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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Description and Use of the Most Well-known FreePBX Modules
Addon Market Module
Asterisk Essential Commands
Asterisk Gateway Interface Programming
Helpful Linux Commands
Index

Setting up the Elastix fax system


Although the use of fax is decreasing, some users, such as banks and corporations, still use this technology. In this case, we will show the required steps for setting the Elastix fax system.

How to do it…

  1. To set up the Elastix fax system, create an IAX extension that will work as a fax extension.

  2. Go to the PBX |PBX Configuration | Extensions |Add Extension menu.

  3. Create an IAX extension as shown in the following screenshot (enter the values according to your needs).

  4. Create or modify the incoming route for fax detection, as shown in the next picture:

  5. Then, go to the Fax | New Virtual Fax menu. Here, we enter the following information, as shown in the following image:

  6. The parameters to be entered are as follows:

    • Virtual Fax Name: The name of the virtual fax service

    • Associated Email: The e-mail account that will receive the faxes

    • Caller ID Name: Caller ID name

    • Caller ID Number: Caller ID number

    • Fax Extension (IAX): The IAX fax extension

    • Secret (IAX): The password of the...