Re: FAX from IBM i without physical Fax line

It might be fun but it is more hardware.

Plus you would still need to do programming of some kind on the IBM i, and on the Pi itself. Not really a cost-effective solution when you consider how low-cost the email based fax services are.


Jon Paris

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On Dec 19, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Jonathan Wilson <piercing_male@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 2016-12-19 at 09:50 +0100, Marc Rauzier wrote:

Le 18/12/2016 à 23:03, DrFranken a écrit :

Looking for good recommendations on software or services used from IBM
i to perform faxing WITHOUT a physical fax line attached.

Did you check that ?
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020574

Thats quite interesting, from a personal curiosity standpoint, as I did
not know such a protocol or method existed.

I guess with a Raspberry PI, Linux, ser2net (application), a USB fax
modem (assuming you could get, or are inbuilt, arm drivers), a
Tupperware box, and a couple of stand-offs, you could probably set up
your own fax server box for 30-50 quid.

Then again, if you've shelled out thousands for an I (or power system in
general) a few hundred more for a known to work solution would probably
cost far less than the time involved to get a cobbled together system
working.

With the newer systems it's often no longer possible to insert a fax
card.

Expecting perhaps SMTP to a service that performs the fax is one option.

Anyone have good experience with a service for this?

Thanks!

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