Hi, I think this is one area that needs to be developed. I am curently implementing a system for my home so cannot really justify the cost of financially supporting the development of this when all I really need to do is buy a telephone extension lead for my existing fax modem!!! I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentation time (I am not really a programmer) if that helps. Faxing is an important facility for many businesses tho, and it would make sense to be able to handle a fax call directly from asterisk to hylafax without having to route it via some analog device on the same machine (eg. pstn -> voip ->fax svr-> email rather than pstn -> voip -> analog line ->fax svr ->email) Am i barking up the wrong tree or do others also need this functionality? Sam J?rn Eriksen <jorn@ccl-network.com> wrote on 29/09/2004 10:35:30:> Hi all, > > I've read a bit lately on Asterisk & Fax issues - I also saw, in some > notes from Astricon, that the developer of panDSP - Steve Underwood - > was looking for support (finacial and/or technical). If we are enough > folks that need/want this (fax for *) we might get him to streamline it > for a reasonable abount pr head.... > > Best regards > Jorn > --------------------------------------------- > slwatts@winckworths.co.uk wrote: > > > > > zapata.conf? Must have missed that - but I am not using any analog > > cards, I am using capi. If this feature dependent on using zapata and > > compatible hardware then? > > > > on a slightly different tack - tried the sipura 3000 last night, has > > anyone got this working with faxes. Set all the fax detection tones to> > yes, but it still treats a fax call just like any other voice call :-( > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sam. > > > > Jon Radon <jonr800@gmail.com> wrote on 28/09/2004 16:52:32: > > > > > After you changed the zapata.conf per the wiki... make sure youstop> > > asterisk, unload your zap drivers, reload them, then start asterisk > > > again. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk <slwatts@winckworths.co.uk> > > > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:34:33 +0100 > > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk, Hylafax and T38Modem - help! > > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I know that this may not strictly be an asterisk issue, but ifanyone> > > has any ideas on this prob it would be appreciated. > > > > > > I have a working asterisk setup using Suse 9.1, a BT ISDN BRI card > > > (Fritz?), sipura 3000 and a few cisco 7940's. I wanted to do add > > > faxing into the equation, so I thought I would try and setup the > > > following: > > > > > > PSTN->asterisk->hylafax->pc > > > > > > At the moment asterisk and hylafax are on the same box. I went and > > > installed t38modem, hylafax, openh323 and so on.... got chan_oh323 > > > compiled and installed. > > > > > > I can now dial an extension - it gets routed to t38modem, it picksup> > > but I hear no modem tones (screeching) just silence. when I dial it > > > with a fax machine the fax machine just says 'no carrier'. Lookingat> > > the hylafax logs I see t38modem answer but then get 'no carrier'.If I> > > make t38modem dial an extension all I hear is a > > > beeep.......beeep......beeep of a fax machine. > > > > > > Also when I try to use fax tone detection in my exensions.conf it > > > doesnt work - the call is always routed to the normal sip deviceand> > > not the t38modem (oh323) device. 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I have only started to "play" with * over the last couple of weeks so you will have to forgive any newbisms or mistakes on my part. :-) It seems to me (or at least in my idea of a utopian office) that the end goal should be to replace all the physical fax machines. Receiving can currently be done by converting into a TIFF / PDF and then emailing to an address depending on the DDI, right?? This is great but could be improved by sending it straight to a networked printer depending on the DDI (U.S. DID right?) used by the sender. (The company I am doing this feasability study / research for have multiple departments most with a fax machine. But what would be really cool was if they could send faxs directly from their PC's (Windows). I am also not really an expert on Linux either (tho learning loads) and if someone knows how this can be done via AGI scripts and what not I would be very interested to know. cheers Alex -----Original Message----- From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk [mailto:slwatts@winckworths.co.uk] Sent: 29 September 2004 12:02 To: jorn@ccl-network.