[Asterisk-Users] GSM phones, bluetooth and general happiness

[Joe Antkowiak]

There are quite a number of positive (for end users) implications of
doing this too...  just think about all those cell providers that
offer unlimited mobile to mobile calls, and then all those unlimited
LD packages from landline and voip providers.  This has huge potential
for people who use their cell phones alot...


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:10:11 -0500, Jay Milk <jay at skimmilk.net> wrote:
> When I installed my first home-PBX three years ago, I was looking at
> "cellsockets" -- devices which will accept certain cellular phones and
> provide an RJ11 jack, generating the ring-voltage and recognizing DTMF,
> which in turn makes your cell-phone look like a CO line.  Pretty cool
> stuff, in theory, but it just didn't seem to be worth the cost,
> especially since it locks you to a particular cell-phone.
> 
> Since then, I've moved to Asterisk.  I looked at at cell-sockets again
> recently, but they haven't really gotten any cheaper... And on top of
> that, I'd now require a precious FXO interface for *.
> 
> I looked at some developer documentation for my particular phone (S/E
> T610) while connecting it to my PC via Bluetooth.  For those who are
> unaware, all GSM phones have a built-in set of AT modem commands.  Not
> surprisingly, I was able to place calls as well as receive
> ring-indicators, caller-id information and call-progress information via
> the virtual serial port that the phone provides over bluetooth.  But
> what's more, I was also able to utilize my PC as a handsfree
> speakerphone -- and all this over bluetooth.
> 
> As I see it, all the pieces are available -- we got full phone control,
> some form of digital audio going back and forth, call-progress
> reporting.  I know there's at least one bluetooth stack for linux, so
> *technically* we're "there", no?
> 
> I foresee a chan_blue which allow Asterisk to utilize a bluetooth/GSM
> cellular phone as a CO line, connecting by nothing more than a $5
> bluetooth dongle and 5ft of air.
> 
> Who's up for the challenge?  If there's enough interest in the
> community, I'll be the first to add a bounty on this -- it would be
> worth at least $100 to me to have this functionality.
> 
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