ATA for Fax

[BTI09]

Hello, I have a customer with a need for a fax machine at their remote site. They have a few IP phones at this site as well. They have an IPO R8. Can someone recommend an ATA solution that will work for this? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

 

[WCeightoh]

I've got a Cisco SPA112 working with a 3rd party IP endpoint license at our office. Works like a charm and affordable.

 

[rdoubrava]

I use the Patton M-ATA.
No issues
use G.711

On the Fax machine
Turn down the speed
Turn OFF or disable ECM

 

[ipohead]

What sort of trunks do you have?

We only have SIP trunks here and in theory Fax doesn't play well but we just connect the fax to an Phone 8 port. Phone 2 modules aren't that expensive.

We don't use fax very often but for regular use a separate PSTN line is the best option.

 

[derfloh]

SPA112 works well. Sadfully it is not PoE powered.

Buying a separate PSTN line isn't state of the art anymore.

IP Office remote service

https://www.fwilke.com/home

Fixed price SIP trunk configuration:

https://www.fwilke.com/en/ip-office-sip-trunk-en/

CLI based cale blocking:

https://blog.fwilke.com/ip-office-block-calls-from-specific-cli/

SCN fallback over PSTN:

https://blog.fwilke.com/ip-office-scn-fallback/

 

[rdoubrava]

I have use both the Patton M-ATA and the SPA112.
neither are POE.
Both work without issue.
I use G711, I have never gotten T.38 to work.

Both on SIP trunks.

 

[Nutritional_Info]

VIP-156PE 802.3af PoE SIP Analog Telephone Adapter from is a POE option if needed.

 

[StephenWyker]

Agreed on the VIP-156PE -- it just works and was super simple to configure. We only use it a few times a week, but seems to work fine in and out using our sip outgoing lines too