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] * and Fax Hi, I think this is one area that needs to be developed. I am curently implementing a system for my home so cannot really justify the cost of financially supporting the development of this when all I really need to do is buy a telephone extension lead for my existing fax modem!!! I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentation time (I am not really a programmer) if that helps. Faxing is an important facility for many businesses tho, and it would make sense to be able to handle a fax call directly from asterisk to hylafax without having to route it via some analog device on the same machine (eg. pstn -> voip ->fax svr-> email rather than pstn -> voip -> analog line ->fax svr ->email) Am i barking up the wrong tree or do others also need this functionality? Sam J?rn Eriksen <jorn@ccl-network.com> wrote on 29/09/2004 10:35:30: > Hi all, > > I've read a bit lately on Asterisk & Fax issues - I also saw, in some > notes from Astricon, that the developer of panDSP - Steve Underwood - > was looking for support (finacial and/or technical). If we are enough > folks that need/want this (fax for *) we might get him to streamline it > for a reasonable abount pr head.... > > Best regards > Jorn > --------------------------------------------- > slwatts@winckworths.co.uk wrote: > > > > > zapata.conf? Must have missed that - but I am not using any analog > > cards, I am using capi. If this feature dependent on using zapata and > > compatible hardware then? > > > > on a slightly different tack - tried the sipura 3000 last night, has > > anyone got this working with faxes. Set all the fax detection tones to > > yes, but it still treats a fax call just like any other voice call :-( > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sam. > > > > Jon Radon <jonr800@gmail.com> wrote on 28/09/2004 16:52:32: > > > > > After you changed the zapata.conf per the wiki... make sure you stop > > > asterisk, unload your zap drivers, reload them, then start asterisk > > > again. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk <slwatts@winckworths.co.uk> > > > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:34:33 +0100 > > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk, Hylafax and T38Modem - help! > > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I know that this may not strictly be an asterisk issue, but if anyone > > > has any ideas on this prob it would be appreciated. > > > > > > I have a working asterisk setup using Suse 9.1, a BT ISDN BRI card > > > (Fritz?), sipura 3000 and a few cisco 7940's. I wanted to do add > > > faxing into the equation, so I thought I would try and setup the > > > following: > > > > > > PSTN->asterisk->hylafax->pc > > > > > > At the moment asterisk and hylafax are on the same box. I went and > > > installed t38modem, hylafax, openh323 and so on.... got chan_oh323 > > > compiled and installed. > > > > > > I can now dial an extension - it gets routed to t38modem, it picks up > > > but I hear no modem tones (screeching) just silence. when I dial it > > > with a fax machine the fax machine just says 'no carrier'. Looking at > > > the hylafax logs I see t38modem answer but then get 'no carrier'. If I > > > make t38modem dial an extension all I hear is a > > > beeep.......beeep......beeep of a fax machine. > > > > > > Also when I try to use fax tone detection in my exensions.conf it > > > doesnt work - the call is always routed to the normal sip device and > > > not the t38modem (oh323) device. I have followed the examples on the > > > wiki. > > > > > > Am I doing something fundamentally wrong here? Do I also need to load > > > faxcapi? I have not yet tried using the sipaura 3000 to pick up the > > > incoming fax call - I will try that later. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > >* * > > > > *Winckworth Sherwood* Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents > > DX 148400 WESTMINSTER 5 : 35 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LR > > Telephone 020 7593 5000 Fax 020 7593 5099 > > > > *Confidentiality* > > This email message and any attachments are confidential; they may be > > subject to legal professional privilege and are intended for the named > > recipient only. 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Why go to all the trouble? Hylafax does all the fax client, file conversion, printing, emailing,faxback, etc. Its a very good enterprise fax server package. Why not try and interface asterisk and hylafax more closely? This is why I have been looking at t38modem, but alas it does not seem to provide the solution. Ideally a voipfax modem device is needed (looks like a modem, behaves like a modem but works on a sip channel and not isdn/analog line) then asterisk can treat it like any other extension, and hylafax can treat it like a modem. Sam "Michel Belleau (malaiwah.com)" <michel.belleau@malaiwah.com> wrote on 29/09/2004 12:43:15:> Hi Alex. > > I'm pretty sure that it can be done with a simple AGI script followingthe> rxfax action in the extensions.conf file. > I could make it, but I'm busy on another things this week. > > The only caveat of this setup is really "SpanDSP"; on my tests itreceived> faxed "squished" like 200% width and 100% width. I know that I canresize de> resulting TIFF file afterwards, but I think there's something wrong withmy> spandsp setup first. > > Mike > > _____ > > De : asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] De la part de Alex Barnes > Envoy? : 29 septembre, 2004 07:31 > ? : Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Objet : RE: [Asterisk-Users] * and Fax > > I have only started to "play" with * over the last couple of weeks soyou will> have to forgive any newbisms or mistakes on my part. :-) > > It seems to me (or at least in my idea of a utopian office) that the endgoal> should be to replace all the physical fax machines. > > Receiving can currently be done by converting into a TIFF / PDF and then> emailing to an address depending on the DDI, right?? This is great butcould> be improved by sending it straight to a networked printer depending onthe DDI> (U.S. DID right?) used by the sender. (The company I am doing thisfeasability> study / research for have multiple departments most with a fax machine. > > But what would be really cool was if they could send faxs directly fromtheir> PC's (Windows). > > > I am also not really an expert on Linux either (tho learning loads) andif> someone knows how this can be done via AGI scripts and what not I wouldbe> very interested to know. > > cheers > > Alex > > > -----Original Message----- > From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk [mailto:slwatts@winckworths.co.uk] > Sent: 29 September 2004 12:02 > To: jorn@ccl-network.