how to send the fax

[ramesh raju]

hi ,

I have installed the free fax for asterisk. can you please tell me how to send the fax from my asterisk. i need to write any script are any thing could you please help me out. i have sucess fully installed the fax modules the modules are showing up in my asterisk cli. but i did not fot any files in to my /etc/asterisk folder.

[malcolmd]

Howdy,

Section 3.1.2 of the manual describes the SendFax application.

Appendix A of the manual has a context called [fax-tx] that shows example dialplan logic for sending a fax using the SendFax application.

Cheers.

[mykhyggz]

First, the example in the PDF manual download seems to fail with "|" used as a separator for options to the SendFAX app.

So, exten => send,n,SendFAX(/var/spool/asterisk/fax/outgoing/${FAXFILE},d)... (note comma, not pipe after the file name) this was throwing me for a while.

. . .

Anyway, I did from CLI >

originate DAHDI/1/8889990000 extension send@fax-tx

I suppose there are many other ways to send a fax with SendFAX, but this worked for me.

[cgi.net]

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Channel: ZAP/g1/12345678
MaxRetries: 0
RetryTime: 10
WaitTime: 50
Application:SendFAX
Data:/tmp/test.tiff


save the above into a call file then move this file to /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing

Good luck!

[jpcansa]

where can i get the PDF manual?

[jpcansa]

Found it!

http://docs.digium.com/FAX/fax_for_aste ... manual.pdf

THX

[ramesh raju]

Any one could you please post the detailed setps how to send the fax with the script using fax for asterisk

[maulid]

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Channel: ZAP/g1/12345678
MaxRetries: 0
RetryTime: 10
WaitTime: 50
Application:SendFAX
Data:/tmp/test.tiff


save the above into a call file then move this file to /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing

Good luck!

I've tried the code above but received the following error:

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   -- Attempting call on ZAP/g3/20958877 for application SendFAX(/tmp/leo.tiff) (Retry 1)
       > Channel Zap/3-1 was answered.
       > Launching SendFAX(/tmp/leo.tiff) on Zap/3-1
    -- Channel 'Zap/3-1' is sending fax '/tmp/leo.tiff'
[May 18 15:02:35] ERROR[23497]: res_fax_digium.c:1861 dgm_fax_start: fax handle: 0 failed to queue document '/tmp/leo.tiff'
[May 18 15:02:35] ERROR[23497]: res_fax.c:980 generic_fax_exec: channel 'Zap/3-1' fax session '4' failure, reason: 'failed to start fax session'
[May 18 15:02:35] WARNING[23498]: res_fax_digium.c:583 update_registry_statistics: unknown fax session result '0'
[May 18 15:02:35] WARNING[23498]: res_fax_digium.c:463 P30RESULT_to_str: unhandled fax result 'RSLT_IN_PROGRESS'
    -- Channel 'Zap/3-1' fax session '4' is complete, result: 'FAILED' (FAX_FAILURE_UNKNOWN), error: 'NO_ERROR', pages: 0, resolution: 'unknown', transfer rate: '2400', remoteSID: ''
    -- Hungup 'Zap/3-1'
[May 18 15:02:35] NOTICE[23497]: pbx_spool.c:366 attempt_thread: Call completed to ZAP/g3/20958877

Any idea? I don't need a fax machine, just want Asterisk to save all the received faxes as a tiff file and would want to be able to send faxes via command line (using tiff file).

[arobins]

Maulid,
I am receiving this exact same error on my first outbound attempt after installation. Did you resolve your issue?

Thanks,
Adam

[maulid]

Maulid,
I am receiving this exact same error on my first outbound attempt after installation. Did you resolve your issue?

Thanks,
Adam

Not yet. Does anyone here had successfully make it work? Please share with us.

[sethsdad0627]

Try changing your call file to read like this
Channel: ZAP/g1/ww12345678
Callerid: SIP/100 *use an extension in your list
MaxRetries: 1
RetryTime: 10
WaitTime: 50
Application:SendFAX
Data:/tmp/test.tiff

[maulid]

Try changing your call file to read like this
Channel: ZAP/g1/ww12345678
Callerid: SIP/100 *use an extension in your list
MaxRetries: 1
RetryTime: 10
WaitTime: 50
Application:SendFAX
Data:/tmp/test.tiff

Thanks for your suggestion but it still wouldn't work

[sethsdad0627]

do "set fax debug on" from cli
run the call file again
post your CLI output from the call

[maulid]

do "set fax debug on" from cli
run the call file again
post your CLI output from the call

