On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 23:08 +0100, Stroller wrote: > On May 15, 2005, at 7:34 pm, Joseph wrote: > > > I would like to compile an additional application to asterisk: > > NVBackgroundDetect to detect incoming faxes. > > Hi, > > Is this necessary for all Asterisk installations to detect incoming > faxes, or just for some FXO (??) cards? > Is there a good reason this shouldn't be part of all Asterisk installs?
No, not everybody needs it; but for me and many like me it would allow us to move fax on an internal extension extension and free up the line (You can use the fax line for an incoming calls). You can read how the NVBackgroundDetect works at: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=NVBackgroundDetect The code is GPL from Newman Telecom Asterisk has a fax detection code but it only works with ZAP channel (Digium Card) which I'm not in favor (I prefer ATA - external units like Sipura SPA-3000 and/or any other ATA unit). [snip] > It's pretty easy to do in the ebuild; I'm no ebuild expert, but I dare > say it wouldn't take me more than 30 or 45 minutes (stop laughing!) to > work out where to add the couple of extra lines required. > > In the first instance you should copy the original Asterisk ebuild into > /usr/local/portage/category/asterisk and get it working there. If you > want to stay with the Gentoo ebuild version you should file a feature > request with your patches at bug.gentoo.org. If NVBackgroundDetect is > not suitable for all Asterisk installations then a local USE flag would > be appropriate. > > Stroller I've the code from Newman Telecom but I'll file an ebuild request as you suggested. The code would be suitable for many like me that don't use ZAP channel but would like to have/take advantage of fax-detection. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
