It's close -- it still requires an FXO port, and is probably not inexpensive itself. So between the FXO port and the device, you're probably in for it at $200 or so. I can get away cheaper with a cell-socket. I'd prefer a bluetooth dongle (1) because of cost, and (2) because of the sheer elegance of the solution: No reason to convert audio back and forth several times, no reason to generate ring voltage or detect DTMF. Cell-phone is digital, Asterisk is digital, let's cut out the analog.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mitchel Constantin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:22 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] GSM phones, bluetooth and > general happiness > > > Our prayers....answered? (http://www.phonelabs.com/prd_blue01.asp) > > mitchel > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:10:11 -0500, Jay Milk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I installed my first home-PBX three years ago, I was > looking at > > "cellsockets" -- devices which will accept certain cellular > phones and > > provide an RJ11 jack, generating the ring-voltage and recognizing > > DTMF, which in turn makes your cell-phone look like a CO > line. Pretty > > cool stuff, in theory, but it just didn't seem to be worth > the cost, > > especially since it locks you to a particular cell-phone. > > > > Since then, I've moved to Asterisk. I looked at at > cell-sockets again > > recently, but they haven't really gotten any cheaper... And > on top of > > that, I'd now require a precious FXO interface for *. > > > > I looked at some developer documentation for my particular > phone (S/E > > T610) while connecting it to my PC via Bluetooth. For > those who are > > unaware, all GSM phones have a built-in set of AT modem > commands. Not > > surprisingly, I was able to place calls as well as receive > > ring-indicators, caller-id information and call-progress > information > > via the virtual serial port that the phone provides over > bluetooth. > > But what's more, I was also able to utilize my PC as a handsfree > > speakerphone -- and all this over bluetooth. > > > > As I see it, all the pieces are available -- we got full phone > > control, some form of digital audio going back and forth, > > call-progress reporting. I know there's at least one > bluetooth stack > > for linux, so > > *technically* we're "there", no? > > > > I foresee a chan_blue which allow Asterisk to utilize a > bluetooth/GSM > > cellular phone as a CO line, connecting by nothing more than a $5 > > bluetooth dongle and 5ft of air. > > > > Who's up for the challenge? If there's enough interest in the > > community, I'll be the first to add a bounty on this -- it would be > > worth at least $100 to me to have this functionality. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/aster> isk-users > To > UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users