Posts Tagged Fax For Asterisk
AsteriskNOW 1.7.1 now available with add-on installer module for FreePBX
Asterisk NOW
AsteriskNOW 1.7.1 has been released with a new module for FreePBX that allows installation of Digium add-on software from within the web-based interface. Now there’s no command-line work to be done to get Digium’s G729 codec, Fax for Asterisk, HPEC, or Skype for Asterisk. We’ve also made some changes to make AsteriskNOW even friendlier for newcomers to the Asterisk community.
Together with the DAHDI configuration module that began shipping with 1.7.0, these modules make Asterisk administration even easier. Download AsteriskNOW today, and burn it to a CD or start it in a virtual machine. In minutes you can turn your computer into your next phone system!
Fax For Asterisk 1.1.6 Release Announcement
T.38 fax for Asterisk
Digium is pleased to announce the release of version 1.1.6 of its Fax For Asterisk product, a commercial grade FAX add-on module for open source Asterisk.
This release contains a number of significant improvements, including:
- Support for 64-bit Linux installations.
- Reduction in resource consumption, and increase in performance, of T.38 session handling.
- Simplification of session handling during transition from G.711 to T.38 mode.
- Adoption of the latest Asterisk T.38 negotiation API, ensuring interoperability with a wide range of T.38 endpoints.
Version 1.1.6 of Fax For Asterisk is available for immediate download at http://www.digium.com/en/docs/FAX/faa-download.php. Note that because this release uses the very latest T.38 negotiation mechanism in Asterisk, it is not compatible with all released versions of Asterisk. The Fax For Asterisk download selector lists the Asterisk versions supported by this release.
For more information about Fax For Asterisk, please visit the product page.
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Fax For Asterisk
T.38 fax for Asterisk
Digium‘s Fax For Asterisk is a commercial facsimile (Fax) termination and origination solution designed to enhance the capabilities of Open Source and commercial Asterisk as well as Switchvox. Fax For Asterisk bundles a suite of user-friendly Asterisk applications and a licensed version of the industry’s leading fax modem software from Commetrex. Fax For Asterisk provides low speed (14400bps) PSTN faxing via DAHDI-compatible telephony boards as well as VoIP faxing to T.38-compatible SIP endpoints and service providers. Licensed on a per-channel basis, Digium‘s Fax For Asterisk provides a complete, cost-effective, commercial fax solution for Asterisk users.
Fax For Asterisk provides two components: res_fax and res_fax_digium. Res_fax is an Asterisk resource module that adds fax termination and origination functionality in Asterisk. It provides Asterisk dialplan functions and dialplan applications to enable the user to build highly-customizable fax solutions. Res_fax_digium provides core fax processing functionality in the form of several supported fax modems — V.21, V.27ter, V.29, and V.17 — to achieve speeds up to 14400bps.
Asterisk says Hello to Fax
If you ask Google about faxing for Asterisk, with the search keywords asterisk and fax, and you ask Google to omit similar entries, you’ll end up with 52 pages of results.
If you ask Google how many times fax has been mentioned on an Asterisk mailing list, by setting the site parameter to lists.digium.com, then Google tells you there are 1120 utterances.
Yesterday, if you asked Digium for help in faxing documents through Asterisk, we’d have apologized and said that we didn’t offer a fax solution for Asterisk.
That was yesterday.
Today, Digium is pleased to announce Fax For Asterisk.
Fax For Asterisk is a commercial facsimile (Fax) termination and origination solution designed to enhance the capabilities of Open Source and commercial Asterisk as well as Switchvox. Fax For Asterisk bundles a suite of user-friendly Asterisk applications and a licensed version of the industry’s leading fax modem software from Commetrex. Fax For Asterisk provides low speed (14400bps) PSTN faxing via DAHDI-compatible telephony boards as well as VoIP faxing to T.38-compatible SIP endpoints and service providers. Licensed on a per-channel basis, Digium’s Fax For Asterisk provides a complete, cost-effective, commercial fax solution for Asterisk users.
Wait, I’ve forgotten something…okay, not really. There’s also Free Fax For Asterisk. Free Fax For Asterisk provides a single-channel only, per Asterisk, version of Fax For Asterisk, for free. Want to use Free Fax For Asterisk now? Visit the Digium webstore and get a license, free of charge.