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-CommercialDiscussion> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] * and Fax > > Hi, > > I think this is one area that needs to be developed. I am curently > implementing a system for my home so cannot really justify the cost of > financially supporting the development of this when all I really need todo is> buy a telephone extension lead for my existing fax modem!!! > > I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentation time (I amnot> really a programmer) if that helps. > > Faxing is an important facility for many businesses tho, and it wouldmake> sense to be able to handle a fax call directly from asterisk to hylafax > without having to route it via some analog device on the same machine(eg.> pstn -> voip ->fax svr-> email rather than pstn -> voip -> analog line->fax> svr ->email) > > Am i barking up the wrong tree or do others also need thisfunctionality?> > Sam > > J?rn Eriksen <jorn@ccl-network.com> wrote on 29/09/2004 10:35:30: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've read a bit lately on Asterisk & Fax issues - I also saw, in some > > notes from Astricon, that the developer of panDSP - Steve Underwood - > > was looking for support (finacial and/or technical). If we are enough> > folks that need/want this (fax for *) we might get him to streamlineit> > for a reasonable abount pr head.... > > > > Best regards > > Jorn > > --------------------------------------------- > > slwatts@winckworths.co.uk wrote: > > > > > > > > zapata.conf? Must have missed that - but I am not using any analog > > > cards, I am using capi. If this feature dependent on using zapataand> > > compatible hardware then? > > > > > > on a slightly different tack - tried the sipura 3000 last night, has> > > anyone got this working with faxes. Set all the fax detection tonesto> > > yes, but it still treats a fax call just like any other voice call:-(> > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Sam. > > > > > > Jon Radon <jonr800@gmail.com> wrote on 28/09/2004 16:52:32: > > > > > > > After you changed the zapata.conf per the wiki... make sure youstop> > > > asterisk, unload your zap drivers, reload them, then startasterisk> > > > again. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk <slwatts@winckworths.co.uk> > > > > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:34:33 +0100 > > > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk, Hylafax and T38Modem - help! > > > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > > > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I know that this may not strictly be an asterisk issue, but ifanyone> > > > has any ideas on this prob it would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > I have a working asterisk setup using Suse 9.1, a BT ISDN BRIcard> > > > (Fritz?), sipura 3000 and a few cisco 7940's. I wanted to do add > > > > faxing into the equation, so I thought I would try and setup the > > > > following: > > > > > > > > PSTN->asterisk->hylafax->pc > > > > > > > > At the moment asterisk and hylafax are on the same box. I wentand> > > > installed t38modem, hylafax, openh323 and so on.... gotchan_oh323> > > > compiled and installed. > > > > > > > > I can now dial an extension - it gets routed to t38modem, itpicks up> > > > but I hear no modem tones (screeching) just silence. when I dialit> > > > with a fax machine the fax machine just says 'no carrier'.Looking at> > > > the hylafax logs I see t38modem answer but then get 'no carrier'.If I> > > > make t38modem dial an extension all I hear is a > > > > beeep.......beeep......beeep of a fax machine. > > > > > > > > Also when I try to use fax tone detection in my exensions.conf it> > > > doesnt work - the call is always routed to the normal sip deviceand> > > > not the t38modem (oh323) device. 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Howdy, I would very much like the 'soft' fax functionality described. The list of features that would interest me: 1) 'soft' fax receiption/transmission. 2) fax routing between * boxes as something other than a 'voice' call, ie. email, file transfer, etc. 3) 'soft' fax/modem interface for windows that links to a * box (so that all the modem/faxing software that exists on windows can be used for calls via *). Anyone else interested in this? I am currently pursuing the idea of setting up a desktop faxing business in Australia (if anyone is interested in sharing their experiences in this area I would appreciate it greatly). I am interested in * faxing capabilities as voip is considerable cheaper than fixed pstn. Likewise I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentation time if that helps. I'm not a linux/C programmer either (though, if anyone wishes to rewrite * as a .Net assembly...). Regards, Stuart.