Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Olle E. Johansson
ProvoCityPower wrote: Also who says Fax should ever be required on IP? My office has been I'm fairly new here and don't mean to be contentious. We all have different perspectives as to what VOIP should be. My goal is to replace analog lines, not supplement them. I'm talking residential I am

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Steven Critchfield
to not bring old technology to the new. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Underwood Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 2:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Dan
Hi, - Original Message - From: Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 19:04, John Breeden wrote: How is Vonage doing it? http://www.vonage.com/features_fax.php unreliable, bandwidth hogging, inefficient ulaw. The point here is, if we are to make something,

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Patrick Cantwell
, 2003 4:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 12:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ProvoCityPower The question asked here, why on earth you want to push

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Walker Haddock
snip I totally agree with this... G.711 for inter Asterisk connections over WAN is totally inefficient (even if it can work sometimes). For LAN is acceptable and the standard FAX machine works great on ATA186, but far better on TDM400. Dan, you say fax works better on the TDM400 than the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Dan
Hi, - Original Message - From: Walker Haddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan, you say fax works better on the TDM400 than the ATA186. I'm having problems with faxing on the TDM400. I had to drop the rx and tx rates on the fax machine down to 4800 baud to get it to work. I have ordered an

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Walker Haddock
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:06:57PM +0200, Dan wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: Walker Haddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan, you say fax works better on the TDM400 than the ATA186. I'm having problems with faxing on the TDM400. I had to drop the rx and tx rates on the fax

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-15 Thread Steve Underwood
Walker Haddock wrote: On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:06:57PM +0200, Dan wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: Walker Haddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan, you say fax works better on the TDM400 than the ATA186. I'm having problems with faxing on the TDM400. I had to drop the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread ProvoCityPower
- Original Message - From: "Alastair Maw" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) On 12/12/03 13:56, Dan wrote: This is because the fax is transmi

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread asterisk
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ProvoCityPower Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) The question asked here, why on earth you want to push fax data over a VoIP link

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 12:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ProvoCityPower The question asked here, why on earth you want to push fax data over a VoIP link at all. Fax compression isn't very efficient. may speak volumes about the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread Steve Underwood
ProvoCityPower wrote: The question asked here, why on earth you want to push fax data over a VoIP link at all. Fax compression isn't very efficient. may speak volumes about the future role of VOIP. My plans are to role out a VOIP connection to thousands of Customers. Many have legacy fax

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread John Breeden
How is Vonage doing it? http://www.vonage.com/features_fax.php John Breeden Hawaii -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Underwood Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 2:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread ProvoCityPower
Did DVD players have to accommodate VHS tapes? Did VHS players have toaccept beta? Why does VoIP have to deal with an accent protocol that can't handlelossy audio, nor irregular delays?Also why should we be soo wasteful when fax machines need a 80K codec toget the data across IP, and the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread Carl Youngblood
Hi Jeff, I live in Provo and I think I understand the application you're referring to. Some folks in my neighborhood have been getting to be the beta testers for these cool new fiber links that the city is supposed to be laying out. If I only lived a few blocks over, I would be able to get

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread John Breeden
It's just my lowly opinion but I too must agree when it comes to the consumer/soho (1 to 3 line) markets. CAUTION!!, DANGER!! Marketing Hat On!! Vonage, the most "visible" marketer of a voip consumer product must also agree. Vontage offers anip "fax line". usingcisco's ata. Vontagemust

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread James Sharp
It's just my lowly opinion but I too must agree when it comes to the consumer/soho (1 to 3 line) markets. CAUTION!!, DANGER!! Marketing Hat On!! Vonage, the most visible marketer of a voip consumer product must also agree. Vontage offers an ip fax line. using cisco's ata. Vontage must see

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread John Breeden
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sharp Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) It's just my lowly opinion but I too must agree when

