Hello Marco, could you explain how you did the interfacing to the Asterisk PBX? does your prototype speak SIP to receive commands? Thanks l.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:27:33 +0200, marcotasto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > sorry if I post again this e-mail but I think the first one was lost. > > I don't know if this is OT but I'm working in my spare time at a small > hardware project that match to what's requested below. > It's a board with Input/Output capabilities and 10Mbps ethernet > interface. It has Microchip software TCP/IP stack on it. > Being at a very beginning stage, you can see a little preview (and > hopefully play with an online prototype) at this address: > > http://www.auto-matica.com/index.php?id=16 > > I've used it in the past to open a garage door when calling a private > extension with Asterisk PBX and a little perl-AGI glue. > > I hope could interest to someone and I'm open to any > suggestion/collaborations. > > Thank you and bye, > Marco. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Faubion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:46 AM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] phone as control interface(was99bottlesof > beer) > > >>> has anyone actually been satisfied with the performance of these >>> powerline signalling devices ? >> >> Universal Powerline Bus is a vast improvement over the original X10. I >> believe the X10 devices used a 4V signal during the zero crossing point >> of >> the AC voltage to transmit 1 bit. Needless to say this made X10 slow, >> susceptible to line noise and not very reliable. IIRC X10 is only 75% >> reliable. By contrast, UPB is 20-40 times faster, it uses a higher >> signaling >> voltage so line noise isn't a big factor any more and has the advantage >> of >> controlling 250 times more devices than X10. This will help to prevent >> stray >> signals from the neighbors controller from accidentally controlling your >> devices. UPB is supposed to be 99.9% reliable with a latency of less >> than >> 100 milliseconds. Granted that still leaves a tenth of a percent of >> uncertainly. However that is without resorting to filters, couplers and >> the >> like. >> >>> Granted in an existing situation there may not be a way to run more >>> wires, but I evaluated them a while back and decided to stay away. >> >> You may want to take another look at them. Just like Asterisk has made >> great >> strides since the release of 0.7, UPB has brought the quality level way >> up. >> Of course this higher quality also has a higher price. >> >> John >> > > Anyone on the list interested on working on a project where we can create > devices that work over Ethernet ? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- Loway Research - Home of QueueMetrics http://queuemetrics.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
