[CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice
me at tdiehl.org
me at tdiehl.org
Thu Oct 5 15:18:27 UTC 2017
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.
HTH,
--
Tom me at tdiehl.org
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