[Freeswitch-users] Documentation - fax_ident and fax_header

[Ali Pey]

Thank you Steve.

My point was that the description on the wiki page is not correct and I was
looking a for a way to fix it for people who would read it in the future. I
managed to figure out what those are with testing and some research.

Regards,
Ali Pey


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Steve Underwood <steveu at coppice.org> wrote:

> 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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