TUTORIAL Install Incredible Fax 11

jubangy

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Greetings,

I installed from PiaF 2.0.6.4.2 32-bit ISO (2013-03-31) and ran into a couple of minuscule issues during the process.

First, for those who stumbled across this post, _always_ perform a backup prior to the installation of Incredible PBX, then perform _another_ backup prior to the installation of IncredFax.


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install-incredfax2 - 2.2.0 released on 082612
CentOS release 6.4 (Final) - 32 Bit
**********************************************************************
* Your system appears to meet the requirements!                      *
**********************************************************************
* REQUIRED                    DETECTED
*----------------------------- ------------------------
* Asterisk Version 1.8/10      | 10        <----- 10.12.2
* Freepbx Version 2.8/2.9/2.10 | 2.9.0.11  <----- 2.9.0.12 per GUI
* PIAF Family Version 206X    | 20641      <----- 20642
* CentOS Version 6.2 or higher | 6.4
* CentOS Type 32 or 64 bit    | 32 Bit
**********************************************************************
* Now continuing with the installation                              *
**********************************************************************


I installed PiaF RED, backed up system, installed Incredible PBX 3.x, backed up the system, then ran:

Code:
install-incredpbx3
update-programs
update-fixes

Backed up the system, then ran:

Code:
install-incredfax2

I experienced the following error:

Code:
No package hylafax+-server available.

To work around this minuscule issue, I recovered from backup and ran:

Code:
yum install hylafax*

Which installed both hylaFAX+ server and client.

Next, I ran:

Code:
install-incredfax2

I followed the prompts and the installation completed successfully. :)

After rebooting, I ran the following:
Code:
update-programs
update-fixes
yum install perl-CGI
chkconfig --level 345 hylafax+ on
chkconfig --level 345 iaxmodem on
service hylafax+ restart
service iaxmodem restart

I configured via the <a href="http://www.pbxinaflash.com/community/index.php?threads/hylafax-avantfax-for-piaf-parts-1-4.3645/">Tutorial: HylaFAX / AvantFax for PIAF! - Parts 1-4</a>.

I was able to receive a fax, but had trouble sending one.

The following entry (sanitized and extra spaces removed) was in /var/spool/hylafax/etc/xferfaxlog
Code:
04/09/13 13:19 UNSENT 6 "" user@localhost "1xxxxxxxxxx" "" 0 0 0:00:00 0:00:00 "**** Page has no /MediaBox attribute. Using the current page size.\
  Error: /stackunderflow in --run--\

I updated to ghostscript-9.07 to work around this issue (I recommend CUPS users download/compile/install CUPS first).

Code:
cd /usr/src
w-g-e-t http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/ghostscript-9.07.tar.gz
tar -xvf ghostscript-9.07.tar.gz
cd ghostscript-9.07
./configure
make
make install
ldconfig

Next, I updated HylaFAX+ to use the newer version of ghostscript.

Using your favorite editor (nano, vi, emacs) or script, edit /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.cache.

Change the following line:
Code:
GSRIP='/usr/bin/gs'

to

Code:
GSRIP='/usr/local/bin/gs'

Restart hylaFAX+.

Code:
service hylafax+ restart

I successfully faxed a 100,965,810 byte tiff file (outbound via CallCentric), to my Panasonic Fax unit (inbound Google Voice connected to Obi100).

I should note that hylaFAX+'s automatic resend function works very well... the first two attempts overflowed the receive buffer in the Panasonic Fax unit (it's 10+ years old), and the third attempt switched to line by line mode. :p


(original post date: Apr 10, 2013)

Thank You for this saved me a ton of headache and hair pulling (not enough left)
 

jubangy

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I just received a 18 page fax (was a test from fax machine at work) to my piaf green vm, which only has a google voice account to send and receive on. Very nice software.
 

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