TUTORIAL HylaFAX / AvantFax for PIAF! - Parts 1-4

[gvtricks]

I had managed to find an update for the Hylafax server to version 5.5.0, and the avantfax to 3.3.3. and I have not have not a miss on in and outbound faxes with Gvoice.
I have been testing for a some time with a 100% success.
on 6 to 15 pages faxes.

I have uploaded the zip in case someone want to test it.
It is a litter variation of the incrediblefax.sh published by Ward.
I hope he don't mind.

gvtricks

View attachment gvtrickfax.zip

 

[wardmundy]

Thanks. Tried it out. Works great and seems to be a bit more stable. I've updated Incredible Fax with the new modules. Good find!

 

[localnation]

Upgrading from A-Fax to new scripts

Ward / GVTricks,

Is there anything short of a full reload that those uf us currently using the A-Fax solution can do / need to do to upgrade ti these new scripts? I'm excited to try GVTricks adaptation and finally get GV fax out working!

 

[Bruce]

Are the instruction of Fax install at the beginning of this thread still valid?

Hello Everyone,

Is the installation steps posted tshif still valid today with FreePBX 2.8x and Piaf (latest versions)?

There are 48 pages of posting to this thread. Wondering if I should go through it or if there is an easier way.

I understand any fax module in freepbx is dependent on something like Hyla or Avanti fax at the back-end like tshif describes right?

Thanks

 

[gvtricks]

First Thing, just to clarify I do not want or deserve to take credit for the real hard work others have done before and I am not very good at documenting the steps. I’m pretty sure Ward will test it and make the necessary changes if he finds it useful. It looks like the Hylafax server 5.5.0 and the Avantfax 3.3.3 version can do a better job as far as handling sip faxes because a lot of the bugs have been worked out.
With that said, this are the steps I have used to do this install.

The incrediblefax.sh have been updates!! Thank Ward.

So go to this page for instructions:

http://nerdvittles.com/?p=738

Credits go to:

Joe Roper

tshif

Ward Mundy

And anybody else contributing to this project.

Gvtricks

 

[localnation]

Skip 99% of this thred...

Is the installation steps posted tshif still valid today with FreePBX 2.8x and Piaf (latest versions)?

There are 48 pages of posting to this thread. Wondering if I should go through it or if there is an easier way.

Bruce,
If you've never installed fax software on your PIAF server yet, you should use the info from WardMundy a few posts back, which is also explained further on the latest NerdVittles article.

Happy Faxing!

 

[Flash9999]

email notification for faxes are not being sent to my email? is this feature fully working?

 

[gvtricks]

email notification for faxes are not being sent to my email? is this feature fully working?

Yes it is fully working, check your spam folder on your gmail account and make a rule not to send it to spam.

 

[Flash9999]

Yes it is fully working, check your spam folder on your gmail account and make a rule not to send it to spam.

I have inserted a line from my "mailq" command and it shows connection timed out for all of my 67 alerts. I've also configure the google dns servers and it is still not working.

 

[gvtricks]

May be your ISP is blocking your port 25, if that the case go to this post.

http://pbxinaflash.com/community/threads/install-gmail-as-smtp-relay-host-for-sendmail.974/?t=974

 

[Flash9999]

Is there any way i can use postfix instead of sendmail, I'm asking because a currently have a working postfix server in my network

 

[vcallaway]

in /var/www/html/avantfax/includes/local_config.php there is a setting to use a remote smtp server.

 

[wardmundy]

You can do the same thing with SendMail in one line of code. Then email works for your whole server, not just AvantFax.

 

[kdaffef02]

Thanks,

YajHFC - yet another java hylafax client works Great.

Now not only can we do print to fax. But we can also view all of the inbound faxes from this same client.

Has anyone managed to find out how to have these faxes print out automatically on their local printer? (some people still want to have the old-fashioned fax print out automatically).

Thanks,
KK

Hi KK,

I m using this great YajHFC and its really works great.

but, from yestreday and without changing anything, it can not connect to Hylafax server (same connection, same user, ...) ??

This is the error :
Connection timed out: connect

Anyhelp ??? Thanks

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java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at gnu.inet.ftp.FtpClientProtocol.connect(FtpClientProtocol.java:1561)
at gnu.hylafax.HylaFAXClientProtocol.open(HylaFAXClientProtocol.java:832)
at yajhfc.HylaClientManager.forceLogin(HylaClientManager.java:132)
at yajhfc.model.servconn.hylafax.HylaFaxListConnection.connect(HylaFaxListConnection.java:162)
at yajhfc.MainWin$LoginThread.run(MainWin.java:2778)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)


YajHFC 0.5.1beta1
Java 1.6.0_24 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.6.0_24-b07
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
Windows XP 5.1 (x86)

 

[Sacrilego]

Active Directory Authentication.

AvantFax has been a big hit with us, so far the users like the idea of receiving faxes in their Exchange inbox

Thanks to Apache's Authentication modules, I even got AvantFax authenticating users through Active Directory.

Would a small howto be of interest?

 

[ghurty]

AvantFax has been a big hit with us, so far the users like the idea of receiving faxes in their Exchange inbox

Thanks to Apache's Authentication modules, I even got AvantFax authenticating users through Active Directory.

Would a small howto be of interest?

I know I would interested. Thanks

 

[rossiv]

AvantFax has been a big hit with us, so far the users like the idea of receiving faxes in their Exchange inbox

Thanks to Apache's Authentication modules, I even got AvantFax authenticating users through Active Directory.

Would a small howto be of interest?

Perhaps a new thread would be in order.
How To: AvantFax Active Directory Authentication?

 

[Sacrilego]

Perhaps a new thread would be in order.
How To: AvantFax Active Directory Authentication?

Sure thing, I'll try to get it going tomorrow.

 

[oneadvent]

I installed this a long time ago but it stopped working. It shows my iaxmodems online, but it never seems to dial.

They all show idle, and they never dial, it just kinda sits there. They all show okay in iax2 show peers.
I am running hylafax-4.4.4-1rhel5 and AvantFAX® 3.1.6. I'm not sure how to update either of them. Oh and I'm running Asterisk 1.4.39.1 and Dahdi Source Version : 2.4.0+2.4.0 if that helps.

How can I check on this? I want to get it working again.

 

[deano]

inbound route via zap

Hi All,

I have this great solution running. Works wonderful. My install is older and I want to seperate my Zap ports a little.

I am using a sangoma and want to specify the first 2 zap channels inbound for only fax and the other for voice. I see how I could do this if I had DID's, but would rather do it via the hard Zap channels.

can someone point me in the right direction. I know it has something to do with context, just don't understand to that level.

Thanks

P.S. also, will the install scripts be upgraded to work and install with purple? I don't want to do the incredible at this point as there is just too many extra's for what I need.

Thanks