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-14 Thread Dan
Hi Steve, - Original Message - ?From: Steve Underwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... . However, I think this has nothing to do with the original poster's intent. You're right. Let's go back to my original problem. There is any chance to make RxFax work with any type of fax machine? It works for

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-13 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 09:29, Dan wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: Alastair Maw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) On 12/12/03 13:56, Dan wrote

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-13 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 05:14, Dan wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sounds like you want app_rcfax at the pstn to decode the fax data, then it would somehow transfer the image file to your local machine via the slow link and use

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-13 Thread Dan
Hi, From: Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I haven't tested it much, my first use of app_rxfax and app_txfax worked fine. The glue is little more than procmail and sample.call combined with working mail servers. I have faith that Steve's work will continue to make the functionality

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-13 Thread Olle E. Johansson
Tilghman Lesher wrote: On Friday 12 December 2003 07:25, Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in another format) between Asterisk boxes, using low bandwidth codecs like GSM. I know that this is possible only with the G.711 now

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Senad Jordanovic
Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in another format) between Asterisk boxes, using low bandwidth codecs like GSM. I know that this is possible only with the G.711 now (passing faxes using the audio stream), but maybe

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Dan
Hi, - Original Message - From: Senad Jordanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Klaus-Peter Junghanns
Hi, faxing works great with IAX/IAX2. Even over a 100ms ADSL link. It does not really depend on the protocol, only on the codec. regards kapejod Am Fr, 2003-12-12 um 14.42 schrieb Senad Jordanovic: Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Andrew Thompson
- Original Message - From: Klaus-Peter Junghanns [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:02 AM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) Hi, faxing works great with IAX/IAX2. Even over a 100ms ADSL link. It does

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Senad Jordanovic
Dan wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: Senad Jordanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Jim Flagg
- Original Message - From: Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:25 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Alastair Maw
On 12/12/03 13:56, Dan wrote: This is because the fax is transmitted using the audio stream. It is not related to the signaling protocol (SIP/IAX etc.) but to the audio codec used. Fax uses FSK modulation to transmit the data. If you compress this in a lossy way (GSM, MP3, whatever) then the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Dan
Hi, - Original Message - From: Jim Flagg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) - Original Message - From: Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users [EMAIL

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Dan
Hi, - Original Message - From: Alastair Maw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) On 12/12/03 13:56, Dan wrote: This is because the fax is transmitted using the audio

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Florian Overkamp
Hi, Citeren Steve Kann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in another format) between Asterisk boxes, using low bandwidth codecs like GSM. I know that this is possible only with the G.711 now (passing faxes using the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Klaus-Peter Junghanns
15.15 schrieb Andrew Thompson: - Original Message - From: Klaus-Peter Junghanns [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:02 AM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) Hi, faxing works great with IAX/IAX2. Even

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Steve Underwood
Alastair Maw wrote: Fax uses FSK modulation to transmit the data. If you compress this in a lossy way (GSM, MP3, whatever) then the integrity of the data is affected (more or less seriously depending on the codec used). Fax machines are generally quite picky, so compressing faxes is unlikely

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Jorge Mendoza
Florian Overkamp wrote: Hi, Citeren Steve Kann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in another format) between Asterisk boxes, using low bandwidth codecs like GSM. I know that this is possible only with the G.711 now

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Friday 12 December 2003 07:25, Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in another format) between Asterisk boxes, using low bandwidth codecs like GSM. I know that this is possible only with the G.711 now (passing faxes using

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Jeremy McNamara
On Friday 12 December 2003 07:25, Dan wrote: Hi, It would be great if the IAX protocol will be able to tranfer fax data (even converted in another format) between Asterisk boxes, using low bandwidth codecs like GSM. I know that this is possible only with the G.711 now (passing faxes using the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

2003-12-12 Thread Dan
Hi, - Original Message - From: Tilghman Lesher [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 12 December 2003 07:25, Dan wrote: You're not going to get that working because GSM is a lossy codec. It is able to get extreme savings in size, because it optimizes out parts of the sound that most humans