Hello,
Ok, that is not really good news. We currently pay for a dedicated fax line but noticed that we only received about 5 faxes last year, (of which a few unwanted fax mailings). We are sending about 50 faxes a year. As with most companies, most of our customers started using email instead, but still, we don't really want to stop offering the possibility to send faxes to us. We hoped to share the voice and fax on the same line as a "workaround".
In the documentation of the LinkSyS SPA3102 (
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/col...9692/ps9944/ps9946/data_sheet_c78-502105.html), I have found this feature "Fax tone detection and pass-through (using G.711)".
Do I understand it correctly that the LinkSyS is capable to detect faxes and route them? If true, is this device then able to forward a detected fax to the FXS phone port? If we then connect our fax to the FXS port we should normally be able to send and receive faxes using our analog fax device, right?
Then again the concern which I already mentioned in my previous topic in this forum. In the documentation of 3CX for SPA 3102 (http ://www.3cx.com/voip-gateways/linksys-3102/ -
NO LONGER AVAILABLE) I noticed a note: “How to configure a LINKSYS SPA-3102 for ATA Functionality Note: The Linksys SPA3102 can either be set as a gateway OR as an ATA device. 3CX does not support the device when configured in both modes simultaneously.”. Would this forwarded fax solution work (if the detection works like I understand), if we want our PSTN line to be accessible on the 3CX via the same SPA3102?
And last, if the SPA3102 is able to detect faxes (let’s hope), is the DID coming from the phone company or can the Linksys then assign a DID based on this fax detection signal?