Gateways for IP-Based Fax Servers?
How can the overall market for enterprise fax servers
continue to grow, even as investments in TDM fax-server systems are declining?
The answer, of course, is that IP-based fax servers are more than taking up the
slack. Obviously, fax-server vendors that continue to "sit this one out" run the
risk of being permanently left behind. Fax-server vendors must add support for
IP fax. But as IP networking is new technology for many of these vendors, there
are plenty of questions. Chief among them are those concerned with the
conversion between TDM and IP transport, the task of the IP-PSTN gateway. Then
there are the issues of signaling (SIP, H.323, etc.), HMP, and T.38 versus G.711
pass-through.
What the fax-server vendor needs is an experienced HMP
fax-media-server vendor, and Commetrex' new white paper, BladeWare in the
Enterprise, Vendor Considerations, to help you sort out your options.
Want a copy? Send an e-mail to Alex Adams (aadams@commetrex.com)
and he'll get one to you by return e-mail.
BladeWareHMP Special Offer
For a limited time, we are making a special introductory
BladeWare offer: Between now and March 30, 2007, license the BladeWare SDKs and
receive 10 free ports of BladeWare, a $1700 value.
Specifically designed for OEMs and developers, BladeWare
is a scalable and cost-effective host-media-processing platform for deploying
media server applications on standard general-purpose computing platforms
without the need for specialized hardware. BladeWare is currently shipping with
support for terminating T.38 and terminating G.711 pass-through fax. Two
deployment-ready applications are also available: BladeWare Fax Media Server,
for use with seperate application servers, and BladeWare Fax-to-Email. In the
near future, BladeWare will support a rich set of additional media-processing
functions: multi-media messaging, IVR, conferencing, and video, enabling
deployment of a wide range of powerful IP media-server applications, from
contact centers and IP PBXs to social networking and conferencing platforms. And
it's completely open. This means there are SDKs to support development at any
level, including, of course, the application level, but also system services,
signaling, and media technologies.
Don't wait! To take advantage of this limited-time
offer, license the BladeWare SDKs by March 30 and receive 10 ports of BladeWare
along with the SDKs at no additional charge.
For a personalized quote, call or e-mail:
Tom Ray @ 770-449-7775 x340,
e-mail: tray@commetrex.com, or
Alex Adams @ 770-449-7775 x320,
e-mail: aadams@commetrex.com
The MSP-H8 PCI Board Has Shrunk!
Yep, it was too big. Since the MSP-H8 was first
developed, PCI-card dimensions have shrunk, so the H8 has had to go on a diet.
We've also moved a few things around. The
original H8 is a high-precision 1-to-8 line analog PCM interface. We use it
with OTF or BladeWare when a PSTN analog interface is required, and it makes a
great low-cost analog fax board since all the signal processing uses host MIPS-no
DSPs required. The line interfaces, which could be either FXS or FXO, were on
individual SIMM-like modules.
The new MSP-H8/a has four trunk interfaces on the main
board. Up to two two-port daughter cards, which may be either trunk or station
interfaces, can be added, for up to 8 ports. No external power is required for
the station interfaces, either. 16-bit linear data are provided, making our V.34
HMP fax modems very happy. And, speaking of fax, with both FXS and FXO (station
and trunk) interfaces on the same board, you can implement some pretty high-function
systems that include fax relay, PSTN terminations, and even support "behind-the-system
" legacy fax terminals.
Win32 and Linux drivers are available, so you can use it
with either version of OTF/BladeWare. A board-level (embedded) SDK is also
available, so feel free to use it with your host-level system. Asterisk users,
this one's for you.
Availability is early Q2.
Questions? Give Mike Coffee a call at 770-449-7775 X310.
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FaxTap for T.38
Now Available
Three years ago, Commetrex announced the availability of
FaxTap, which converts PCM recordings of fax transactions to TIFF-F files. Now,
FaxTap for T.38 is also available.
Commetrex' FaxTap PCM-to-TIFF-F Converter performs an
off-line conversion of a full-duplex PCM recording of an analog fax transaction
to the TIFF-F image file. Now, we have combined our TerminatingT38 technology
with the popular Wireshark (nee Ethereal) open-source IP protocol analyzer to
create FaxTap for T.38. This means you can give FaxTap a "PCAP" file produced
by Wireshark, and FaxTap for T.38 will give you the TIFF-F in return. FaxTap for
T.38 also provides an analysis function that will return the decoded T.38
packets, T.30 frames, and general call-flow indicators.
Want additional information? Send an e-mail to marketing@commetrex.com.
Write FaxTap for T.38 in the subject line for a quick response.
See Faxing for free over Skype at VON Spring
NetGen Communications, a heretofore stealth-mode
Commetrex spin-off, has a prototype of its first product, FaxIP for Skype, now
running. It allows a Skyper to send faxes in real-time from fax machine to fax
machine anywhere in the world absolutely free.
This is not store-and-forward and it does not use a
third-party fax service. It's real-time fax relay across the Skype network
based on the T.38 protocol. You feed the paper into the sending machine here,
place the call, and it comes out at the receiving machine there--all in real
time-a legal document.
This patent-pending Skype-compatible technology takes
advantage of Commetrex' industry-leading fax-relay technology, the Skype peer-to-peer
network, and a special version of the Eutectics
IPP2000 RJ-11-to-USB converter.
NetGen anticipates that FaxIP for Skype will be in
retail distribution in the second quarter of this year. The retail price of the
IPP2000F will be less than $59.95 and the target price of the software is $19.95.
Versions for Google Talk, AOL's Total Talk, etc. are planned for the second half.
Also, releases with enhanced functionality, for example real-time faxing from
Microsoft Word, are planned for release throughout the year.
Questions? Contact Tom Ray at 770-449-7775 x320 or send
him an e-mail at tray@commetrex.com. He'll
be happy to hear from you.
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