Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
On 8/1/07, Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This SOHO PBX box won't interop with Asterisk because it doesn't speak any of the protocols that Asterisk does. This box I tend agree with your evaluation. Still, I was thinking that since all these el-cheapo SOHO PBX boxes support manual attendant call transfer, what's to prevent Asterisk from mimicking an attendant by sending proper DTMF signals and make this box transfer the call to the single analog phone in the business? That is, Asterisk will connect (via RJ-11) to the unit as the attendant's phone, and my real phone (only one in the system) will connect via a second RJ-11 (there could be 4 of them). Or is Asterisk not capable of sending DTMF signals over an RJ-11 connection? You can send arbitrary DTMF over any of Asterisk's channels from the dialplan. I just figured that this level of integration was a bit deeper than you were looking for as a first project. It would be an interesting experiment, to be sure. The biggest issue I'd think would be feedback - you can send the DTMF along the wire, but how do you know that the SOHO box interpreted it correctly? If the only feedback is designed for a human (i.e. auditory), then interpreting those cues with Asterisk would be non-trivial. Do I undestand correctly that with this solution, I will still be able to connect to my analog Verizon phone line with the SIP phone? That is, the outside world will see my phone as an ordinary phone, when in fact I am using a SIP phone? If so, that means that Asterisk does all the magic behind the scene, right? Yes, your Verizon POTS line would go into a FXO port in your server (which in Asterisk would be referenced as the channel Zap/1 - zaptel being Asterisk's TDM driver) and your SIP phone would connect via your standard office network and be referenced as SIP/whateverusernameyouwant. A very simplistic example of bridging a call would be: [from-verizon] exten = s,1,Dial(SIP/whateverusername) Assuming that you'd configured zaptel to route calls that come in on the FXO port to the Asterisk context named from-verizon, then any such calls would immediately cause Asterisk to ring your SIP phone, and if answered to bridge the two calls together. A more complex example that makes them press one to call you and otherwise lets them leave a message: [from-verizon] exten = s,1,Background(Press1ToTalkOr2ToLeaveAMessage) exten = s,n,WaitExten(10) ; timeout exten = t,1,Goto(vm,1) ; invalid exten = i,1,Goto(vm,1) ; press 1 exten = 1,1,Dial(SIP/101,20) exten = 1,n,Goto(vm,1) ; press 2 exten = 2,1,Goto(vm,1) ; all voicemail activity ends up here exten = vm,1,VoiceMail(u101) exten = vm,n,Hangup [from-officephone] exten = *98,1,VoiceMailMain extne = *98,n,Hangup Assuming you've now set up your SIP phone as extension 101, this would play a sound file saying press 1 to talk to 2 to leave a message. If they press 1, your SIP phone rings. If they press 2, they go to voicemail. If they wait 10 seconds without pressing anything, or press something other than 1 or 2, they also go to voicemail. If they press 1 to dial your phone and you don't pick up after 20 seconds, they go to voicemail. On your deskphone (could just as easily be a SIP softphone if you prefer), you can dial *98 to log in and pick up your new voicemail messages. Hope that demystifies some of what you're trying to do. -- j. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
James FitzGibbon wrote: On 8/1/07, *Linux Lover* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This SOHO PBX box won't interop with Asterisk because it doesn't speak any of the protocols that Asterisk does. This box I tend agree with your evaluation. Still, I was thinking that since all these el-cheapo SOHO PBX boxes support manual attendant call transfer, what's to prevent Asterisk from mimicking an attendant by sending proper DTMF signals and make this box transfer the call to the single analog phone in the business? That is, Asterisk will connect (via RJ-11) to the unit as the attendant's phone, and my real phone (only one in the system) will connect via a second RJ-11 (there could be 4 of them). Or is Asterisk not capable of sending DTMF signals over an RJ-11 connection? You can send arbitrary DTMF over any of Asterisk's channels from the dialplan. I just figured that this level of integration was a bit deeper than you were looking for as a first project. It would be an interesting experiment, to be sure. The biggest issue I'd think would be feedback - you can send the DTMF along the wire, but how do you know that the SOHO box interpreted it correctly? If the only feedback is designed for a human ( i.e. auditory), then interpreting those cues with Asterisk would be non-trivial. Do I undestand correctly that with this solution, I will still be able to connect to my analog Verizon phone line with the SIP phone? That is, the outside world will see my phone as an ordinary phone, when in fact I am using a SIP phone? If so, that means that Asterisk does all the magic behind the scene, right? Yes, your Verizon POTS line would go into a FXO port in your server (which in Asterisk would be referenced as the channel Zap/1 - zaptel being Asterisk's TDM driver) and your SIP phone would connect via your standard office network and be referenced as SIP/whateverusernameyouwant. A very simplistic example of bridging a call would be: [from-verizon] exten = s,1,Dial(SIP/whateverusername) Assuming that you'd configured zaptel to route calls that come in on the FXO port to the Asterisk context named from-verizon, then any such calls would immediately cause Asterisk to ring your SIP phone, and if answered to bridge the two calls together. A more complex example that makes them press one to call you and otherwise lets them leave a message: [from-verizon] exten = s,1,Background(Press1ToTalkOr2ToLeaveAMessage) exten = s,n,WaitExten(10) ; timeout exten = t,1,Goto(vm,1) ; invalid exten = i,1,Goto(vm,1) ; press 1 exten = 1,1,Dial(SIP/101,20) exten = 1,n,Goto(vm,1) ; press 2 exten = 2,1,Goto(vm,1) ; all voicemail activity ends up here exten = vm,1,VoiceMail(u101) exten = vm,n,Hangup [from-officephone] exten = *98,1,VoiceMailMain extne = *98,n,Hangup Assuming you've now set up your SIP phone as extension 101, this would play a sound file saying press 1 to talk to 2 to leave a message. If they press 1, your SIP phone rings. If they press 2, they go to voicemail. If they wait 10 seconds without pressing anything, or press something other than 1 or 2, they also go to voicemail. If they press 1 to dial your phone and you don't pick up after 20 seconds, they go to voicemail. On your deskphone (could just as easily be a SIP softphone if you prefer), you can dial *98 to log in and pick up your new voicemail messages. Hope that demystifies some of what you're trying to do. -- j. ___ --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 the way to have * send dtmf is with the D option, w inserts a half second pause. As an example I have a remote location that needs special 911, so they have a landline that connects to a linksys SPA, it doesnt like being passed the destination number through sip, so O do it this way: exten = 911,1,Dial(SIP/08CCB243-911,,D(w911)) works awesome, it connects, plays back the DTMF, and then passes the audio stream to the caller. Anthony ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Wow! Thank you so much, James - you have certainly clarified lots of things in my mind. You are correct about me overlooking the feedback issue (with the el-cheapo device). I see that I have to learn. This world of VoIP is new and mind boggling - to me. Thanks, Lynn --- James FitzGibbon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/1/07, Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This SOHO PBX box won't interop with Asterisk because it doesn't speak any of the protocols that Asterisk does. This box I tend agree with your evaluation. Still, I was thinking that since all these el-cheapo SOHO PBX boxes support manual attendant call transfer, what's to prevent Asterisk from mimicking an attendant by sending proper DTMF signals and make this box transfer the call to the single analog phone in the business? That is, Asterisk will connect (via RJ-11) to the unit as the attendant's phone, and my real phone (only one in the system) will connect via a second RJ-11 (there could be 4 of them). Or is Asterisk not capable of sending DTMF signals over an RJ-11 connection? You can send arbitrary DTMF over any of Asterisk's channels from the dialplan. I just figured that this level of integration was a bit deeper than you were looking for as a first project. It would be an interesting experiment, to be sure. The biggest issue I'd think would be feedback - you can send the DTMF along the wire, but how do you know that the SOHO box interpreted it correctly? If the only feedback is designed for a human (i.e. auditory), then interpreting those cues with Asterisk would be non-trivial. Do I undestand correctly that with this solution, I will still be able to connect to my analog Verizon phone line with the SIP phone? That is, the outside world will see my phone as an ordinary phone, when in fact I am using a SIP phone? If so, that means that Asterisk does all the magic behind the scene, right? Yes, your Verizon POTS line would go into a FXO port in your server (which in Asterisk would be referenced as the channel Zap/1 - zaptel being Asterisk's TDM driver) and your SIP phone would connect via your standard office network and be referenced as SIP/whateverusernameyouwant. A very simplistic example of bridging a call would be: [from-verizon] exten = s,1,Dial(SIP/whateverusername) Assuming that you'd configured zaptel to route calls that come in on the FXO port to the Asterisk context named from-verizon, then any such calls would immediately cause Asterisk to ring your SIP phone, and if answered to bridge the two calls together. A more complex example that makes them press one to call you and otherwise lets them leave a message: [from-verizon] exten = s,1,Background(Press1ToTalkOr2ToLeaveAMessage) exten = s,n,WaitExten(10) ; timeout exten = t,1,Goto(vm,1) ; invalid exten = i,1,Goto(vm,1) ; press 1 exten = 1,1,Dial(SIP/101,20) exten = 1,n,Goto(vm,1) ; press 2 exten = 2,1,Goto(vm,1) ; all voicemail activity ends up here exten = vm,1,VoiceMail(u101) exten = vm,n,Hangup [from-officephone] exten = *98,1,VoiceMailMain extne = *98,n,Hangup Assuming you've now set up your SIP phone as extension 101, this would play a sound file saying press 1 to talk to 2 to leave a message. If they press 1, your SIP phone rings. If they press 2, they go to voicemail. If they wait 10 seconds without pressing anything, or press something other than 1 or 2, they also go to voicemail. If they press 1 to dial your phone and you don't pick up after 20 seconds, they go to voicemail. On your deskphone (could just as easily be a SIP softphone if you prefer), you can dial *98 to log in and pick up your new voicemail messages. Hope that demystifies some of what you're trying to do. -- j. ___ --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 Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ___ --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
[asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 - This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. - ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Lynn, What you need is an ATA (analog telephone adapter). The ATA is a SIP or IAX extension on your Asterisk box, and your standard phone plugs into it. Asterisk sends the call to the SIP extension (the ATA), and the ATA rings your phone. On the flip side, your phone dials normally and the ATA digitizes the data and sends it via SIP to Asterisk for routing. Check out Digium's IAXy or the GrandStream Budgetone/HandyTone. AR On 8/1/07, Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 -- Alex Robar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Quoting Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED]: any of the various module based cards with one fxo and one fxs port will do what you want. Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 Jon Pounder _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 06:48 -0700, Linux Lover wrote: I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. Assuming the incoming call is coming in on an analog phone line, you need a card such as the Digium TDM11B... this provides one FXO port (for connecting to the incoming phone line) and one FXS port (for ringing an analog phone). It's not the only way to do it, but it's probably the easiest (and a great way to get started with Asterisk, I might add). -- Jared Smith Community Relations Manager Digium, Inc. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Yes, you understood correctly. Thank you - and all others who replied so quickly - for your precise and guiding answers. The Digium TDM11B looks looks like the perfect match for me: http://www.telephonyware.com/telephonyware/tw00068.html But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? Thanks, Lynn --- john beaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 - This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. - ___ --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 Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Hi Lynn, You can use a Linksys SPA-3102 for both FXO (POTS) and FXS (phone) connection instead of a Digium card. The price is around $90-100. Almost any old PC will do if it can run Linux. There are also other alternatives to a PC such as the Linksys WRT54GL. I use a Linksys NSLU2 (Slug) at home, they are about the same price as an SPA and they are really tiny! regards, Drew Linux Lover wrote: Yes, you understood correctly. Thank you - and all others who replied so quickly - for your precise and guiding answers. The Digium TDM11B looks looks like the perfect match for me: http://www.telephonyware.com/telephonyware/tw00068.html But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? Thanks, Lynn --- john beaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Lynn, I am unfamiliar with soho-pbx, so I cannot comment on quality, service, configurability, etc. They are based out of Hong Kong, and their box is probably already running some flavor of Asterisk, so you would need nothing additional except for the phone line coming in and the telephone. I got quite a kick out of their description for the SP-104 box as referenced by your link: The photos below are model SP-104, a model that costs only tens of US dollars Not sure how much that comes to, but sounds pretty cheap... John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 10:29:51 AM Yes, you understood correctly. Thank you - and all others who replied so quickly - for your precise and guiding answers. The Digium TDM11B looks looks like the perfect match for me: http://www.telephonyware.com/telephonyware/tw00068.html But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? Thanks, Lynn --- john beaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 - This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. - ___ --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 Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.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 - This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
This is what I have at home and it works okay. I also added an SPA-2002 (~$70) that adds another two FXS (phone) ports for a total of three. Godspeed, Phil Drew Gibson wrote: Hi Lynn, You can use a Linksys SPA-3102 for both FXO (POTS) and FXS (phone) connection instead of a Digium card. The price is around $90-100. Almost any old PC will do if it can run Linux. There are also other alternatives to a PC such as the Linksys WRT54GL. I use a Linksys NSLU2 (Slug) at home, they are about the same price as an SPA and they are really tiny! regards, Drew Linux Lover wrote: Yes, you understood correctly. Thank you - and all others who replied so quickly - for your precise and guiding answers. The Digium TDM11B looks looks like the perfect match for me: http://www.telephonyware.com/telephonyware/tw00068.html But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? Thanks, Lynn --- john beaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
