[Asterisk-Users] Pre-install questions

[Cameron Beattie]

Main problem is transcoding so if you're using the same on both sides of a 
call e.g. G711 then you can run it on a Linksys Router!.

If you didn't get replies I suggest you repost with more informative 
subject. I'm sure some gurus know the answer to your questions.

Regards

Cameron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Myers" <mikesm559 at yahoo.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Pre-install questions


> Hi.  I am considering building an asterisk system for
> home use, but I am having some trouble understanding a
> few things after reading the wiki and the various
> mailing lists.  Let me apologize in advance if I have
> missed something...
>
> 1) What are the hardware needs to run asterisk
> reliably?  It appears from the various docs that you
> don't need much CPU to run asterisk.  Assuming I pick
> a hardware platform with good linux driver support,
> how much memory do I need?  Would an old 700 Mhz P3 be
> adequate?
>
> I have seen examples for much more complicated
> configurations, but they don't give me much guidance
> about memory needed and CPU needed for a home
> installation.
>
> 2) Is it possible to take audio line in from a sound
> card and have the audio piped into a meetme
> conference?  I see from the perl script on the paging
> and intercom wiki page that it appears you can take
> audio out (fed to a paging system in this context) and
> patch it into meetme conference.
>
> Can I do the same thing except with audio in?  There
> are two applications for this for me.  One I use with
> my existing nortel venture phone system  - I take
> audio from a PC running replay radio (a PC internet
> radio recoding system) and patch it into the venture's
> EFA to make background music available to the phones
> in the house.  That way, my wife can listen to a dr.
> laura broadcast, or other radio program on any phone
> in the house.  Most of this programs don't seem to
> stream properly into linux, but in any case, I have an
> audio source already available and would like to use
> it.
>
> The 2nd application is to take the output of a baby
> monitor and hook it into a meetme conference (again
> though line in on a sound card).  This would allow my
> wife and/or I to listen to the monitor from any phone
> in the house.  This would allow us to both listen into
> the audio from the monitor without having to find the
> monitor and keep it equipped with fresh batteries,
> etc...
>
> It seems like the ability to feed in line-in could
> solve both problems for me.
>
> 3) Is there any way for Asterisk to take external
> state  from the network to inform it's decision
> making?  For example, we have an enclosed garage, and
> sometimes we take out 1.5 year old for a drive to get
> her to go to sleep, and leave her in the car seat in
> the car in the garage to nap (with the doors open for
> ventilation!).  We leave the door from the garage into
> the house open so we can hear her.  Our alarm system
> tells our automation system (homeseer), that that door
> is open, and homeseer can then de-energize the garage
> doors so if I come home from work early, I don't wake
> up the baby.
>
> What would be great is if Asterisk could detect from
> homeseer that the garage door was open, and not ring
> the downstairs phones when the door was open
> (indicating our baby was sleeping).  Similarly if she
> is sleeping in the nursery upstairs, and that door was
> closed, asterisk would not ring the phone in that
> room.
>
> Anyone have an idea as to how to effect such behavior?
>
>
> Thanks in advance, and my apologies if this info is
> available in an existing document.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
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