Avi Miller wrote:
> M.A. Hockings wrote:
>
>> I have the inbound routes set to "freePBX default" for fax with
>> detection set to "NVFax" with a 2 second wait and the general settings
>> have the fax extension set to 3999. Does not "system" mean that freePBX
>> will try to use rfax to receive the fax?
>>
>
> Do you have NVFaxDetect installed on your Asterisk box? It doesn't ship
> with either Asterisk or FreePBX (it has to be installed separately). If
> you don't, NVFax as the detection method will not work.
>
>
>> How exactly do I configure freePBX to support/direct the fax to the
>> right extension and turn on Asterisk's detection?
>>
>
> Well, that depends on how you want it to work. If you have a fixed fax
> DID, you can just use an inbound route to direct that to your iaxmodem
> connected to HylaFax (which is the method I use). You could also use
> Zaptel Fax Detection and redirect faxes that way (by setting a Fax
> extension and the detection method to Zaptel). This is the way I think
> you should be using.
>
> Alternatively, you could get NVFaxDetect and use that instead.
>
> cYa,
> Avi
If I had a separate line/DID then all this would not be a problem and I
could just connect it to the fax extension. Where we are we have the
single pstn line for voice calls but my wife needs to receive some faxes
from her boss now and then. So I thought it would be a simple thing to
add fax reception to Asterisk/freePBX....
From all my experimentation today I would say that selecting Zap fax
detection does NOT work. The closest thing to working is using the
NVfax detection and setting the fax destination in the incoming route.
Then it seems to recognize the incoming fax and not ring the phones but
it fails dismally at connecting to the fax extension and instead
continues to deliver a ring to the caller. If I could figure out how to
get freePBX to do a Dail(IAX2/3999) when it detects a fax instead of
the PlayTones() business I'm sure it would be just fine.
-- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/1-1'
-- Executing Set("Zap/1-1", "FROM_DID=s") in new stack
-- Executing Set("Zap/1-1", "FAX_RX=3999") in new stack
-- Executing Answer("Zap/1-1", "") in new stack
-- Executing PlayTones("Zap/1-1", "ring") in new stack
== Spawn extension (from-pstn, s, 5) exited non-zero on 'Zap/1-1'
-- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'
I did find this http://aussievoip.com.au/wiki/index.php?page=DM-Fax but
it seems to reference an older version of freePBX than what I have
(2.1.1) and the old/new code is considerably different.
Mike
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