OK, here is request I've made; I'm not sure I've entered it correctly as it is more like a feature improvement than a bug. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92747
To my understanding "NVBackgroundDetect" is a competition to Digium own "faxdetect" feature they have incorporated into asterisk. There is no rush for them to implement/incorporate this "NVBackgroundDetect" code as they are trying to push their own cards. I'm not in favor of the internal cards and prefer ATA unit. > > 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). > > Right.. so if I'm reading this correctly, NVBackgroundDetect is an > improvement on Asterisk's own fax-detection code. I have a X100P clone > which might not be supported by Asterisk - NVBackgroundDetect detects > faxes for ALL cards? I'm not sure if how the code works, I haven't test it yet, but according to Newaman from Telecom nobody reported any problem with their code. Yes, I would say it is an improvement as it works with all other hardware not only ZAP channel cards. > Unless this introduces incompatibilities with fax-detect on Digium's > ZAP channel hardware, it would seem there's no reason not to include > this as part of a default Asterisk install?? I don't think there will be any incompatibility or conflict, it is just an extra module; you can use it or not. It is just seating and idling until you call it into action. > > > 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. > > Please post a link to the bug. If you're not comfortable hacking the > ebuild yourself I might well have a crack at it - I have Asterisk > hardware sitting here waiting for me to find the time to implement it. Here is the link: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92747 As I said I have the code and can email it to you; but you can as well get it from the Newman Telecom directly. I was able to compile "NVBackgroundDetect" using CVS version but ver.1.0.6 and 1.0.7 has a bug with SIP and dtmf inband; so I went back to Gentoo 1.0.5 versio; However I'm using now dtmf out of band dtmfmode=rfc2833 and it is working OK. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
