[Freeswitch-users] Documentation - fax_ident and fax_header

[Steve Underwood]

You can pretty much use my test verbatim on the wiki page, and you will 
have a complete description of these options.

Regards,
Steve

On 10/02/2013 03:43 AM, Ali Pey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that the wiki is not correct when it comes to fax_ident and 
> fax_header:
>
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_spandsp#By_mod_spandsp_fax.c
>
> - fax_ident - fax identity (numeric only) shown on remote machine 
> during communication. Also may be printed on each page.
> - fax_header - fax identity (alpha-numeric) show on remote machine 
> during communication. Also may be printed on each page.
>
>
> Fax_ident is the Caller's Station ID (CSID) that can be alpha numeric 
> as well. Fax_header would be used to add a header on top of each page 
> on send.
>
> I would be more than happy to fix the wiki page, but not sure what the 
> protocol is. I did try to register to be able to edit the page but 
> never got a password.
>
>
> I found the proper explanation on the mailing list from Steve Underwood:
>
> > fax_ident should be set to the telephone number to be used within the
> > fax exchange. This will typically appear on an LCD display at the far
> > end. In theory it should be limited to digits, spaces, + and one or two
> > other characters appropriate to telephone numbers. In practice FAX
> > machines are usually happy with any text, up to 20 characters. This
> > string may also play a part in page headers.
> >
> > If fax_header is set to a non-null string, a header line will be
> > inserted at the start of each page, just like a typical FAX machine
> > does. The fax_ident, fax_header and the page number will be used to 
> form
> > the text of this line. If you are forwarding FAXes, you probably don't
> > want to add a header line, as there will already be one that was
> > inserted by the original source. If you are sending a locally generated
> > FAX, you probably do want to add header lines to each page.
>
>
> Regards,
> Ali Pey
>
>
>
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