For those with SRFax, extend your use of your subscription with a desktop client to let you fax outside of OSCAR (see the gateway for having OSCAR use their API)
Preface
This is a basic installation of a SRFax desktop client as a general utility for faxing from the desktop outside of OSCAR. The client was written by OSCARService as an open source product under GLP v3 based on YajHFC 0.6.0
Document Version History
- v1.0 – initial public release to oscarmanual.org – Nov 30, 2016
copyright ©2016 by Peter Hutten-Czapski MD under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
Contents
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Prerequisites
Almost any workstation that runs Java 8 including Windows 2000 or newer, Mac OSX or Linux workstation
An account at SRFax.com
NOTE: While Windows XP is currently considered obsolete (consider reformatting and running Linux) both Java 8 and this client run fine on it
Installing Client
Install Java 8 according to the instructions for your system
Go to https://www.srfax.com/online-fax-features/srfax-client/ and download your choice of client
For Windows users you will download SRFax_Desktop_Win.zip
Extract the zip file using the decompression tool of preference (in Windows explorer will let you open zips) just extract
The zip will have an installer named SRFax_Desktop_Win.exe
Run it as administrator to install
Install the "full package" which will install ghostscript, and the printer driver
For Mac just move the installer to the Applications folder
For Linux install a normal YajHFC client version 0.6.0 to your machine from http://www.yajhfc.de/downloads/current-version . Then download the Mac SRFax_Desktop.Mac client and extract the yajhfc.jar file. Replace your existing jar in /usr/share/jajhfc (or similar) with the modified one from the SRFax client.
Configuring Client
Configure as you would a normal YajHFC client
Navigate the menu Extras > Options > Servers and edit a new or default server
Select the "SRFax Protocol" in "Fax Lists" and then insert your particulars for your account at SRFax including email, account number and fax number.
Click "Test connection" to ensure that you are communicating correctly with SRFax.
see https://www.srfax.com/online-fax-features/srfax-client/
Using the Client
To fax from the desktop use the client to print as you would normally on your workstation and choose the YajHFC Fax printer
The fax printer will then open the fax dialog where you can enter the number of your recipient
That's all you need to do. However it will be useful to configure an address book. You can configure an address book local to the workstation with the YajHFC type of address book. The SRFax address book will draw from SRFax and any addresses you have saved there which may be better if you want to share these addresses. Alternately consider configuring the client to use OSCAR's consultant database for a fax number address book using the JDBC address book type with instructions from http://files.yajhfc.de/doc/MySQL.shtml
There are extensive options for YajHFC. Instructions are available on the YajHFC web pages http://www.yajhfc.de/ .