turn my old pc ->
Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: turn my old pc ->
started by: dmizzel
Posted by dmizzel on Aug. 14 2005,23:52
Maybe this should be in the mydsl requests...I would love to turn one of my olp pcs into an answering machine for my home phone (with the help of DSL of course).
Posted by chickenman on Aug. 15 2005,10:25
sounds cool, do you mean like the "press X for ..." etc? ,because that has unlimited possabilities.It'd be cool to have all the phones in your house hooked up, eg "press 3 for john" and it rings his phone etc
Also you could get it to do caller ID, i have a friend who is making a VB program to do this, even though he knows there are existant ones. And .OCX files (if you know what that is) that automate programming such things. He is just doing it for the fun of programming...
Posted by dmizzel on Aug. 16 2005,16:47
I was thinking more along the lines of voicemail, with multiple mailboxes, etc. and Caller ID would be real cool! I didn't think about it but yeah..... a DSL phone reciptionist would be very useful (mostly for a small business, unlkess you have that type of phone system at home).
What's a 'VB program'? I'm not sure what a .OCX file is but I'm curious.???
Posted by green on Aug. 16 2005,23:51
I've browsed around the net for just such a thing. I saw a couple of applications that run under window$, but I had to pass on that. I would love to see something like this as well.
Posted by chickenman on Aug. 17 2005,10:58
VB - VisualBASICIt's a programming language made by microsoft, its pretty easy to learn and use but has its limitations
an ".ocx" is the file extention of add-ons for vb that are often written in other programming languages and basically allow you to address complex problems in a more simple way.
So using vb with a ".ocx" extension allows you to take advantage of simple commands that most of the time you would have great trouble writing similar programs for in vb.
Anyway, this confirms that it IS possible to get caller ID from a computer if that helps at all.
Posted by dmizzel on Aug. 18 2005,05:59
Thanx for the info. Unfortunately my programming skills don't exist yet. There is something I found that seems like it's along the voicemail lines. 'mgetty' or 'vgetty'. maybe a .dsl could be made? I guess more research is necessary.
It would be a perfect project to educate the world as to how useful and versitile DSL (and linux) can be; by easy to understand / everyday products. There is a similar movement with homebrewed PVR's (personal video recorders). I think it's a rare person who doesn't have voicemail (or an answering machine). I personally pay $8.95 a month to SBC for my voicemail. A DSL voicemail solution would free up that monthly payment for some more DamnSmall donations
Posted by AwPhuch on Aug. 19 2005,01:00
check this out guys< http://www.asterisk.org/ >
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| Asterisk provides Voicemail services with Directory, Call Conferencing, Interactive Voice Response and Call Queuing. It has support for three-way calling, caller ID services, ADSI, SIP and H.323 (as both client and gateway). Check the Features section for a more complete list. |
Im sure someone could compile it and create an addon module for DSL
The recommended FXO cards work without a hitch and only cost like 30-40bucks...its quite nice actually
If they cant get it built for DSL, they have a prebuilt, self install iso that allows you to install a linux OS
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What is Asterisk@Home The Asterisk@Home project enables the home user to quickly set up a VOIP Asterisk PBX. A web GUI makes configuration and operation easy. We also provide an xPL (home automation) interface for easy interaction with other devices in the home. |
Brian
AwPhuch