Unable to fax between two ATA 187 attached fax machines

I have two fax machines attached to the VOIP network using ATA 187's using the T38 fax relay. I am unable to send faxes between the two devices. Has anybody experienced this issue and if so what did you do to resolve the issue. Tried fax passthrough with no luck. Also set the dial peer on the voice gateway to use the T38 fax protocol. Thanks for any info.

Looks like I just answered my own question. Since both of these devices are on the internal VOIP network, 4 digit dialing between devices worked. I am able to send between the two ATA attached fax machines. Originally I was trying to go outside, using 9xxxxxxx, which did not work.

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v_subject varchar2, -- Subject of the email
v_body varchar2, -- Body of the email
v_from VARCHAR2 default 'XYZ.com', -- sender mail id
v_to varchar2 default 'XYZ.com', -- Field To of the email
v_cc varchar2 default 'XYZ.com' -- cc address
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substr(a.description,1,32)DESCRIPTION,
substr(a.Bal_qty,1,8) BAL_QTY,
substr(a.unit_meas,1,5)UOM,
a.wanted_receipt_date WAN_REC_DT,
a.latest_order_date LAT_ORD_DT
from bec_pr_line_rep a
where a.Bal_qty>0 and a.header_state not in 'Closed'
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and a.buyer_code='70306'
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fHandle UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
v_msg_line varchar2(2000);
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--SCOPE=SPFILE;
SELECT name, value
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'Subject: ' || v_subject || CRLF ||
'To: ' || v_to || CRLF ||
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'Content-Type: multipart/mixed;'||CRLF ||
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Pending PR to process (detail report)01-17-13 12:43:19 PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Req.no. li Re Site Prj Id Act seq Part no Description Qty UOM want rec dt lat ord dt--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAT/250370 | 2| 1|ISCSP | 4977| 100004207| 0104000016|Angle 50 X 50 X 6 IS:2062 Grade |500|kg |30-NOV-2012| 20-nov-2012MAT/250370 | 3| 1|ISCSP | 4977| 100004207| 0105000002|Channel 100 X 50 IS:2062 Grade A | 1000|kg | 30-NOV-2012| 20-nov-2012MAT/250579 | 2| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 2991|kg | 13-DEC-2012| 03-dec-2012MAT/250606 | 2| |NMDCJ | 6002| 100005860| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 4500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250607 | |1|NMDCJ|6001|100005580| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 1500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250194 | 3| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 3939|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250606 | 4| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005860| 0109020004|TMT Bar 16 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 39000|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250607 | 4| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020004|TMT Bar 16 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 17500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250194 | 2| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020004|TMT Bar 16 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 12183|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250606 | 6| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005860| 0109020006|TMT Bar 25 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 9500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250607 | 6| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020006|TMT Bar 25 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 4500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250194 | 6| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020006|TMT Bar 25 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 17500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250607 | 7| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020008|TMT Bar 32 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 22000|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/250194 | 7| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020008|TMT Bar 32 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 27060|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012MAT/251138 | 1| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005825| 3501000001|Cement 50 kg | 1|pkt | 25-DEC-2013| 14-dec-2013--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
where as source file is like that:-
Pending PR to process (detail report)
01-17-13 12:43:19 PM
Req.no. li Re Site Prj Id Act seq Part no Description Qty UOM want rec dt lat ord dt
MAT/250370 | 2| 1|ISCSP | 4977| 100004207| 0104000016|Angle 50 X 50 X 6 IS:2062 Grade | 5500|kg | 30-NOV-2012| 20-nov-2012
MAT/250370 | 3| 1|ISCSP | 4977| 100004207| 0105000002|Channel 100 X 50 IS:2062 Grade A | 1000|kg | 30-NOV-2012| 20-nov-2012
MAT/250579 | 2| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 2991|kg | 13-DEC-2012| 03-dec-2012
MAT/250606 | 2| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005860| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 4500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250607 | 2| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 1500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250194 | 3| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020002|TMT Bar 10 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 3939|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250606 | 4| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005860| 0109020004|TMT Bar 16 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 39000|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250607 | 4| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020004|TMT Bar 16 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 17500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
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MAT/250606 | 6| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005860| 0109020006|TMT Bar 25 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 9500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250607 | 6| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020006|TMT Bar 25 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 4500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250194 | 6| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020006|TMT Bar 25 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 17500|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250607 | 7| 1|NMDCJ | 6001| 100005580| 0109020008|TMT Bar 32 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 22000|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/250194 | 7| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005818| 0109020008|TMT Bar 32 mm Fe 415 IS:1786 | 27060|kg | 29-DEC-2012| 19-dec-2012
MAT/251138 | 1| 1|NMDCJ | 6002| 100005825| 3501000001|Cement 50 kg | 1 |pkt | 25-DEC-2013| 14-dec-2013
Ignore alignment. It is well formatted in source file.

