[Asterisk-Users] FXO as modem (was: * fax reliability between ISDN PRI and FXS ports)

Andrew Kohlsmith akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com
Mon Jun 27 03:56:23 MST 2005


On Monday 27 June 2005 00:34, Jerry wrote:
> Question: There are problems using FXS ports to pass data and get high
> speed access, but can an FXO port be used as a modem? Nothing fancy
> required, 12 or 2400 baud should be ok (9600+ would be nice, but practical
> over nice). I know there is something like this with the "FAX" extension
> already. (Not sure if there is a "DATA" equivelent). Is this practical?
> Has anyone done this?

Sure; this is exactly what rxfax/txfax do.  You won't get better than 9600 
baud without running into patent issues, though.

-A.



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