On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 08:34:48PM +0200, Atis Lezdins wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Tilghman Lesher wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Friday 14 November 2008 09:19:22 Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> >> >>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 02:02:14PM +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> >>>> I used to use IDEFISK, but since it was taken over/renamed into >> >> >>>> Zoiper >> >> >>>> it's been really hard work - now I'm told that they won't support my >> >> >>>> chosen distribution - Debian Etch - the current stable version of >> >> >>>> Debian >> >> >>>> I prefer. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Ekiga is a bit nicer for an end-user. Twinkle is probably what you'd >> >> >>> want for testing and such. >> >> >> >> >> >> What I really want is a command-like dialer. Call me a boring old fart, >> >> >> but I'm utterly fed-up with the current bloatware out there. >> >> >> >> >> >> So with the IAX library and some time I might just come up with >> >> >> something. >> >> > >> >> > Technically, you can use Asterisk as a softphone, by using chan_alsa or >> >> > another console channel driver. The interface is nothing if not >> >> > command-line >> >> > oriented. >> >> >> >> Maybe the word "bloatware" got lost in the trans-atlantic translation... >> >> >> >> If I had a command-line program where I could type: >> >> >> >> call 07712191046 >> >> >> >> then I'd be happy. Being able to use the arrow keys to adjust volume would >> >> be a bonus, but I already have a command-line mixer program. >> >> >> >> Gordon (the luddite) >> >> >> > >> > Hmm, reading the thread I assumed you were already running asterisk, since >> > you did actually post on the asterisk user mailing list. As was pointed >> > out you can use the asterisk command line interface to do just what you >> > are suggesting (assuming you have a compatible sound card), and you could >> > even wrap it in a simple shell script so you have what you say you want: >> > >> > call <number> >> > >> > Regardless, if you are planning to write an IAX lib based command line >> > tool you will need an asterisk server to connect to to place your calls. >> > I am not understanding where you think the bloatware is coming into play. >> > >> > So are you sitting at the console of the machine running asterisk or is >> > this something that you would use from a standalone *nix workstation that >> > would use the net to route your call? >> > >> >> A small shell/perl/whatever script that takes care of minimized >> asterisk config could really kick ass. > > What asterisk configuration exactly?
Well, take minimal list of modules, write dialplan of few lines, make all incoming calls to ring speaker/other configured device. Probably somebody has done this already, i just haven't seen anything public. >> >> I wonder does anybody feels up to the challenge to create/maintain it, >> and push to common distros. > > Both chan_oss and chan_also tend to be disabled by default. This is > because both can't be loaded (which would generate an error message). > Asterisk also thinks that it has all the sound channel for itself. Even > with chan_alsa, IIRC, it is not possible to play any other sound while > asterisk uses the speaker/microphone. > Script could take care of it, load corresponding module (specified by command-line arg) etc etc.. Generally i'm thinking to create something like "Asterisk Softphone" which is full featured softphone, usable from shell. # asph start alsa [EMAIL PROTECTED] # asph add [EMAIL PROTECTED] # asph dial [EMAIL PROTECTED] # asph answer # asph hangup etc Regards, Atis -- Atis Lezdins, VoIP Project Manager / Developer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: atis.lezdins Cell Phone: +371 28806004 Cell Phone: +1 800 7300689 Work phone: +1 800 7502835 _______________________________________________ -- 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