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RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.
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Software RAID is more flexible than Hardware RAID. Software RAID is also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, a Software RAID system requires more CPU cycles and power to run well than a comparable Hardware RAID System. Also, because Software RAID operates on a partition by partition basis where a number of individual disk partitions are grouped together as opposed to Hardware RAID systems which generally group together entire disk drives, Software RAID tends be slightly more complicated to run. This is because it has more available configurations and options. An added benefit to the slightly more expensive Hardware RAID solution is that many Hardware RAID systems incorporate features that are specialized for optimizing the performance of your system.
For more detailed information on the differences between Software RAID and Hardware RAID you may want to read: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID: Which Implementation is Best for my Application?

Fax can receive but not send using ATA 187

Hi, i'm fairly new to the world of voice so please bare with me on this one
I'm upgrading a customer from analog telephony to VOIP and the customer wants his faxes working.
Telephone works fine, CUPC works fine, CUBAC works as it should etc but the fax-machines can only receive faxes, not send them.
The setup is:
CUCM 8.5.1.12900-7
CUBE Version 15.1(3)T1
ATA 187.9-2-1-0
I'm using T.38 and SIP
When i put 2 fax machines on the new solution and test them they work. They can send and receive faxes but then the traffic is local and not sendt out over the IP-trunk. When i send a fax to a fax machine (from external) it works but when the same fax machine tries to send a fax externally it failes.
It places the call but when it tries to send the fax it gives up.
I've atteached the "debug voice ccapi inout" and "debug ccsip all" from CUBE for details.
This is the last issue i have to get this customer flying on Cisco equiptment (i hope).
/Tony

Hi
Sorry for misleading you on that one. I know its on the trunk
And i believe i found the cause of my problem. The DN wasnt presented the way the the provider wanted it.
The misleading part was that it failed on media negotioation, not on the call. The log even tell the story of media negotiation being succesful but it also terminates on "cause=64" which is media failure.
I was able to place calls, receive call and receive faxes but not able to send any fax at all. That through me off thinking there was nothing wrong.
Thanks for the help

Cisco ATA 187 faxing issues

We have a site (a new site) that has about 50 or so ATA 187's being used for faxing. Were having faxing issues where some fax machines can't fax to external (to the PSTN) fax machines. They seem to be related to Ricoh fax machines that are Super G3. Any one come across similar troubles with the ATA's? Considering going to VG224's.
Thanks!

I have around 80 ATAs in production accross 11 sites and they gave me some headaches, a simple google search will produce dozens of similar issues.
Obviously there is a lot of things that come into play such as your PSTN transport (SIP/ISDN?) and also your media transmission method (t.38 vs pass-through). Here are some questions so we can better help you.
1.Start basic, make sure the affected ATAs have an external phone number mask properly assigned, sounds easy but this is the most common reason why my clients submit tickets.
2. Are you using CUCM for call control?
3.Collect appropriate debugs and post them, "debug ccsip messages" or "debug isdn q931) depending of your transport. Also provide us a copy of your gw config.
4. Symptoms: Issues with sending AND receiving? Error message/Busy signal?
- Frank

How can I communicate between two computer via RS 232 port?

I would like to communicate between two computer in order to servo a motor motion to an acquisition.
Thank you in advance for your answer an your solutions

PreScript: I did not rate the above answer!
Here's a VI I use to test my instruments - if you have it running on both PCs, you should be able to communicate (with the help of a Null modem between them - cross Rx and Tx) - hopefully this will get you started.
cheers,
Christopher
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