[Asterisk-Users] bluetooth audio and asterisk

Dean Collins Dean at collins.net.pr
Sun Jun 19 07:37:17 MST 2005


Do a search on voip-info,

Also there is an Australian company that build Bluetooth base stations
that connect to a pabx (quasi dect cell based system) but big bucks
(though does prove it is technically feasible.

Cheers,
Dean




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> 
> Has anyone successfully used a standard bluetooth enabled system to
> connect to a standard bluetooth enabled mobile phone (not the
bluetooth
> to FXS converters) to create an audio path for phone calls with
> asterisk, if so is there a writeup on what was done so that others can
> replicate this.
> 
> What I am thinking is that via alsa/oss/whatever you should be able to
> use the bluetooth audio channel as a speaker and microphone to talk to
a
> mobile.  The catch is of course sending dialing information via
> bluetooth from within asterisk to cause this to properly occur.  SMS
> could also be sent/received via bluetooth and converted to SIP IM for
> example thus giving more devices accessability to asterisk 'out of the
> box'.  And given cost, many bluetooth dongles can be purchased for $30
> USD or less, this would create a lower entry price for people to use
> this technology.
> 
> Cellsocket.com for example is a phone->FXS adapter, they are $100.
> Someone this last week mentioned a bluetooth system that is similar,
but
> afaik both devices do not allow for SMS to be trafficed via asterisk,
> and both cost more than a bluetooth dongle.
> 
> I know that linux does support bluetooth via qualcomms BT API, and I
> would imagine that other systems also support this.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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