On 8/1/07, Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? This SOHO PBX box won't interop with Asterisk because it doesn't speak any of the protocols that Asterisk does. This box appears to be a solid-state (and I'd assume very feature restricted) alternative to Asterisk. That it happens to have both FXO (to the Telco) and FXS (to the analog phone) ports doesn't mean that it is usable as an analog interface for Asterisk. Your best bet is to find your closest Asterisk user's group and see when they're next doing a build seminar. Most user groups do these a few times a year and you might be able to find someone who will do one on demand. You bring some cheapo PC you might have lying around and buy a $20 FXO card and build a simple answering machine using Asterisk. From there, it's easy to extend so that when the user chooses a particular option in your IVR, the call is bridged to a phone in your office. The original single-FXO-port card from Digium was the X100P. These aren't sold anymore (the TDM400B modular card replaced it), but they can be found on eBay for $10-$30. If you can get your hands on one, you might consider going with a cheap SIP phone instead of a analog phone for your business. There isn't (as far as I know) a readily available cheap single-FXS-port card. If you go with an analog phone behind Asterisk, you'll need an FXS port. If you go with a SIP phone, you just need to have a network connection from the phone to the server, which might be cheaper. A quick search on eBay shows a few Grandstream Budgetone 101 phones (certainly not the best available, but they'll do the job) in the sub-$50 range. -- j. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
A phone system for under $100 is asking a lot. It can be done, but what is your time worth. You might want to consider some other phone system if all you need is IVR and analog support or look at hosted solutions. -- Eric Chamberlain, CISSP Chief Technical Officer Voxilla - http://voxilla.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linux Lover Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:30 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone? Yes, you understood correctly. Thank you - and all others who replied so quickly - for your precise and guiding answers. The Digium TDM11B looks looks like the perfect match for me: http://www.telephonyware.com/telephonyware/tw00068.html But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? Thanks, Lynn --- john beaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn __ __ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 - This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. - ___ --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 __ __ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.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 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Do you think you'll outgrow 1 phone line any time soon. If so You'll want something that you don't have to completely redo when you add the next line. That digium card you linked to has 2 more expansion slots open for more lines or phones. The soho pbx you linked to looks like you can have more phones, but only one line, so you'd have to get the 2 or more line model later if your business grew. searching. Oh, it looks like the a a SP-416 on Ebay for $99 + $108 shipping from Hong Kong I don't know what is inside of the box, but it looks like an interesting product. Linux Lover wrote: Yes, you understood correctly. Thank you - and all others who replied so quickly - for your precise and guiding answers. The Digium TDM11B looks looks like the perfect match for me: http://www.telephonyware.com/telephonyware/tw00068.html But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? http://www.soho-pbx.com/sp-104.htm Do you think this could work for me or did I expose a gross misconception on my part? Thanks, Lynn --- john beaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynn, If I understand you question correctly, you would need: A computer (preferably a server) to run Asterisk An analog interface card such as the Digium TDM400P An analog phone line (POTS) An analog (real) phone Calls would come in on the POTS line, get answered by Asterisk. Callers would hear your voice menu, and input their choice. If they opted for a live person, asterisk would then send the call to your analog (real) phone. John Beaman Telecom Specialist Voice Telecommunications Services Department. Good Samaritan National Campus 605-362-3331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2007 8:48:47 AM Hello, I am a small business owner in need for a solution that automatically answers an incoming call, prompts the caller via touch-tone menu (press 1 to leave a message, press 0 to speak to a representative) and will ring my (real) phone ONLY if requested by caller. I know that Asterisk is capable of all the logic behind what I described above. However, I couldn't find a hardware product that will allow me to accomplish the above (preferrable using Asterisk software). Does such thing exists? Thanks, Lynn Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ___ --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 - This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. - ___ --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 Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.