'Re: [hylafax-users] Using 1 modem for several faxnumbers'

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Subject:    Re: [hylafax-users] Using 1 modem for several faxnumbers
From:       Siri Vias Khalsa <sirivias.khalsa () verifi ! com>
Date:       2009-10-23 22:29:57
Message-ID: 1256336997.3960.169.camel () sirivias ! dev ! lax ! verifi ! pvt
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Several options:
1) Per-job controls:
You can specify settings on a per job basis, based on any information
that is available at that stage. In particular you can change the tag
line based on who is sending the email or where they are sendingit to.
This is fairly advanced to implement.
see:
http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Advanced_Server_Configuration:Per-job_Controls
http://people.ifax.com/~aidan/jobcontrol/ - especially the
jobcontrol-virtual example

2) separate fax extensions sharing one/two lines through your pbx
You can have an internal extension for each fax line and fewer external
lines - this would require your pbx to handle that portion. PBXs can
also often use different CID numbers for each extension.
This would require support from your pbx and use several modems, just
not as many lines.

3) PRI line with multiple numbers and trunk lines
This requires a much more expensive fax card, and would be suitable to
many more lines and higher traffic.

-Siri Vias

On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 13:34 +0200, Lieven Bridts wrote:

> At this moment we're using different physical faxmachines on different
> departments.
> The faxserver should replace them all.
> On the other hand I would like to use only one modem, two at the most,
> since the use of faxes in our organisation is rather low. This modem is
> connected to the machine on ttyS0.
> 
> Now, I would like to clone or duplicate this modem / this device
> (perhaps a virtual device??) so that it seems that there are more than
> one modem connected.
> Not to worry about incoming faxes, we'll redirect to the modem by means
> of our pabx. It would be nice to detect the original number that was
> called, though. Maybe we can use this number in combination with
> Faxdispatch to dispatch the different incoming faxes to different
> departments.
> 
> Outgoing faxes should carry different sender-information (phone number,
> name of department, ...) for the different departments, but it seems
> that I can only make 1 config per device.
>   
> Can I use only one modem and duplicate it so that seems that there are
> more modems attached to the machine/faxserver?
> 

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Several options:<BR>
1) Per-job controls:<BR>
You can specify settings on a per job basis, based on any information that is \
available at that stage. In particular you can change the tag line based on who is \
sending the email or where they are sendingit to.<BR> This is fairly advanced to \
implement.<BR> see:<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Advanced_Server_Configuration:Per-job \
_Controls">http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Advanced_Server_Configuration:Per-job_Controls</A><BR>
 <A HREF="http://people.ifax.com/~aidan/jobcontrol/">http://people.ifax.com/~aidan/jobcontrol/</A> \
- especially the jobcontrol-virtual example<BR> <BR>
2) separate fax extensions sharing one/two lines through your pbx<BR>
You can have an internal extension for each fax line and fewer external lines - this \
would require your pbx to handle that portion. PBXs can also often use different CID \
numbers for each extension.<BR> This would require support from your pbx and use \
several modems, just not as many lines.<BR> <BR>
3) PRI line with multiple numbers and trunk lines<BR>
This requires a much more expensive fax card, and would be suitable to many more \
lines and higher traffic.<BR> <BR>
-Siri Vias<BR>
<BR>
On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 13:34 +0200, Lieven Bridts wrote:
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At this moment we're using different physical faxmachines on different
departments.
The faxserver should replace them all.
On the other hand I would like to use only one modem, two at the most,
since the use of faxes in our organisation is rather low. This modem is
connected to the machine on ttyS0.

Now, I would like to clone or duplicate this modem / this device
(perhaps a virtual device??) so that it seems that there are more than
one modem connected.
Not to worry about incoming faxes, we'll redirect to the modem by means
of our pabx. It would be nice to detect the original number that was
called, though. Maybe we can use this number in combination with
Faxdispatch to dispatch the different incoming faxes to different
departments.

Outgoing faxes should carry different sender-information (phone number,
name of department, ...) for the different departments, but it seems
that I can only make 1 config per device.
  
Can I use only one modem and duplicate it so that seems that there are
more modems attached to the machine/faxserver?

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