What is the best way for me to setup Fax Capability with VOIP only. I have a Asterisk Server hosted on the internet without a modem. I'm using Flowroute, which is working awesome, for VOIP calls. I only have a SIP Phone at home and two Printer/Scanner/Fax Printers. I'm not sure which Fax Addons or Extensions I should use for Asterisk. I'd like it to Self Detect on any line. I also am not sure what or how I can connect a Network Only Printer/Scanner/Fax Machine at home to it. It has a Telephone Jack but I'm only using VOIP. I'm pretty advanced with Asterisk now and can figure things out..I would just like some advice and direction before I get started. Oh, one more thing. Is there any way to Route the Faxes to different folders (extensions) because I have End Users with Phone + Extensions when you call in. -- Co-op Vacation Rentals www.coopvr.com 15218 Summit Ave Suite #300-354 Fontana, CA 92336 Phone/Fax (855) 760-COOP (2667)
On 11/05/2012 04:18 PM, Roy Abshire wrote:> What is the best way for me to setup Fax Capability with VOIP only.You can use T.38, perhaps, if your VoIP provider supports it and you can get it working. But unless you need faxes to go through the telephony system (i.e. you have fax machines hooked up to FXS ports) I'd recommend using an on-line fax service such as Mainpine's instead of trying to do fax over VoIP. Fax over internet-strewn SIP generally isn't going to work very well.> I have a Asterisk Server hosted on the internet without a modem. I'm > using Flowroute, which is working awesome, for VOIP calls. > > I only have a SIP Phone at home and two Printer/Scanner/Fax Printers.So on your MFP you'll scan it instead of using the system's "fax" capability, and then fax it through the online service. Thanks, Lee.
Roy, Many will say that it all depends on your provider supporting T.38, and that you should forget it otherwise. My practical experience shows otherwise. I am able to receive faxes on SIP lines pretty reliably with no T.38 support. The biggest issue for me is CED tones detection. If CED is detected then fax reception goes on with no problems. I use this setup with both Asterisk receiving a fax and then e-mailing it to me as a PDF attachment and with a call being forwarded to a fax machine extension which in turn is connected to a Motorola ATA over another SIP connection. I use FreePBX to set all that up as they provide pretty easy fax setup. -Vladimir On 11/5/2012 6:18 PM, Roy Abshire wrote:> What is the best way for me to setup Fax Capability with VOIP only. > > I have a Asterisk Server hosted on the internet without a modem. I'm > using Flowroute, which is working awesome, for VOIP calls. > > I only have a SIP Phone at home and two Printer/Scanner/Fax Printers. > > I'm not sure which Fax Addons or Extensions I should use for > Asterisk. I'd like it to Self Detect on any line. > > I also am not sure what or how I can connect a Network Only > Printer/Scanner/Fax Machine at home to it. It has a Telephone Jack > but I'm only using VOIP. > > I'm pretty advanced with Asterisk now and can figure things out..I > would just like some advice and direction before I get started. > > Oh, one more thing. Is there any way to Route the Faxes to different > folders (extensions) because I have End Users with Phone + Extensions > when you call in. >
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Vladimir Mikhelson <vlad at mikhelson.com>wrote:> > My practical experience shows otherwise. I am able to receive faxes on > SIP lines pretty reliably with no T.38 support. The biggest issue for > me is CED tones detection. If CED is detected then fax reception goes > on with no problems. I use this setup with both Asterisk receiving a > fax and then e-mailing it to me as a PDF attachment >This has been my experience also (with fax reception). Incoming faxes work for us nearly 100% of the time. I have not messed with fax sending and so cannot comment on that. Kind Regards, Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20121106/da6b70f3/attachment.htm>