[asterisk-users] FAX Options

[Danny Nicholas]

From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Alejandro
Imass
Subject: [asterisk-users] FAX Options


Is FAXing with Asterisk a practical option ? Or is it better just to
use a plain fax connected to an FXS and just switch with Asterisk. I
specifically wanted to know if there was any experience using just the
fax scanner to send faxes and receive them via asterisk and the to
e-mail. My idea was to take my old fax connect it to an FXS port and
send faxes with the fax machine (using the fax mainly as a scanner),
but receive them through our existing FXO jack that is connected to
the PSTN. the scheme would be something like:

PSTN <------> FXO -----
                                      |
                                      |------------Asterisk
                                      |
FAX ------> FXS ---------

I'm using Asterisk 1.4.26.2 on FreeBSD 8.0

TIA,
Alejandro Imass

IMO, as long as you're using PSTN and nothing fancy like T.38, Asterisk is a
solid fax send/receive option.