asterisk users - Aug 2004 - Help with a fax via Grandstream Handytone 286?

I have an analog Fax machine which I wish to connect to the network and 
the Asterisk server.  It will connect through a GS Handytone 286 
converter and then into the LAN.  Is there any information out there on 
what I need to write in *sip.conf* and/or *extensions.conf* to make sure 
the fax works as a fax?

Channel 8 on my T1 is a reserved, dedicated line for the fax number.  Do 
I need to create a special group in *zapata.conf* for the fax, or I can 
just have the fax extension dial only channel 8?  I assume the latter, 
but I don't know if it will actually work.

So far, I've managed to get the system up and running and working with 
the phones.  But my limited knowledge is making it difficult to 
configure more advanced features.  I have re-read the wiki numerous 
times trying to figure things out...sometimes it helps and sometimes it 
doesn't.

Cheers,

-- 
Shawn Parker
Network Administrator
Cumulus Broadcasting, LLC.
Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri
1.573.449.4141
shawn.parker@cumulus.com

Just be sure to use the ulaw or alaw codec.  I'm using a Handytone for 
my fax here in Sweden, connected via internet (VPN) to a asterisk box in 
Iceland.  Haven't had a single problem yet.

Maron

Shawn Parker wrote:
> 
> I have an analog Fax machine which I wish to connect to the network and 
> the Asterisk server.  It will connect through a GS Handytone 286 
> converter and then into the LAN.  Is there any information out there on 
> what I need to write in *sip.conf* and/or *extensions.conf* to make sure 
> the fax works as a fax?
> 
> Channel 8 on my T1 is a reserved, dedicated line for the fax number.  Do 
> I need to create a special group in *zapata.conf* for the fax, or I can 
> just have the fax extension dial only channel 8?  I assume the latter, 
> but I don't know if it will actually work.
> 
> So far, I've managed to get the system up and running and working with 
> the phones.  But my limited knowledge is making it difficult to 
> configure more advanced features.  I have re-read the wiki numerous 
> times trying to figure things out...sometimes it helps and sometimes it 
> doesn't.
> 
> Cheers,
>