Fax with OBI202

[SGLLC]

i am having alot of trouble trying to send and receive faxes, i have an HP officejet pro 8720, i sent a fax to the google voice number i am using as the fax number, my fax machine rings when i send the fax to it but the fax always fails.

i have set the fax speed to the slowest available and i also disabled ECM

any help is much appreciated, i am really trying not to use the OBIEXTRAS but i will turn to that if need be, i would just like to use my analog fax machine how i normally have been, thanks

[jpiddle]

Analog fax machines and digital phone line service (such as VoIP based lines) do not play well together. The fax machine was created in a time where it didn't know anything about digital signals, and it just doesn't do a good job coping with it. Some sort of fax-to-email service is really your best option nowadays.

[S.R.]

Analog fax machines and digital phone line service (such as VoIP based lines) do not play well together. The fax machine was created in a time where it didn't know anything about digital signals, and it just doesn't do a good job coping with it. Some sort of fax-to-email service is really your best option nowadays.

What about the Windows 7 built in Fax where you connect the phone line to the computer?

[drgeoff]

Analog fax machines and digital phone line service (such as VoIP based lines) do not play well together. The fax machine was created in a time where it didn't know anything about digital signals, and it just doesn't do a good job coping with it. Some sort of fax-to-email service is really your best option nowadays.

What about the Windows 7 built in Fax where you connect the phone line to the computer?

A PC with a fax modem (needed to connect PC to phone line) is exactly the same signal-wise as a conventional fax machine.

[S.R.]

Analog fax machines and digital phone line service (such as VoIP based lines) do not play well together. The fax machine was created in a time where it didn't know anything about digital signals, and it just doesn't do a good job coping with it. Some sort of fax-to-email service is really your best option nowadays.

What about the Windows 7 built in Fax where you connect the phone line to the computer?

A PC with a fax modem (needed to connect PC to phone line) is exactly the same signal-wise as a conventional fax machine.

What if I am not using an Obi device or going through the Obi portal? I am using a PAP2T and connecting to GV through PBXes GV SIP Interface as described here:
https://www2.pbxes.com/community.php?display=forum&news=1

[drgeoff]

GV calls, even to or from an OBi device, do not go through the OBi portal or Obihai servers.