Dialogic 6.2 manual Sending a Fax from One Channel to Another, Fax -u 0 -s wphonenum fax.ips

Developing a Fax Application

Sending a Fax from One Channel to Another

¾Use the fax sample program to send a fax from one channel to another in your system.

1.Prepare channel 1 to receive a fax:

fax -u 1 -r recfile.ips

fax invokes the sample fax program with the following arguments:

-u	Specifies that the following number is the
	number of the channel that receives a fax (in this
	case channel 1 is used).
-r	Places the channel (1) in receive mode.
recfile.ips	Creates a file, recfile.ips, in which to receive a
	fax.

The channel is now set to receive a fax and is waiting for a ring signal.

2.Send a fax from channel 0 to channel 1. In a second window, type:

fax -u 0 -s wphonenum fax.ips

-u	Specifies that the following number is the
	number of the channel that sends a fax (in this
	case channel 0 is used).
-s	Places the channel (0) in send mode.

w„ In robbed-bit T1 TDM environments, checks the signaling if w is the first character of the string.

„In E&M immediate mode, causes the channel to wait and see if the T1 slot is free.

„In E&M wink mode, causes the channel to wait for a wink signal from the remote side.

„Anywhere else in the string, waits for dial tone.

phonenum Specifies the phone number of the channel to receive the fax (in this case channel 1).

fax.ips Sends the infopkt stream file fax.ips previously created with the mkinfopk utility.

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