In the simplest terms I can think of, I'm going to describe what I want to do and I want to know if it's possible in the current version of asterisk. Can I take a T38 call from an ATA, convert that back to analog and have asterisk screech that out on a POTS line to a remote fax machine. Would it work? And could I receive an incoming fax the same way? Please don't talk to me about alternatives to faxing. I can't take the fax machine away from the end user, they don't want to hear about it. I either need to make it work or tell them to get a POTS line. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: t38 diagram.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9778 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20100922/5b04a896/attachment.jpg
On 09/22/2010 09:00 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:> In the simplest terms I can think of, I'm going to describe what I want > to do and I want to know if it's possible in the current version of > asterisk. > > Can I take a T38 call from an ATA, convert that back to analog and have > asterisk screech that out on a POTS line to a remote fax machine. Would > it work? > > And could I receive an incoming fax the same way?This is called T.38 gateway mode, and it's not available in any Asterisk releases yet. This has been discussed quite often on this mailing list, though, so a Google search of the list archives would give you pointers to the methods you can use today to achieve this. Asterisk 1.8 was just enhanced to provide some new APIs that will be necessary for seamless implementation of T.38 gateway mode, and we expect that work on that will occur in the very near future. -- Kevin P. Fleming Digium, Inc. | Director of Software Technologies 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA skype: kpfleming | jabber: kfleming at digium.com Check us out at www.digium.com & www.asterisk.org
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Adam Moffett <adam at plexicomm.net> wrote:> In the simplest terms I can think of, I'm going to describe what I want to > do and I want to know if it's possible in the current version of asterisk. > > Can I take a T38 call from an ATA, convert that back to analog and have > asterisk screech that out on a POTS line to a remote fax machine. ?Would it > work? > > And could I receive an incoming fax the same way?I suppose that merely removing ATA and asterisk from the middle, and plugging a pots line into a fax machine is out of the question. Sounds like you want a T.38 gateway. Not built into asterisk, but some people have tried patching. Search the archives for T.38 gateway.