[Asterisk-Users] How to bridge fax from pri to fxs

[Kevin Hanson]

Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

>On Wednesday 02 November 2005 11:17, Kevin Hanson wrote:
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>>I have a TE110P and a TDM10B.  Via DID, I want to route calls to the fax
>>number to the fxs port to which the fax machine will be connected.
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>>Do I need to set "faxdetect=both" in zapata.conf?
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>>I am assuming that Asterisk will bridge between the two cards and that
>>the usual fax over IP won't be a factor.
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>the 'faxdetect' parameter does one thing and one thing only: when a fax tone 
>is heard, Asterisk will jump to the 'fax' extension in the channel's context.  
>If you are using a specific DID for faxes you don't need that at all.
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>exten => 1234567,1,Dial(Zap/g2,,g)
>exten => 1234567,2,Macro(handle-hangup)
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>is how I'd do it.
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>I'd define your PRI channels in group 1, and your FXS ports that the fax 
>machine(s) are hooked up to in group 2.  If you only want one fxs port for 
>one fax machine, then say Dial(Zap/25) or whatever zapata port the fxs 
>machine's on.
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>Works like a charm for me, anyway.
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>-A.
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Thanks for your help.  Tried it out tonight.  Works great...sending and 
receiving.

Cheers,
Kevin