The sending and receiving systems must announce the support of T.38 FAX data applications. Support for T.38 FAX data applications must be announced during the H.245 capabilities exchange for H.323 trunks or the SDP media description for SIP trunks. Avaya systems announce support of T.38 FAX if the capability is administered on the Codec Set screen for the region. Also, a T.38-capable media processor must be chosen for the voice channel. In addition, for a successful FAX transmission, both systems must support the H.245 null capability exchange to avoid multiple IP hops in the connection.