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* Sending and receiving of faxes now possible with GPL software ivcall
* Added link to Homepage of ivcall
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<title>FAQ for isdn4linux
<author>Matthias Hessler (<tt><htmlurl url="mailto:hessler@isdn4linux.de" name="hessler@isdn4linux.de"></tt>)
<date>v2.0.92, 9. January 2005
<date>v2.0.93, 31. January 2005
<abstract>
If you are reading this FAQ online, you may consider downloading the whole
thing, and reading it offline (much cheaper). To download the latest
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<label id="feature_fax">
<p>
<itemize>
<item><bf>For all passive cards (except from AVM): NO</bf>. There
was a project working on this rather complicated problem. For more info on
its status have a look at:
<item><bf>For passive cards: Yes</bf>. Since 2005 the GPL software ivcall
is able to send and receive voice calls and faxes even via passive cards.
It makes use of the spandsp library which is part of the Asterisk project.
You can find it on:
<tt><url url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ivcall/"></tt>
An alternative project working on this problem existed (i4lfax) but has not
made any progress since 1999. For more info on its status have a look at:
<tt><url url="http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ulfi/osvisions/i4lsoftfax/i4lfax/"></tt>
Also, an idea exists to extend the new modular mISDN with layer 2 and layer 3
protocols for fax. Once this works (e.g. with the Sedlbauer Speedfax card)
then the layer 1 protocol (modulation/demodulation) could be implemented via
the spandsp library which is part of the Asterisk project.
then the layer 1 protocol (modulation/demodulation) could be also be
implemented via the spandsp library.
<item><bf>For passive cards from AVM: Yes</bf>. AVM recently released a
binary CAPI 2.0 driver which supports faxing. However, the setup is rather
complicated. Get a start on:
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card): <tt><url url="http://krypt.cs.uni-sb.de/~osk/isdnosk.html"></tt>
<item>Homepage of Asterisk (Open Source Linux PBX):
<tt><url url="http://www.asterisk.org"></tt>
<item>Homepage of ivcall (send and receive fax/voice calls):
<tt><url url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ivcall/"></tt>
<item>Configuration software maKs for Ackermann Euracom (not isdn4linux related):
<tt><url url="http://www.ganzfix.de"></tt>
</itemize>