Installation manual

GFI FaxMaker

1 Installing fax devices |14

1.7 Installing modems using the Windows

fax drivers

If you plan to use the Windows

fax modem drivers, you are required to install Microsoft

Fax prior to configuring GFI

FaxMaker, otherwise GFI FaxMaker will not detect them. To install:

Screenshot 11: Installing Fax Services

1. Install the fax modem(s) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Update with the latest modem drivers from the

manufacturer website; do not rely on the automatically detected driver of Microsoft

Windows

. If the modem supports

fax, then Windows

should install the Microsoft

fax service.

2. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs> Add/Remove Windows

components and ensure that Microsoft

Fax services are enabled.

3. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools> Services applet and ensure that the Microsoft

Fax service (‘Fax’) is

started and set to automatic.

4. Go to Control Panel > Printers and Faxes and ensure that the Microsoft

Fax printer driver is installed.

5. Send a test fax to the Microsoft

Fax printer driver to ensure it is working.

6. Once you run the GFI FaxMaker set-up, the installation wizard will recognize this fax modem and you will be able to

configure fax lines that use the Microsoft

fax drivers.

1.8 Fax over IP(FoIP)implementations

AGFI FaxMaker Fax over IPimplementation enables fax communications to be transmitted over the IPnetwork rather

than over long-distance lines. FoIPalso eliminates the need for analog fax cards and devices, enabling GFI FaxMaker to

be installed in a virtual environment such as Microsoft Hyper-V,Microsoft Virtual Server,Microsoft Virtual PC or VMware.

Use a supported FoIPsolution to integrate GFI FaxMaker with a digital telephony infrastructure. The FoIPSolution may be

configured to communicate with a VoIPPBX, a session border controller, a media gateway or directly to a hosted SIPtrunk