Cool. The next step would be to send fax using ITSP (the quote from FlowRoute twitter: "Did you know we support T.38 on all domestic and international routes?") which support T.38 faxing over IP. Just add this little snippet to your extension for outgoing calls (don't forget to set T.38 @ your ATA) and you good to go:
I went the route of setting it up inside of FS first. The code from
the Wiki worked perfectly! It was interesting seeing it come in via
fs_cli, watching the process, seeing the file-size change, then
getting the all clear when it officially completed. I received my
first fax.
Now.. on to sending faxes!
Thanks for your help
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On 4/13/2012 1:29 PM, Brian Foster wrote:
Disclaimer: Faxing over VoIP can be a crapshoot. It's
very dependent on network conditions and carrier support and
implementation.
With that out of the way, the best place to start doing fax using
your FS machine (only) would be here:
Place this in your public context (maybe it shouldn't stay there,
but this is an extremely easy way to mess around with faxing):
Start with receiving faxes, and go from there. Sending faxes
requires some extra work, but not much. For more information about
faxing, please visit http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_spandsp#Fax
Obviously if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
ask!
You've raised some good
questions, and good points.
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).
1 - I'll do a dedicated fax number
1.1 - Each fax machine will have its own number
2 - As it stands, I'm going to be running this over VoIP
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.
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)...
Thanks!
'We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.'
Quarry Worker's Creed
On 4/13/2012 12:51 PM, Brian Foster
wrote:
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.
Having said all of that, it's highly dependent on your
setup. Questions:
1. Are you going to have dedicated fax numbers?
1.1. If so, will each fax machine have it's own fax
number?
2. Are you going to have this running over VoIP or TDM
(PRI/BRI/etc.)?
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.
I know that there is a good amount of information
out there on how to do
faxing via FreeSWITCH, but I'm still finding
myself a bit confused.
I'm currently trying to figure out the process by
which I would need to
do this. I'll detail my setup, and ask questions.
I've read
documentation, but I'm still missing something.
Okay, I'm currently running FreeSWITCH in a CentOS
VM, with 4GB of RAM,
and I'm the only user. I'm using FlowRoute, and I
have a couple of
unused numbers. Pretty simple, nothing out of the
ordinary (except
maybe the VM part?).
At some point in the next six months or so, I'll
be getting a couple of
dedicated servers here for various things, and
I'll begin moving my VM
servers from my main computer to those, as actual
hardware hosts.
So my fax machine is built into an "All-in-one"
Network
Printer/Scanner/Fax (Brother MFC-7360N).
Here's my main question, do I need to get a
special card to run a cable
from my computer to the Fax?
Is it better to get a dedicated fax machine to
use, or are there
specialized fax machines for Fax over IP?
Thanks guys and gals,
Tim
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