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 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Linux Lover wrote: But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? Buy this, or another proven SOHO solution and forget, for the moment, Asterisk IF you really are starting out fresh, begin the business and learn Asterisk in your ( ha! ) spare time, then when you are ready you will be able to migrate without having your customers suffer through your learning curve. You DO want your business to succeed, don't you? You DON'T want your customers to have a bad first impression of you because of some small problem with Asterisk. Look at other hardware Asterisk solutions as well. The X100 can be more trouble than it is worth, the TDM400 CAN have issues with some motherboards that you will not discover until the driver can't find the board, and the standard support answer is try another motherboard Sangoma makes some nice FXO/FXS PCI cards as well with a 5 year warranty. John Novack -- Dog is my co-pilot ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
John, thank you very much. Indeed, this is the direction I was thinking of taking. I just needed a quick dirty solution for the short term - I didn't realize that Asterisk is so complex. In fact, I am not sure I completely understand it: Will using Asterisk force me to use an external VoIP service? Or can I remain completely POTS based? (At the volume of phone calls that I am making, I found out that using an ordinary phone line is way cheaper than any VoIP service available to me right now - definitely cheaper tha Vonage et al.) Thanks, Lynn --- John Novack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux Lover wrote: But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? Buy this, or another proven SOHO solution and forget, for the moment, Asterisk IF you really are starting out fresh, begin the business and learn Asterisk in your ( ha! ) spare time, then when you are ready you will be able to migrate without having your customers suffer through your learning curve. You DO want your business to succeed, don't you? You DON'T want your customers to have a bad first impression of you because of some small problem with Asterisk. Look at other hardware Asterisk solutions as well. The X100 can be more trouble than it is worth, the TDM400 CAN have issues with some motherboards that you will not discover until the driver can't find the board, and the standard support answer is try another motherboard Sangoma makes some nice FXO/FXS PCI cards as well with a 5 year warranty. John Novack -- Dog is my co-pilot ___ --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 Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469 ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
Quoting Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED]: John, thank you very much. Indeed, this is the direction I was thinking of taking. I just needed a quick dirty solution for the short term - I didn't realize that Asterisk is so complex. In fact, I am not sure I completely understand it: Will using Asterisk force me to use an external VoIP service? Or can I remain completely POTS based? (At the volume of phone calls that I am making, I found out that using an ordinary phone line is way cheaper than any VoIP service available to me right now - definitely cheaper tha Vonage et al.) there are plenty of supercheap voip services (far cheaper than a business line), but asterisk allows you to mix and match whatever you want from analog lines to digital lines to voip services, with softphones, voip phones, traditionalphones etc., in whatever combination you want. you just configure the appropriate channels for whatever you connect to it. Thanks, Lynn --- John Novack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux Lover wrote: But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my business is only in its beginning stage and I need to be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a reasonable price, I was wondering whether my (currently very modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of those el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk server? Buy this, or another proven SOHO solution and forget, for the moment, Asterisk IF you really are starting out fresh, begin the business and learn Asterisk in your ( ha! ) spare time, then when you are ready you will be able to migrate without having your customers suffer through your learning curve. You DO want your business to succeed, don't you? You DON'T want your customers to have a bad first impression of you because of some small problem with Asterisk. Look at other hardware Asterisk solutions as well. The X100 can be more trouble than it is worth, the TDM400 CAN have issues with some motherboards that you will not discover until the driver can't find the board, and the standard support answer is try another motherboard Sangoma makes some nice FXO/FXS PCI cards as well with a 5 year warranty. John Novack -- Dog is my co-pilot ___ --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 Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469 ___ --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 Jon Pounder _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
