[Asterisk-Dev] Qs on Astrix & zaptel

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] Qs on Astrix & zaptel


> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 18:37, Shahed Moolji wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am new to astrix.
> >
> > I want to better understand how Astrix interfaces with the Digium
boards.
> >
> > I was looking at the chan_zip.c code, and saw that it does not make much
use
> > of the zapata library
> > calls like zap_getdtmf(), zap_playf() etc etc.
> >
> > So how does astrix interface with this hardware ? Is it through raw
IOCTL's
> > on the device ?
> >
> > Also, can I use part of the astrix framework to control channels
directly,
> > instead of using it as a
> > PBX ?. i.e I want to do things like make calls,answer calls, play and
recrod
> > audio.
>
> Sounds like you need the PBX, just set it up to do what you want it to
> do.
>
> > For this, is the zaptel / zapata api's a better bet, or is there
something
> > in astrix like ast_* that
> > would be better to use ?
>
> Why rewrite what is already working?
>
> --
> Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
>
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