Ok. Here's the CLI output:

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[root@tfsbbackup asterisk]# asterisk -rvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
Asterisk 1.4.23, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
Created by Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com>
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show warranty' for details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
=========================================================================
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found
  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found
Connected to Asterisk 1.4.23 currently running on tfsbbackup (pid = 2149)
Verbosity is at least 22
    -- Remote UNIX connection
    -- Attempting call on ZAP/g3/ww0178859497 for application SendFAX(/tmp/leo.tiff) (Retry 1)
       > Channel Zap/3-1 was answered.
       > Launching SendFAX(/tmp/leo.tiff) on Zap/3-1
    -- Channel 'Zap/3-1' is sending fax '/tmp/leo.tiff'
[May 27 12:00:54] ERROR[6698]: res_fax_digium.c:1861 dgm_fax_start: fax handle: 0 failed to queue document '/tmp/leo.tiff'
[May 27 12:00:54] ERROR[6698]: res_fax.c:980 generic_fax_exec: channel 'Zap/3-1' fax session '6' failure, reason: 'failed to start fax session'
[May 27 12:00:54] WARNING[6699]: res_fax_digium.c:583 update_registry_statistics: unknown fax session result '0'
[May 27 12:00:54] WARNING[6699]: res_fax_digium.c:463 P30RESULT_to_str: unhandled fax result 'RSLT_IN_PROGRESS'
    -- Channel 'Zap/3-1' fax session '6' is complete, result: 'FAILED' (FAX_FAILURE_UNKNOWN), error: 'NO_ERROR', pages: 0, resolution: 'unknown', transfer rate: '2400', remoteSID: ''
    -- Hungup 'Zap/3-1'
[May 27 12:00:54] NOTICE[6698]: pbx_spool.c:366 attempt_thread: Call completed to ZAP/g3/ww0178859497
tfsbbackup*CLI>


[sethsdad0627]

can you post the "tiffinfo" on leo.tiff?

tiffinfo /tmp/leo.tiff

The fax routine prefers a group 3 format and in its past life was very picky about how the tiff was formatted.

Here's what one of mine looks like
TIFF Directory at offset 0x4988 (18824)
Subfile Type: multi-page document (2 = 0x2)
Image Width: 1728 Image Length: 1146
Resolution: 204, 98 pixels/inch
Bits/Sample: 1
Compression Scheme: CCITT Group 3
Photometric Interpretation: min-is-white
FillOrder: lsb-to-msb
Orientation: row 0 top, col 0 lhs
Samples/Pixel: 1
Rows/Strip: 1146
Planar Configuration: single image plane
Page Number: 0-0
Software: GPL Ghostscript 8.62
DateTime: 2009:05:22 16:38:55
Group 3 Options: 2-d encoding+EOL padding (5 = 0x5)
TIFF Directory at offset 0x13cb0 (81072)
Subfile Type: multi-page document (2 = 0x2)
Image Width: 1728 Image Length: 1078
Resolution: 204, 98 pixels/inch
Bits/Sample: 1
Compression Scheme: CCITT Group 3
Photometric Interpretation: min-is-white
FillOrder: lsb-to-msb
Orientation: row 0 top, col 0 lhs
Samples/Pixel: 1
Rows/Strip: 1078
Planar Configuration: single image plane
Page Number: 1-0
Software: GPL Ghostscript 8.62
DateTime: 2009:05:22 16:38:56
Group 3 Options: 2-d encoding+EOL padding (5 = 0x5)

[maulid]

can you post the "tiffinfo" on leo.tiff?

tiffinfo /tmp/leo.tiff

The fax routine prefers a group 3 format and in its past life was very picky about how the tiff was formatted.

Sorry for the late reply. Here's the output:

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TIFF Directory at offset 0x8 (8)
  Subfile Type: multi-page document (2 = 0x2)
  Image Width: 2338 Image Length: 1638
  Resolution: 200, 200 pixels/inch
  Bits/Sample: 1
  Compression Scheme: CCITT Group 3
  Photometric Interpretation: min-is-white
  FillOrder: lsb-to-msb
  Orientation: row 0 top, col 0 lhs
  Samples/Pixel: 1
  Rows/Strip: 1638
  Planar Configuration: single image plane
  Page Number: 0-1
  Group 3 Options: (0 = 0x0)

[zefrench]

The only I was able to get this to work was to save the PDF with Acrobat with Compatilibty set to Acrobat 4.0 and higher, and to use ghostscript for tif conversion using the command line for ghostscrip from the Digium Manual.