Hi, I am looking at using the softfax that Steve Underwood has developed. It's very straight forward when you assign an extension for the fax. A function that several pbx's has is that they listen for the 'faxtone' for 5 seconds after 'answer' in the menu where you can enter your local extension number, it's normally done in parallel with the DTMF detection. I think that the logical solution would be if the DTMF mask given to the DTMFdetector could had a digit for fax or if there was a 'background' function that we could check on with IfFaxGoTo(xxx). I haven't been able to google any function in '*' that would help us with this so that's why I try the list in case I (hopefully) have overlooked something. The above function would be nice since you could share the same access number for phone and fax (like the old autofax switches). Secondly when people mistakenly queues a fax for you main access number it would just be dropped into the 'faxbox' instaedt of calling you 10 times over the next 20 minutes. Freddi
Quoting Freddi Hansen <fh@danovation.dk>:> I haven't been able to google any function in '*' that would help us > with this so that's > why I try the list in case I (hopefully) have overlooked something.Just take a look at fax extenstion which basically does what you want.
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Freddi Hansen wrote:>Hi, >I am looking at using the softfax that Steve Underwood has developed. >It's very straight forward when you assign an extension for the fax. >A function that several pbx's has is that they listen for the 'faxtone' >for 5 seconds >after 'answer' in the menu where you can enter your local extension number, >it's normally done in parallel with the DTMF detection. I think that<snip> You want a fax extension: exten=>fax,1,Blah() A google for 'fax extension' turns up the announcement of this feature here: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2002-October/005414.html ___________________________________________________________ Steve Creel screel@turbs.com
Putting exten => fax,1,RxFax(filename) in your context invokes the kind of fax detection you are seeking. You can similarly send the call to a real fax machine exten => fax,1,Dial(Zap/1)> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Freddi Hansen > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:00 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SoftFax question > > > Hi, > I am looking at using the softfax that Steve Underwood has developed. > It's very straight forward when you assign an extension for the fax. > A function that several pbx's has is that they listen for the 'faxtone' > for 5 seconds > after 'answer' in the menu where you can enter your local > extension number, > it's normally done in parallel with the DTMF detection. I think that > the logical solution > would be if the DTMF mask given to the DTMFdetector could had a digit > for fax or > if there was a 'background' function that we could check on with > IfFaxGoTo(xxx). > I haven't been able to google any function in '*' that would help us > with this so that's > why I try the list in case I (hopefully) have overlooked something. > > The above function would be nice since you could share the same access > number for phone > and fax (like the old autofax switches). Secondly when people mistakenly > queues a fax for > you main access number it would just be dropped into the 'faxbox' > instaedt of calling you > 10 times over the next 20 minutes. > > Freddi > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
Larry D. Black
2003-Nov-12 14:33 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] menu prompts and voice mail greetings.
What program do you use to record menu prompts and voice mail greetings we tried windows recorder and it kept telling us bad file format. Thanks.
I prefer to record them right over the phone. Set up a macro like this
[macro-recordsound]
;${ARG1} - Sound filename
exten => s,1,record(${ARG1}:gsm,3)
exten => s,2,playback(${ARG1})
exten => s,3,playback(vm-goodbye)
exten => s,4,hangup
and then in your main context do something like this
;Temporary recording options
exten => 150,1,Macro(recordsound,main-menu-announcement)
Good luck
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Did you record the messages as gsm format? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry D. Black" <wireless@bscn.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:33 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] menu prompts and voice mail greetings.> What program do you use to record menu prompts and voice mail greetings > we tried windows recorder and it kept telling us bad file format. > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Thanks Steve and you other guys for your help. I hope the quality of the other stuff I did yesterday is better than my search for 'fax extension' (a bit embarrassed) Freddi On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Freddi Hansen wrote:>> Hi, >> I am looking at using the softfax that Steve Underwood has developed. >> It's very straight forward when you assign an extension for the fax. >> A function that several pbx's has is that they listen for the 'faxtone' >> for 5 seconds >> after 'answer' in the menu where you can enter your local extension >> number, >> it's normally done in parallel with the DTMF detection. I think that > > ><snip> You want a fax extension: exten=>fax,1,Blah() A google for 'fax extension' turns up the announcement of this feature here: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2002-October/005414.html