[Asterisk-Users] Blank faxes with RxFAX

[MattB]

I have encountered this same issue.  I do notice that resolution is
coming up as zero.  Here is a dump from the console as a fax comes in:

Jun 17 13:07:09 VERBOSE[1217669936]:     -- Executing Answer("Zap/1-1",
"") in new stack
Jun 17 13:07:09 VERBOSE[1175706416]:     -- Accepting call from '' to
'NPANXXX' on channel 1, span 1
Jun 17 13:07:09 DEBUG[1175706416]: Enabled echo cancellation on channel
1
Jun 17 13:07:09 VERBOSE[1217669936]:     -- Executing SetVar("Zap/1-1",
"FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk/fax/1087499229.8.tif") in new stack
Jun 17 13:07:09 VERBOSE[1217669936]:     -- Executing RxFAX("Zap/1-1",
"/var/spool/asterisk/fax/1087499229.8.tif") in new stack
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]:
========================================================================
======
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Fax successfully received.
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Remote station id: The number is
right
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Local station id:  
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Pages transferred: 1
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Resolution:        0
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Transfer Rate:     9600
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]:
========================================================================
======
Jun 17 13:07:55 VERBOSE[1217669936]:     -- Executing Hangup("Zap/1-1",
"") in new stack
Jun 17 13:07:55 VERBOSE[1217669936]:   == Spawn extension (default,
NPANXXX, 4) exited non-zero on 'Zap/1-1'
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Set option AUDIO MODE, value: ON(1)
on Zap/1-1
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Hangup: channel: 1 index = 0, normal
= 17, callwait = -1, thirdcall = -1
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: disabled echo cancellation on channel
1
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Set option TDD MODE, value: OFF(0) on
Zap/1-1
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Updated conferencing on 1, with 0
conference users
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: Set option AUDIO MODE, value: OFF(0)
on Zap/1-1
Jun 17 13:07:55 DEBUG[1217669936]: disabled echo cancellation on channel
1
Jun 17 13:07:55 VERBOSE[1217669936]:     -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Underwood
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:23 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Blank faxes with RxFAX
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> I can't tell much from this brief description. Send me a console log.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> 
> Patrick J. Conroy wrote:
> 
> >Hello All,
> >
> >I have downloaded and installed spandsp and downloaded rxfax, etc and
> >rebuilt asterisk with app_rxfax.  I have added the following to my
> >extensions.conf:
> >
> >[macro-faxreceive]
> >; ${ARG1} - sendto e-mail
> >exten => s,1,Wait(2)
> >exten => s,2,Answer
> >exten =>
> >s,3,SetVar(FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk-fax/fax-${MACRO_EXTEN}-
> ${TIMESTAMP})
> >exten => s,4,SetVar(EMAILADDR=${ARG1})
> >exten => s,5,rxfax(${FAXFILE}.tif)
> >exten => s,6,system(/usr/local/sbin/mailfax ${FAXFILE} ${EMAILADDR}
> >"${CALLERIDNUM} ${CALLERIDNAME}")
> >
> >And everything looks like it is running fine, meaning that I don't
seem
> to
> >get any errors.
> >
> >However, all the faxes seem to be blank.  The only references to
anything
> >like this that I could find previously on the list were in regards to
8-
> byte
> >tif files.  This doesn't seem to be the same issue, since the files
are
> much
> >larger (~8k).  I am trying to receive the faxes over a PRI running
into a
> >TE405P.  Any suggestions?  Is anyone using RxFAX successfully in a
> >configuration like this?  If so, what are you doing differently?  Any
> help
> >would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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