Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-25 Thread Alex Samorukov
On 01/24/2013 02:59 PM, jcomm...@math.leidenuniv.nl wrote: I would be very glad to receive pointers about what is needed for this, both in terms of hardware and software. (Since I have never soldered before, I would like to know of solutions that work via USB or something like that.) I have

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-25 Thread Ian Darwin
On 2013-01-25 8:17 AM, jcomm...@math.leidenuniv.nl wrote: Thanks for your replies. I think I have some good pointers here. But, to make one thing clear. I am not looking that much for VoIP options, but would like to connect to an existing carrier, with a SIM-card. The point is that I want other

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-25 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
jcomm...@math.leidenuniv.nl writes: Thanks for your replies. I think I have some good pointers here. But, to make one thing clear. I am not looking that much for VoIP options, but would like to connect to an existing carrier, with a SIM-card. My USB 3G modem solution does exactly this.

Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-24 Thread jcommeli
Dear list, I have been following the discussions on this list with great interest. Finally I have a project that I would like to work on, but I do not have all the expertise. You probably all know about the Raspberry Pi [1] (creditcard size computer for $35). I was wondering if it would be easy

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-24 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
jcomm...@math.leidenuniv.nl writes: capabilities. And with that, I do not mean only SMS, but also phone calls (calling and receiving). Just plug in a USB 3G modem? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-24 Thread David Matthews
offtopic you can install freewitch on a raspberrypi use the stable release as although the latest version builds, it does not run (at least not for me) http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide you then have an opening into the world of voip - there are many things taht could be done

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-24 Thread Al Johnson
On Thursday 24 January 2013 16:18:38 Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: jcomm...@math.leidenuniv.nl writes: capabilities. And with that, I do not mean only SMS, but also phone calls (calling and receiving). Just plug in a USB 3G modem? Assuming it's one with voice capability and software

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-24 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Al Johnson openm...@mazikeen.demon.co.uk writes: Assuming it's one with voice capability and software support, yes. Some research will be needed to see if there's a combination of bits known to work with the Pi. Huawei E169 and asterisk worked for me last time I tried.