me at tdiehl.org wrote: > On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, hw wrote: > >> Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: >>> El 4/10/17 a las 17:45, david escribi?: >>> >>>> Folks >>>> >>>> A have a PCIe modem (Conexant ChipSet, PCI id = 14f1:2f83. It interfaces to my land-line (POTS) telephone line in the United States. On Windows, I had a good answering machine package (Ventafax) that reported CallerID, recorded messages, sent/received fax, and had a scripting language that let me say "To leave a message for Alice, press 1; to leave a message for Bob, press 2", etc. >>>> >>>> I'm trying to move this function to a Centos-based system without going to the expense or complexity of Asterisk (expense because of specialized telephony cards). >>>> >>>> My research found a driver (at www.linuxant.com), but it required that I recompile the driver. I got absolutely lost trying to follow the directions which seemed to be steering me towards a custom Kernel. >>>> >>>> So, my question to the group wisdom is: >>>> >>>> - Is there any hope in trying to find a suitable driver for this device without building a custom kernel? And if a custom "module" is needed, I might need help compiling it. >>>> >>>> - Is there a inexpensive modem that Centos 7 supports with the needed functions? and maybe some software applications that might help? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> David >>> Hello >>> >>> You can install an Asterisk with a "mini-gateway" like http://www.grandstream.com/products/gateways-and-atas/analog-telephone-adaptors/product/handytone-503 And is not so complex write a dialplan for the functions you say. There is many tutorial over the HT503 and Asterisk in the wild! >> >> A SPA122 ATA from Cisco might be useful as a gateway, they are cheap. >> You?d be using it kinda in reverse, but I don?t see why that shouldn?t >> be possible. >> >> Other than that, specialized cards have come down in prices, probably >> because ppl aren?t using them anymore. You might also want to look >> into Patton gateways, but they tend to be rather pricy and are a hell >> to set up unless you?re familiar with all the phone-related stuff. >> >> If your internet connection is decent, it might be a good idea to give >> up the POTS line and use a VOIP provider instead, with a asterisk >> connected to it. It would be the easiest way by far. >> >> Asterisk isn?t too complicated for getting basic phone services to work >> on which you can expand over time; you only need to overcome the few >> first steps. Since a Centos package for asterisk is missing, you may >> want to compile it yourself, which is easy. However, I had to disable >> one of the drivers/features of asterisk in the build config because >> there?s a bug that makes asterisk fail when that feature/driver is >> enabled --- I left everything else enabled and don?t know what most of >> the stuff is ... > > The http://nerdvittles.com/ stuff I referenced earlier gives you the choice > of Installing on Centos 6/7, Debian 8 or Raspberry PI. They even have virtual > box VM's available. > > See http://wable-repo.wardmundy.net/incrediblepbx/ for a list of all of the > choices. I´m not sure what you´re trying to say; I neither have a facebook account, nor a cell phone, and I don´t understand why cell phones aren´t VOIP clients that can simply be used with asterisk.