Welcome to… Getting Started With PIKA Fax for Asterisk ® & trixbox ® We will begin at 1pm EDT

1. Welcome to…Getting Started WithPIKA Fax for Asterisk® & trixbox®We will begin at 1pm EDT

2. Getting Started WithPIKA Fax for Asterisk® & trixbox® Eric PretlacTechnical Support EngineerJune 18, 2008

3. Before we get started • Audio – dial into the conference call • Send questions at any time during webinar • Question and Answer window • Type in question, hit send • Answered at the end • Disable pop-up blockers

4. Agenda • What is a channel driver? • What is supported? • Versions of Asterisk, trixbox • What hardware is supported? • Fax features • Installing PIKA fax with trixbox • How to download files • Step-by-step installation • Dialplan syntax • Installing PIKA fax with “stock” Asterisk® • How to download files • Step-by-step installation • Dialplan syntax • Question & Answer

5. Terminology • What is a channel driver? • According to www.asterisk.org • “Each call into Asterisk® must come in through a channel driver that supports a technology like SIP, ZAP, IAX2 etc.” • Program that allows PIKA cards to work with Asterisk®

6. PIKA Terminology • chan_pika_dsp • low density analog (4 port fxo) card • On-board DSP • chan_pika • high density analog fxo / fxs cards • digital T1/E1 cards • fax with any Asterisk® compatible board!!

7. What you can do with PIKA Fax for Asterisk • Send and receive faxes (to a file) • Fax with any Asterisk® compatible board • e.g. PIKA, Digium, Sangoma, Rhino • Works with Asterisk® and trixbox

8. PIKA Fax = Reliable Fax • Same stack as our business class fax • Based on Commetrex fax technology • Broad range of fax machine compatibility • Case Study: Protus IP Solutions

9. PIKA’s Fax Features • Supports ITU-T T.30 • Supports ITU-T V.21, V.27ter, V.29 and V.17 modems for send and receive data rates up to 14.4 Kbps. • ECM (error correction mode) • Header and footers can be added by senders and receivers

10. PIKA’s Fax Features (cont’d) • Subscriber ID • T.4 and T.6 formats including: • Metric- and inch-based page sizes • All resolutions including 100x100, 200x200, 300x300 and 400x400 • MH, MR and MMR encoding • TIFF-F format

11. Installing PIKA Fax withtrixbox

12. PIKA support for trixbox • PIKA supports trixbox CE 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 • PIKA hardware • Low Density Analog (4 fxo) • High density Analog Trunk/ fxo • High density Analog Station/ fxs • Digital T1/E1 PCI/PCIe

13. PIKA Hardware for Asterisk®

14. Installing PIKA Fax withtrixbox

15. Download the files • Download and install trixbox • www.trixbox.org • Download and install PIKA files • using “yum install” • Installation instructions • www.pikatechnologies.com/asterisk

16. Installing chan_pika with trixbox • Install the PIKA card [ optional ] • # yum install pika-repo • # yum install pika_aoh_* • # yum install chan_pika-3* • # pikalm [ to install fax licenses ] • Use FreePBX to configure a fax extension • add [custom-pikafax] to extensions_custom.conf • Add Extension: Other (Custom) Device • dial: Local/s@custom-pikafax • General Settings: PIKA fax <9998> • Restart asterisk

17. Using PIKA fax in your Dialplan - Receiving [custom-pikafax] exten => s,1,Wait(1) exten => s,n,NoOp(Answer from a PSTN port) exten => s,n,Answer exten => s,n,Wait(1) exten => s,n,Set(LOCALSTATIONID=1078) exten => s,n,Set(LOCALHEADERINFO= "PIKARxFax Test Page %P Time: %H:%M To: %l From: %r") exten => s,n,Set(FAXFILE=/tmp/pikafax-${UNIQUEID}.tif) exten => s,n,Wait(1) exten => s,n,PIKARxFax(${FAXFILE}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${REMOTESTATIONID}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${FAXPAGES}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${FAXBITRATE}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${FAXRESOLUTION}) exten => s,n,Hangup

18. Installing PIKA fax with “stock” Asterisk

19. PIKA support for Asterisk® • PIKA supports Asterisk 1.2 and 1.4 • PIKA hardware • Low Density Analog (4 fxo) • High density Analog Trunk/ fxo • High density Analog Station/ fxs • Digital T1/E1 PCI/PCIe

20. Before you begin… • gcc and glibc must be installed • Kernel source must be installed • Must disable SElinux • Any 32-bit distro using kernel 2.6+ • Must use the smp kernel (chan_pika) • PIKA scripts check all of this! 

