[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.8.7 and ReceiveFAX

[Steve Underwood]

On 10/08/2011 02:50 AM, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> On 10/07/2011 07:46 AM, Administrator TOOTAI wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I setup my first stock 1.8.7 asterisk (Ubuntu LTS 10.04 packages taken
>> from deb http://packages.asterisk.org/deb lucid main) including dahdi
>> from this same repository. No FFA involved.
>>
>> On incoming calls (only SIP, no telephony card), fax detection is
>> working but reception failed with
>>
>> -- Executing [fax at from-TOOTAiAudio:19]
>> ReceiveFAX("SIP/tootaiAUDIO-00000564", "/tmp/1317991071.1614.tiff,c") in
>> new stack
>> [Oct 7 14:37:52] WARNING[6961]: res_fax.c:1651 receivefax_exec:
>> ReceiveFAX does not support polling
>> == Spawn extension (from-TOOTAiAudio, fax, 19) exited non-zero on
>> 'SIP/tootaiAUDIO-00000564'
>>
>> What can be the problem?
>
> You included the 'c' option to ReceiveFAX, telling it to act as the 
> 'caller', even though it isn't the caller. This argument is parsed by 
> ReceiveFAX in spite of it not being supported because the older 
> app_fax version did support it, and we didn't want dialplans that 
> included it to silently ignore the 'c' option. The same is true for 
> the 'a' option; you'll note that neither of them are included in the 
> documentation for the ReceiveFAX and SendFAX applications, and 
> shouldn't be used.
>
> Why did you specify the 'c' option?
>
Why was the ability to poll dropped from ReceiveFAX?

Steve