Fwd: [ ~102731 ] voice driver
HI there, Just letting you all know that it seems the idea of using a pci express voice modem with the openmoko software will be limited by the manufacturers. They appear to not be interested in supporting communities of users but rather individual business clients ... I quote them : openmoko.org can contact us directly if they wish to work with us. Matt -- Forwarded message -- From: Matt Flax flatmax Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [ ~102731 ] voice driver To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK - so in short you have no interest in supporting Linux voice ... no problem, I find that attitude rather limiting and lazy ... as you know Linux is pretty uniform ... you could also provide a complete kernel driver for open source developers ... whether it uses the ALSA audio drivers or a custom IOCTL mechanism ... doesn't really matter and doesn't really require you to interact with each manufacturer ... thanks Matt On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 05:53:00PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Matt, Please find my answers below. Thanks. 1) If I purchase one of these devices, do I acquire the necessary documentation for me to code the voice driver alone ??? Surely you would like me to use the full capacity of the voice modem ! ---We do not work with end users on minicard integration, only with laptop manufacturers. Every laptop model/brand require a specific integration solution, so there is no generic solution or firmware or drivers. There is no Linux driver with voice support and there is no ETA on it. Anyway, you can contact one of our distributors below and try to purchase a modem. The support will be provided by them. http://www.sierrawireless.com/partnersresellers/partners.aspx 2) openmoko.org is both a hardware and a software ... they are both also open source ... I bet that doesn't fit with your current model of 'manufacturers' ... openmoko.org can contact us directly if they wish to work with us. 3) If you don't fit this new model ... you will run into problems ... look at the ASUS EEE PC ... it runs Linux ... It has a spare PCI express slot ... --- I've checked the spec on ASUS EEE PC and i dont see a spare PCI-mini Express slot which you need to insert a minicard. look at the KB article below. We have developed and tested the driver for ASUS EEE PC ( USB cards) . The ASUS can contact us directly if they want to discuss more options. http://www.sierrawireless.com/faq/ShowFAQ.aspx?ID=1231 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
openmoko and pci express voice modems
Hello, I would like to know whether it is possible to plug a pci express voice modem into a laptop and then use openmoko to make mobile calls from the laptop ? An example pci express card is the MC8775v : http://www.sierrawireless.com/resources/product/MC8775V%20Datasheet%20rev%201.0.pdf Is anyone using this or another similar device to make calls from their laptop ? thanks Matt -- http://www.flatmaxstudios.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: openmoko and pci express voice modems
I see, What I am really trying to do is to have as close to an all in one convergence as possible. So take a small EEEPC like laptop, put the voice modem into it and there you have it ... phone, music player, video player, upgradeable memory, a mini computer with full QWERTY keys and so on ... Is it perhaps simpler to connect an openmoko device to a mini laptop ? Is it possible to route openmoko device audio through a laptop? thanks Matt On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Al Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Matt Flax wrote: Hello, I would like to know whether it is possible to plug a pci express voice modem into a laptop and then use openmoko to make mobile calls from the laptop ? An example pci express card is the MC8775v : http://www.sierrawireless.com/resources/product/MC8775V%20Datasheet%20rev%2 01.0.pdf Is anyone using this or another similar device to make calls from their laptop ? thanks Matt It ought to be possible, though probably not out of the box. It seems like an odd thing to do, but I'm sure you have a reason. You could run asterisk on the laptop and use it to route calls between the modem in the laptop and a SIP or IAX client running on the openmoko with a USB or WiFi network connection. This ought to be fairly easy to set up, assuming the card exposes its audio interfaces. One or more of the network capable audio daemons could probably make the openmoko appear as an audio interface on the laptop, so probably usable with the modem. You could try to get the openmoko to behave as a Bluetooth headset or handsfree kit, but I'm not certain there's any software available to implement this yet. This also assumes that the laptop can connect the card to the bluetooth audio device. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- http://www.flatmaxstudios.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: openmoko and pci express voice modems
I have begun enquiries with one of the manufacturers they mention they already have Linux drivers, but didn't seem to know what I/O routines they already provide I assume that if it needs hacking, then it would simply need control and voice hacking ... control hacks to start stop and do other functions to dial voice hacking to copy PCM buffers to/from openmoko and the device ... is that correct ? It is possible that this device also has GPS ... perhaps that also needs addressing during the hacking ? Matt On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ti, 2008-06-17 kello 18:53 +0100, Al Johnson kirjoitti: On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Matt Flax wrote: I would like to know whether it is possible to plug a pci express voice modem into a laptop and then use openmoko to make mobile calls from the laptop ? It ought to be possible, though probably not out of the box. It seems like an odd thing to do, but I'm sure you have a reason. [...pondering how you could make calls from a Neo through a laptop] I figured he meant running the OM software on the lappie to operate the voice modem as a phone. Which should be doable with some hacking to accommodate possible differences between the pci express card and the chip arrangement of a Neo. Majorly, would the card present itself as an audio interface or transfer PCM on the serial interface? As currently the OM dialer is Qtopia, the question becomes if it has support for the required I/O strategy or would one have to hack it (I don't know). -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- http://www.flatmaxstudios.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
