[Asterisk-Users] bluetooth audio and asterisk

[Jay Milk]

This is what you want:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+bounty+bluetooth+cell-phone+suppo
rt

Add money to the bounty -- maybe someone will pickup/continue what was
started and abandoned.  I think it's worth serious money.  I know it is
to me.

Nice side-effect, for anyone interested -- in the US, all GSM phones are
*required* to provide emergency dialing services.  Wouldn't take much to
keep a spare/used BT phone on hand to provide 911 calling even without a
SIM card.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com 
> [mailto:trixter at 0xdecafbad.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:55 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] bluetooth audio and asterisk
> 
> 
> 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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