[Asterisk-Users] Autodetecting faxes

[Ariel Batista]

Asterisk wrote:
> I have managed to get spandsp working, and if I dial a specific
> extension I can receive faxes. WhooHoo.
> 
> However, I was wanting to use the "fax detect" option in order to
> allow individuals to receive faxes, but can't get that to work.
> 
> Given the following extensions (mainly copied from examples on the
> wiki), why is the call simply passed onto the sip device rather than
> being detected as a fax ?
> 
> Asterisk CVS-HEAD-02/02/05-07:11:04 built by asterisk on a i686
> running Linux
> 
> Spandsp is 0.2pre9
> 
> Incoming lines are E1 line 30 channels PRI.
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Julian.
> 
> ===============
> 
> exten => 442781,1,Goto(fax,1,1) ; dialling this number works
> exten => 442781,2,Hangup()
> 
> exten => _4427XX,1,Answer() ; dialling any number in here does not

add this:
exten => _4427XX,2,Wait(3)
                               \/
exten => _4427XX,3,Macro(dialsip,${EXTEN:3})
exten => _4427XX,4,Hangup()
> 
> exten => fax,1,Goto(fax,1,1)
> 
> [macro-faxreceive]
> exten => s,1,SetVar(FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk/fax/${UNIQUEID}.tif)
> exten => s,2,DBGet(EMAILADDR=extensionemail/${MACRO_EXTEN})
> exten => s,3,rxfax(${FAXFILE})
> exten => s,103,SetVar(EMAILADDR=jmls at tessera.co.uk)
> exten => s,104,Goto(3)
> 
> [fax]
> exten => 1,1,Macro(faxreceive)
> 
> exten => h,1,system(/usr/sbin/mailfax ${FAXFILE} ${EMAILADDR} \
> "${CALLERIDNUM} ${CALLERIDNAME}")
> exten => h,2,Hangup()
> 
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