James, thank you for your educating answer. --- James FitzGibbon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This SOHO PBX box won't interop with Asterisk because it doesn't speak any of the protocols that Asterisk does. This box appears to be a solid-state (and I'd assume very feature restricted) alternative to Asterisk. That it happens to have both FXO (to the Telco) and FXS (to the analog phone) ports doesn't mean that it is usable as an analog interface for Asterisk. I tend agree with your evaluation. Still, I was thinking that since all these el-cheapo SOHO PBX boxes support manual attendant call transfer, what's to prevent Asterisk from mimicking an attendant by sending proper DTMF signals and make this box transfer the call to the single analog phone in the business? That is, Asterisk will connect (via RJ-11) to the unit as the attendant's phone, and my real phone (only one in the system) will connect via a second RJ-11 (there could be 4 of them). Or is Asterisk not capable of sending DTMF signals over an RJ-11 connection? Not that I am rushing to buy this cheap box right now, but I am curious whether this is possible at all - perhaps to get a better feel of how flexible Asterisk is. The original single-FXO-port card from Digium was the X100P. These aren't sold anymore (the TDM400B modular card replaced it), but they can be found on eBay for $10-$30. If you can get your hands on one, you might consider going with a cheap SIP phone instead of a analog phone for your business. There isn't (as far as I know) a readily available cheap single-FXS-port card. If you go with an analog phone behind Asterisk, you'll need an FXS port. If you go with a SIP phone, you just need to have a network connection from the phone to the server, which might be cheaper. A quick search on eBay shows a few Grandstream Budgetone 101 phones (certainly not the best available, but they'll do the job) in the sub-$50 range. Do I undestand correctly that with this solution, I will still be able to connect to my analog Verizon phone line with the SIP phone? That is, the outside world will see my phone as an ordinary phone, when in fact I am using a SIP phone? If so, that means that Asterisk does all the magic behind the scene, right? Thanks, Lynn Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
you would still need an fxo port of some sort for asterisk for it to pretend to be a phone. Quoting Linux Lover [EMAIL PROTECTED]: James, thank you for your educating answer. --- James FitzGibbon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This SOHO PBX box won't interop with Asterisk because it doesn't speak any of the protocols that Asterisk does. This box appears to be a solid-state (and I'd assume very feature restricted) alternative to Asterisk. That it happens to have both FXO (to the Telco) and FXS (to the analog phone) ports doesn't mean that it is usable as an analog interface for Asterisk. I tend agree with your evaluation. Still, I was thinking that since all these el-cheapo SOHO PBX boxes support manual attendant call transfer, what's to prevent Asterisk from mimicking an attendant by sending proper DTMF signals and make this box transfer the call to the single analog phone in the business? That is, Asterisk will connect (via RJ-11) to the unit as the attendant's phone, and my real phone (only one in the system) will connect via a second RJ-11 (there could be 4 of them). Or is Asterisk not capable of sending DTMF signals over an RJ-11 connection? Not that I am rushing to buy this cheap box right now, but I am curious whether this is possible at all - perhaps to get a better feel of how flexible Asterisk is. The original single-FXO-port card from Digium was the X100P. These aren't sold anymore (the TDM400B modular card replaced it), but they can be found on eBay for $10-$30. If you can get your hands on one, you might consider going with a cheap SIP phone instead of a analog phone for your business. There isn't (as far as I know) a readily available cheap single-FXS-port card. If you go with an analog phone behind Asterisk, you'll need an FXS port. If you go with a SIP phone, you just need to have a network connection from the phone to the server, which might be cheaper. A quick search on eBay shows a few Grandstream Budgetone 101 phones (certainly not the best available, but they'll do the job) in the sub-$50 range. Do I undestand correctly that with this solution, I will still be able to connect to my analog Verizon phone line with the SIP phone? That is, the outside world will see my phone as an ordinary phone, when in fact I am using a SIP phone? If so, that means that Asterisk does all the magic behind the scene, right? Thanks, Lynn Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ___ --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 Jon Pounder _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?
You can use a Linksys SPA-3102 for both FXO (POTS) and FXS (phone) connection instead of a Digium card. The price is around $90-100. Almost any old PC will do if it can run Linux. There are also other alternatives to a PC such as the Linksys WRT54GL. The OpenWRT (on whatever supported router hardware) + SPA-3102 is a pretty decent combo. You can reinvite the traffic between the FXO and FXS (g711 only) and get good quality without even taxing the router. FYI, a WRT54G had no problem running asterisk 1.2.x with 4 concurrent channels (g711, no transcoding, just RTP proxying). I'd look into something like that. And you can expand it fairly easily by adding another SPA for a second line. Luki ___ --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
