Sending a fax through Obi202?
Ostracus:
Quote from: Felix on July 06, 2012, 10:46:33 am
As I am reading this thread... baffles me why would one want to go through all this pain to send a fax through the fax machine, rather than use an online faxing service...
http://www.faxcompare.com/
Probably because all the hardware's paid for and the incoming DID can be free.
UserAsdf:
A few reasons. I'm sure everyone has their own.
I only send a few faxes a year, but when I need to send it I don't want to drive 40 minutes to someplace to send them.I don't need to pay $8+/mo for something I use only a few times a year.It's nice not having to upload images or pdfs of my financial or personal info to some fax service.
I used Vonage for 8+ years and everything just worked - including fax. Excellent voip service, just too expensive in light of other options.
Now that I've figured out how things need to be setup with Callcentric and voip.ms via the Obi202, I won't need to play with those again. Hopefully. ;D
I'm faxing just fine using G711a (Callcentric) and G711u (voip.ms) now. I wouldn't mind seeing T.38 show up on my call status page though. :D
virgillette:
I was having a terrible time trying to fax through the Obi202 using GV. I disabled the SIP ALG in my router and was still no go. I was having the same problem where the tones would cut off before the handshake really got started. My solution was to use the extension on the fax machine to dial the number and to change my Brother MFC receive setting to fax/telephone. After dialing the number and hearing the beginning handshake, I hit send and the fax goes through with no problem. On the receive, the MFC answers and waits a second to see if the call is a fax or voice. This gives it enough time to hear the handshake and receive correctly. Yea!
caguerra:
I am having the same issue with Obi202. It replaced an Obi100, which my faxing worked flawlessly via my Brother AIO, now I experience the same, where the responding party sends out its initial handshake tones, and then the audio gets cut-off while my fax keeps emitting the hello tones. Never did anything with codecs or settings on the Obi100 it just plain worked via GV and lowering speed setting on the AIO.
I can't believe that the cheaper Obi100 seems to be less problematic than the Obi 202, this is now my second issue with this 'business' class model. I used to be an Obi evangelist and have installed several overseas, but now not getting a good vibe...
EDIT: Got it to successfully send to my Efax number as a test via GV after 2nd dial attempt, by disabling the T38Enable setting on the Obi202, that is unchecking the checkbox. One less issue to contend with and confidence rebuilding... ;D
dial.tone:
How about a plain-language tutorial for us newbies? I experienced the same thing with my 202/GV setup: specifically, the call disconnects almost immediately after the fax machine emits its tone and the fax doesn't get sent. I'd like to take advantage of all the knowledge in these posts, but it is over my head. How would one go about "disabling the SIP ALG in my router" and/or "disabling the T38Enable setting on the Obi202?" And how would one specify the use of G711a as opposed to G711u -- or has that requirement been OBEd by the latest discoveries? Thanks.
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