>------------------------------------------------------------------------Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:01:59 +0100 From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] * and Fax To: jorn@ccl-network.com, Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Message-ID: <OFA013BDE2.96465AD2-ON80256F1E.003B0849-80256F1E.003C9AE8@winckworths.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, I think this is one area that needs to be developed. I am curently implementing a system for my home so cannot really justify the cost of financially supporting the development of this when all I really need to do is buy a telephone extension lead for my existing fax modem!!! I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentation time (I am not really a programmer) if that helps. Faxing is an important facility for many businesses tho, and it would make sense to be able to handle a fax call directly from asterisk to hylafax without having to route it via some analog device on the same machine (eg. pstn -> voip ->fax svr-> email rather than pstn -> voip -> analog line ->fax svr ->email) Am i barking up the wrong tree or do others also need this functionality? Sam
I manage the IT for a firm of around 200 users here in the uk - Successfully rolled out desktop faxing using Hylafax, although its only really used for reception and auto emailing/printing of faxes, Lawyers hate sending unsigned faxes (and hate storing their signatures even more)!! Unfortunately we have just completed a purchasing cycle for our phone system (Mitel) but the ability to send and receive faxes via Voip would have been a huge bonus, esp. considering we have three remote offices. Thumbs up for the software psudo-modem idea! ALso - has anyone thought that this could be used easily to promote pretty much ANY commercial fax server software, and promote asterisk in the process? I have not looked at Tobit or Rightfax recently - maybe they already have this functionality in them? Sam Stuart Anderson <stuart.anderson@tpg.com.au> wrote on 30/09/2004 07:35:44:> Howdy, > > I would very much like the 'soft' fax functionality described. > > The list of features that would interest me: > 1) 'soft' fax receiption/transmission. > 2) fax routing between * boxes as something other than a 'voice' call,ie.> email, file transfer, etc. > 3) 'soft' fax/modem interface for windows that links to a * box (so thatall> the modem/faxing software that exists on windows can be used for callsvia> *). Anyone else interested in this? > > I am currently pursuing the idea of setting up a desktop faxing businessin> Australia (if anyone is interested in sharing their experiences in thisarea> I would appreciate it greatly). I am interested in * faxing capabilitiesas> voip is considerable cheaper than fixed pstn. > > Likewise I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentationtime if> that helps. I'm not a linux/C programmer either (though, if anyonewishes to> rewrite * as a .Net assembly...). > > Regards, > > Stuart. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:01:59 +0100 > From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] * and Fax > To: jorn@ccl-network.com, Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > Message-ID: ><OFA013BDE2.96465AD2-ON80256F1E.003B0849-80256F1E.003C9AE8@winckworths.co.uk>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > I think this is one area that needs to be developed. I am curently > implementing a system for my home so cannot really justify the cost of > financially supporting the development of this when all I really need to > do is buy a telephone extension lead for my existing fax modem!!! > > I am more than willing to devote some testing/documentation time (I amnot> really a programmer) if that helps. > > Faxing is an important facility for many businesses tho, and it wouldmake> sense to be able to handle a fax call directly from asterisk to hylafax > without having to route it via some analog device on the same machine(eg.> pstn -> voip ->fax svr-> email rather than pstn -> voip -> analog line > ->fax svr ->email) > > Am i barking up the wrong tree or do others also need thisfunctionality?> > Sam > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-------------- Winckworth Sherwood Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents DX 148400 WESTMINSTER 5 : 35 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LR Telephone 020 7593 5000 Fax 020 7593 5099 -Confidentiality- This email message and any attachments are confidential; they may be subject to legal professional privilege and are intended for the named recipient only. If you are not the named recipient, please return the message and enclosures immediately and delete them from your system. -Caution- Before advice received only by email (whether by attachment or otherwise) may be relied on, the authenticity of the communication must be verified by means independent of email. -Regulation- The firm is regulated by the Law Society. -Partners- A list of partners is available for inspection at each office of the firm and on the firm's website at http://www.winckworths.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040930/501faa5c/attachment.htm