedicated fax board. There's lots of them out
there, including V.17 boards such as those from NMS Communications,
Digi/Patton Cyclades, and PIKA Technologies, as well as the more capable
V.34-capable boards from EICON and Brooktrout.

Of course you'll need robust fax software to power the boards ... there's
several good options available on that front too ;-)

-Darren

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Darren Nickerson
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iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
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