spandsp
Created by: pupeno,Last modification on Wed 02 of Dec, 2009 [17:31 UTC] by sascha_silbe
SpanDSP
SpanDSP is a library of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) functions for telephony. One of its common uses is to provide 'that thing' that is needed to turn images into audio and back (and a lot of other things) for sending and receiving faxes. Support exists for using SpanDSP with iaxmodem, Asterisk, CallWeaver, and FreeSwitch.
SpanDSP is developed by Steve Underwood. Its web site is http://www.soft-switch.org/ and the latest version can be downloaded from http://www.soft-switch.org/downloads/spandsp/.
At the time of this writing, the latest version of spandsp is 0.0.6pre2. Some distributions/OSs may provide pre-packaged versions:
- Gentoo provides 0.0.2_pre20
- Debian provides 0.0.5~pre4 for lenny and sid
- add your favourite distro here.
If you build spandsp from sources, it requires at least (be sure to have the dev or devel versions of those libraries installed if your distribution/OS provides them as separate packages):
The official installation instructions are located at http://www.soft-switch.org/installing-spandsp.html.
SpanDSP as a FAX machine for Asterisk 1.6.X
G.711 and T.38 FAX support is built into Asterisk, through the use of the Spandsp library. The Spandsp library itself must be manually added. See the Asterisk T.38 page for detailed installation instructions.SpanDSP as a FAX machine for Asterisk 1.4.X
SpanDSP supports FAXing at speeds up to 14,400bps V.17, and works with or without ECM (error correction mode).Although I have not yet tested this myself (I will later and hopefully update here later) here are some links that should be able to enable you to apply SpanDSP to Asterisk 1.4.X.
- http://www.voipphreak.ca/archives/421 Tutorial
- http://www.en.sinologic.net/2007/06/24/tutorial-to-includes-spandsp-on-asterisk-14/ More Info
- AGX Extra Addons for Asterisk contains enhanced version of app_rxfax and app_txfax for 1.4
Third Party Application
The following third party applications provide support for Spandsp and add additional functionalityAGX Extra Addons for Asterisk provide some fax applications that uses spandsp and works with Asterisk 1.4.
Noojee Fax provides a full email/fax gateway with a help of cool features
See also
- http://www.soft-switch.org Steve Underwood's Web Site
- Guide for spandsp by Scott
- app_rxfax and app_txfax
- Asterisk Fax
Comments
333Multipages fax
333Makefile patch for ast 1.2.1
+++ Makefile 2005-12-28 10:15:15.000000000 -0500 @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
APPS+=app_osplookup.so
endif
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET)/usr/local/include/spandsp.h $(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET)/usr/include/spandsp.h),) + APPS+=app_rxfax.so app_txfax.so +endif + ifeq ($(findstring BSD,${OSARCH}),BSD)
CFLAGS+=-I$(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET)/usr/local/include -L$(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET)/usr/local/lib
endif
@@ -102,6 +106,12 @@
app_curl.so: app_curl.o
$(CC) $(SOLINK) -o $@ ${CYGSOLINK} $< ${CYGSOLIB} $(CURLLIBS)
+app_rxfax.so : app_rxfax.o + $(CC) $(SOLINK) -o $@ $< -lspandsp -ltiff + +app_txfax.so : app_txfax.o + $(CC) $(SOLINK) -o $@ $< -lspandsp -ltiff + app_sql_postgres.o: app_sql_postgres.c
$(CC) -pipe -I/usr/local/pgsql/include $(CFLAGS) -c -o app_sql_postgres.o app_sql_postgres.c
333rxfax/txfax: getting versions to match with asterisk 1.2.x versions
http://soft-switch.org/downloads/spandsp/spandsp-0.0.2pre21b/asterisk-1.2.x/
The patching will fail though, so you have to hand tweak the 'apps/Makefile' under the asterisk source dir. Call me if you need any assistance: pcleddy at dat yahoo place.
If you previously installed another version of spandsp, 'make uninstall' is implemented and works, wow!
Also make sure you add '/usr/local/lib' on it's own line in /etc/ld.so.conf, and then run 'ldconfig' command.
Did I probably forget something? Yes.