Fax destination (101)

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I’m looking to add fax functionality to my client’s FreePBX. I done the following:

  • created an inbound route
  • set the DID to the fax number
  • set destination to a ring group (in case someone decides to call the fax number I guess?)
  • set “detect faxes” to yes

And then what? Should I set “Fax Detection type” and what should I do with “Fax Destination” when I just want the fax to end up in someone’s email?

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Fax Recipients > Select User

Before a user will show up as a fax recipient, they will need to have the fax setting enabled on their user profile. You will also need to add the user email to the user profile as well.

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One more thing - through Exhaustive testing, for SIP detection, we have found 6 seconds to be the optimum - not too long, but long enough to catch all the FAXes.

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So:

  • Fax Detection type => SIP
  • Fax Detection Time => 6

??

What is Dahdi?

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DAHDI = Digium Asterisk Hardware Device Interface - It is only used if you are using POTS/BRI/PRI lines - everything else is SIP.

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Great! Let’s fax!

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