Disclaimer: Faxing over VoIP can be a crapshoot. It's very dependent on network conditions and carrier support and implementation. <br><br>With that out of the way, the best place to start doing fax using your FS machine (only) would be here:<br>
<br>Place this in your public context (maybe it shouldn't stay there, but this is an extremely easy way to mess around with faxing):<br><font><br></font><extension name="fax_receive"><font><br> <condition field="context" expression="public"/><br>
<condition field="destination_number" expression="^9978$"><br> <action application="answer"/><br> <action application="playback" data="silence_stream://2000"/>
<br> <action application="set" data="fax_enable_t38_request=true"/>
<br> <action application="set" data="fax_enable_t38=true"/>
<br> <action application="rxfax" data="/tmp/FAX-${uuid}.tif"/><br> <action application="hangup"/>
<br> </condition>
<br></extension></font><br><br>If you want to run a script after the fax is recieved, put this line in before the "rxfax":<br><br> <action application="set" data="api_hangup_hook=system <scriptname> <arg1> <arg2> <argN>"/><br>
<br>Start with receiving faxes, and go from there. Sending faxes requires some extra work, but not much. For more information about faxing, please visit <a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_spandsp#Fax">http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_spandsp#Fax</a><br>
<br>Obviously if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!<br><br>-BDF<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Timothy Bolton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ifoundthetao@gmail.com">ifoundthetao@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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You've raised some good questions, and good points.<br>
<br>
This model does have an RJ-11, and I believe you are correct. I
don't have an ATA yet, but I'll get the ATA model that you have
(Grandstream HT286 ATA).<br>
<br>
1 - I'll do a dedicated fax number<br>
1.1 - Each fax machine will have its own number<br>
2 - As it stands, I'm going to be running this over VoIP<br>
<br>
As far as faxing via FS w/o the machine goes, I wasn't really aware
of that. I think I knew it, but it didn't click. After I get the
ATA setup working, I think I'll set up another version where FS is
handling it w/o a machine. That way I'll have both types of
experience under my belt.<br>
<br>
Actually, as I think about it more.. it probably makes more sense to
set up the environment where the machine isn't present first (as I
don't have the ATA on hand now)... <br>
<br>
Thanks!<div class="im"><br>
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On 4/13/2012 12:51 PM, Brian Foster wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">I've looked at that model, and it doesn't actually say
this but I'm assuming you connect an RJ-11 to the fax modem inside
the all-in-one. I do my faxing using SpanDSP, but basically what
you would need is an ATA that supports T.38, as well as a provider
that supports T.38. Flowroute seems to be pretty reliable (that's
who I use). I have a fax machine that I've played around with
here, and I'm using a Grandstream HT286 ATA to connect it to
FreeSWITCH.<br>
<br>
Having said all of that, it's highly dependent on your setup.
Questions:<br>
<br>
1. Are you going to have dedicated fax numbers?<br>
1.1. If so, will each fax machine have it's own fax number?<br>
2. Are you going to have this running over VoIP or TDM
(PRI/BRI/etc.)?<br>
<br>
If there's any other details you feel are related, please mention
those too. Realize that FS can do faxing on it's own without the
need for a fax machine. Most, however, decide not to go down that
route mostly because the fax machine is an interface most are
comfortable with. You can even do outbound faxes on a fax machine,
and get FS to handle incoming faxes and email them, store them,
and even print them to a network printer. <br>
<br>
We're more than happy to help!<br>
<br>
-BDF<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Timothy
Bolton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ifoundthetao@gmail.com" target="_blank">ifoundthetao@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey all,<br>
<br>
I know that there is a good amount of information out there on
how to do<br>
faxing via FreeSWITCH, but I'm still finding myself a bit
confused.<br>
<br>
I'm currently trying to figure out the process by which I
would need to<br>
do this. I'll detail my setup, and ask questions. I've read<br>
documentation, but I'm still missing something.<br>
<br>
Okay, I'm currently running FreeSWITCH in a CentOS VM, with
4GB of RAM,<br>
and I'm the only user. I'm using FlowRoute, and I have a
couple of<br>
unused numbers. Pretty simple, nothing out of the ordinary
(except<br>
maybe the VM part?).<br>
<br>
At some point in the next six months or so, I'll be getting a
couple of<br>
dedicated servers here for various things, and I'll begin
moving my VM<br>
servers from my main computer to those, as actual hardware
hosts.<br>
<br>
So my fax machine is built into an "All-in-one" Network<br>
Printer/Scanner/Fax (Brother MFC-7360N).<br>
<br>
Here's my main question, do I need to get a special card to
run a cable<br>
from my computer to the Fax?<br>
<br>
Is it better to get a dedicated fax machine to use, or are
there<br>
specialized fax machines for Fax over IP?<br>
<br>
Thanks guys and gals,<br>
<br>
Tim<br>
<br>
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