Technical information
BASIC FAX SERVER ADMINISTRATION
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DTMF-digit-limit is used to set the maximum number of DTMF digits to detect,
DTMF-interdigit-timeout is used to set the time to wait between two digits,
DTMF-max-collect-time is used to set the time to wait for DTMF events.
See also
For details on these parameters, refer to Configuration Files in the Reference Addendum
documentation.
Classes
VSI-FAX can use either a single physical device or a group of devices called a class. For example, a class could be a
group of devices dedicated to long distance calls, or a group of devices used only for high-volume fax requests. A
class can only contain physical devices; classes cannot contain other classes. However, any device can be included
in one or more classes.
When a fax is sent to a class, the fax will be routed to the first available modem.
Note
You must be logged in as root (Unix/Linux), Administrator (Windows), or user vsifax to change device or class
parameters.
Tip
Assign each existing device to a class, then use the class name as the default destination when sending a fax
from a program or script. This will allow you to add devices to this class in the future without having to rewrite your
program or script. Any new devices will be immediately available to service fax requests as soon as you add it to
the existing class.
Creating a new class
Note
You must be logged on as root (Unix/Linux), Administrator (Windows), or user vsifax to create a class. When
creating a class, you must restart the scheduler before the change will take effect.
Command line
A class is created when the first device is added to it with the vfxadmin class command. Use the same command
to add new devices to the class.
For example, to create a new class called sales and assign the fax1 device to it, enter:
vfxadmin class -a fax1 sales
The sales class is created, and the device fax1 is added to it.
Note
If the created class is not the default destination, you must specify it on the command line whenever you want to
use it.
To confirm that the new class was properly created, enter:
vfxstat -t
Removing a device from a class
Note
If a class has no device assigned to it, it is automatically removed from the database.
Command line
To remove device fax1 from class sales, enter:
vfxadmin class -r fax1 sales