[Asterisk-Users] Re: faxdetect questions - Please HELP!

[Colin Anderson]

Seems to me that the problem here is one of automatic distribution. Why not
create a virtual faxmodem for each user, or group of users, and assign a DID
to each of them, then have HylaFAX email the PDF direct to the user via
custom settings in FaxDispatch? THe user can then print it, or file it or
whatever. This works *famously* in my org, and my users love to brag about
how they have "their own" fax line. 

I have > 200 IAXModem's running on my HylaFAX server, no problem. 

-----Original Message-----
From: M.Hockings [mailto:veeshooter at hockings.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:26 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: faxdetect questions - Please HELP!


In reading this problem and the solution I wonder if it would be better, 
(or acceptable to the users?) to send the received Hylafax fax to a 
(network attached) printer of their choice.  That way you eliminate the 
need for special equipment (the fax machine) ?

I did a bit of research and found :
http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Server_Operation:Tweaking_and_Custom
ization
That has a section on "Automatic Fax Printing" that actually address 
this sort or thing.

Mike

Craig Guy wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> in order to stop fax detection, send the call to a context without a 
> 'fax' extension:
> 
> [incoming]
> 
> _XXXX.,1,doSomeStuff
> 
> ; Hardfax extension
> 12345678,1,Goto(hardfax,1000,1)
> 
> fax,1,receiveFax
> 
> [hardfax]
> 1000,1,Dial(Zap/1|70)
> 1000,n,Hangup
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McDowell" 
> <mcdowell.lists at gmail.com>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:23 AM
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] faxdetect questions - Please HELP!
> 
> 
>> I'm using IAXmodem and Hylafax with 'faxdetect=incoming' and things 
>> mostly
>> work pretty well.  My main lines come in via T1 DID.  Today, HR got 
>> tired of
>> having someone read and forward their faxes to them and requested we 
>> bring
>> their physical machine back on line.  I have been able to get the fax
>> forwarded to the appropriate zap channel, but I cannot seem to get it to
>> stop 'faxdetect'ing.  After deciding that it is a fax and sending it 
>> to the
>> proper zap channel Asterisk says:
>>
>>    -- Executing Dial("Zap/5-1", "Zap/105") in new stack
>>    -- Called 105
>>    -- Zap/105-1 is ringing
>>    -- Redirecting Zap/5-1 to fax extension
>>    -- Hungup 'Zap/105-1'
>>
>> ...and Hylafax gets it...
>>
>> Now the questions:
>>
>> 1) How can I have 'faxdetect=incoming' for my T1 context and 
>> 'faxdetect=no'
>> for my internal zap channels.  (I'm assuming that this is what's wrong
>> here...)
>> 2) Is it instead possible to disable faxdetect for the duration of the
>> call?  E.g. exten => fax,1,zapFAXDETECT(off)
>> 3) Is there a better way to mix detected faxes and dedicated fax lines?
>> 4) Can anyone share with me a config that accomplishes this feat (both
>> detected and dedicated)?
>>
> 
> 
>
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