[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with USB

Wed Feb 8 07:32:06 MST 2006

You can do it with a bluetooth connection because someone wrote a
driver, chan_bluetooth, to interface with the cellphone (makes
asterisk look like a normal headset to a bluetooth-enabled phone). 
Maybe looking at the source will give you some ideas on how to
proceed, but chan_bluetooth will only work with a bluetooth dongle
(and only certain ones at that) and a bluetooth phone.  You may need
to write your own custom driver, though you may be able to get away
with using agi.

Joseph Tanner

On 2/8/06, Facundo Ameal <fameal at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you can do it with a bluetooth conectionm, why not with the USB? Do
> you know which is the differece? Does it detect the cellphone as
> another device?
> I don't have a phone with bluetooth  capability so I cannot test it to
> see how te OS recognizes it.
>
> 2006/2/8, Joseph Tanner <joseph at thetechguide.com>:
> > I believe it's just being recognized as a modem.  Feel free to try it
> > out, but I haven't seen anything describing how to accomplish what you
> > want with just a data cable (and I have searched).  Please prove me
> > wrong, I'd love to ditch the bluetooth dongle (already have too many
> > 2.4GHz devices as it is, I think they're starting to cause
> > interference).
> >
> > This is just going on gut instinct here, but if you're really
> > persistent, maybe you can use the data cable to send the dial
> > commands, and have some kind of adapter cable going from the 2.5" plug
> > you have, to a 3.5", put that into the line-in of a sound card, and
> > then configure asterisk to send the dial commands (to dial numbers,
> > hangup, anything that needs a key pressed on the phone) through usb
> > (should be able to access the tty device and issue commands there),
> > and use the soundcard for audio.  If I'm not mistaken, that's
> > basically what the dock-n-talk and cellsocket devices do.  You may run
> > into a few problems, but I "think" it'd work.
> >
> > Joseph Tanner
> >
> > On 2/8/06, Facundo Ameal <fameal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > But my cell phone is recognised as a ttyACM device...
> > > Is it the same?
> > >
> > > 2006/2/7, Joseph Tanner <joseph at thetechguide.com>:
> > > > Far as I know, you cannot use a usb cable to connect a cellphone
> > > > directly to asterisk.  You need something called a cellsocket or a
> > > > dock-n-talk.  You use these to connect directly to a regular
> > > > telephone, so to connect to asterisk you'll need an FXO port.
> > > >
> > > > I'd love to find something that would directly connect a cellphone to
> > > > asterisk that didn't cost a fortune.  A usb cable to the cellphone
> > > > would be perfect, just a plain gsm-sip gateway would be nice too but
> > > > are $$$$$.
> > > >
> > > > Joseph Tanner
> > > >
> > > > On 2/7/06, Joe Tahan <dtg19 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I've read something on connecting a cellphone to asterisk with bluetooth,
> > > > > I'm not really sure about connecting to a usb phone.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think Joseph Tanner can help us out, as he did it with bluetooth.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Truely/
> > > > >
> > > > > Joe
> > > > >  ________________________________
> > > > >  From: Facundo Ameal <fameal at gmail.com>
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> > > > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with USB
> > > > > Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:55:07 -0300
> > > > >
> > > > > >Hello everybody! I've seen that you can connect your cellphone via
> > > > > >bluetooth, but I've a Motorola V300 and it doesn't have that feature,
> > > > > >so I wish to connect it via USB cable, is it pissible con use my
> > > > > >cellphone with asterisk like that? I 've not been able to find
> > > > > >information on how to do this, I'l appreciate any help.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Thanks in advance!
> > > > > >
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