Is there a Fax Howto?

General Help
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Hi,
I’m hoping to set up fax-to-email in Freepbx via an incoming ZAP trunk, a dedicated pots fax line.

I’ve searched on the forum and the web generally, but I still cannot figure out if this is something that should ‘just work’ or extra modules are needed in Asterisk and / or Freepbx?

(Asterisk 1.4 & FreePBX 2.4)

I’ve also seen mention of email-to-fax but can’t even figure out for sure if this exists?

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I have used iaxmodem and hylafax combination with success.

http://guardiani.us/index.php/TrixBox_IAXModem_HylaFax

here is good resource for that.

-Scott

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Hi Scott,
many thanks for that info.

It’s now receiving faxes fine, the only minor problem is the fax detect does not seem to work - I’ve had to set the incoming route for the fax line directly to the iaxmodem extension & turn off all fax detection.

It’s a dedicated fax line so not a problem, but I am puzzled as to how the fax detect should work for future installs.

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