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