21. Download the files • Full instructions are in the INSTALL doc • on our website (and in the download) • Download Zaptel and Asterisk source • www.asterisk.org • Download PIKA files • www.pikatechnologies.com/asterisk

22. Installing PIKA fax with “stock” Asterisk

23. Installing chan_pika • Extract Asterisk source # tar -zxf asterisk-1.4.17.tar.gz -C /usr/src/ • Extract Zaptel source # tar -zxf zaptel-1.4.7.tar.gz -C /usr/src/ • PIKA uses ztdummy module  • Extract PIKA channel driver source # tar -zxf chan_pika-3.3.0.tgz -C /usr/src/

24. chan_pika (cont’d) • Physically install the PIKA board • Install the PIKA board driver and SDK # cd /usr/src/chan_pika-3.3.0 # ./pikaaoh-2.2.8-linux-installer • Activate PIKA fax licenses # pikalm • Enter the license string emailed to you

25. Installing chan_pika (cont’d) • Build and install Zaptel #./configure && make && make install • Build and install Asterisk #./configure && make && make install • Build and install chan_pika # cd /usr/src/chan_pika-3.3.0 # ./configure && make && make install • Configure chan_pika # make config

26. Using PIKA fax in your Dialplan - Receiving [custom-pikafax] exten => s,1,Wait(1) exten => s,n,NoOp(Answer from a PSTN port) exten => s,n,Answer exten => s,n,Wait(1) exten => s,n,Set(LOCALSTATIONID=1078) exten => s,n,Set(LOCALHEADERINFO= "PIKARxFax Test Page %P Time: %H:%M To: %l From: %r") exten => s,n,Set(FAXFILE=/tmp/pikafax-${UNIQUEID}.tif) exten => s,n,Wait(1) exten => s,n,PIKARxFax(${FAXFILE}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${REMOTESTATIONID}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${FAXPAGES}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${FAXBITRATE}) exten => s,n,NoOp(${FAXRESOLUTION}) exten => s,n,Hangup

27. Using PIKA fax in your Dialplan - Sending [outgoing] exten => s,1,Dial(Zap/g0/6135551234) exten => s,n,Set(LOCALSTATIONID=1078) exten => s,n,Set(LOCALHEADERINFO= "PIKARxFax Test Page %P Time: %H:%M To: %l From: %r") exten => s,n,Set(FAXFILE=/tmp/pikafax.tif) exten => s,n,Wait(1) exten => s,n,PikaTxFax(${FAXFILE}) exten => s,n,Hangup

28. Installing PIKA fax – Last Step! • Start Asterisk • To verify that Pika fax applications have been successfully installed: *CLI>  show applications PikaRxFax and PikaTxFax *CLI>  pika show version PIKA Channel Driver for Asterisk 3.3.0.194 GrandPrix version: 2.4.0.100 AoH version: 2.4.0.130

29. Why choose PIKA Fax for Asterisk? • Easy to install • Accessible Support • Reliable, market proven performance • High Density • Low cost

30. Agenda • What is a channel driver? • What is supported? • trixbox 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 • Asterisk 1.2 & 1.4 • PIKA hardware + 3rd party • Fax features • Installing PIKA fax with trixbox • How to download files • Step-by-step installation • Dialplan syntax • Installing PIKA fax with “stock” Asterisk® • How and where to download files • Step-by-step installation • Dialplan syntax • Question & Answer

31. Question & Answer We invite you to ask questions. Enter your question in the Question and Answer window. Send to LEADER. We’ll answer as many questions as we have time.

32. Contact Us • Support • Mon-Fri 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST/EDT • Phone : +1-613-591-1555 • Dial “2” for Support • Skype: pikatechnologies • Email: support@pikatech.com

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