[asterisk-users] UK CallerID -v- Wildcard W100P

[Brian]

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 15:35 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Brian wrote:
> 
> > At the risk of being flamed....
> 
> > Has anyone had any success get the 'El cheapo' Wildcard W100P clone's 
> > (£20 flavour) to work with UK Caller ID?
> 
> Looks like there is a patch to Zaptel to make it work:
> 
>    http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+and+UK+Caller+ID
> 
> but who knows if it's in & working...
I hear that it does with Zaptel - but Asterisk 1.6 - DAHDI ;-)

> 
> > I'm not sure what the status of Asterisk 1.6 is with respect to UK
> > caller ID, being that we have an odd method of sending the FSK ahead of
> > the ring, but I'm guessing I can't be the first to ask this?
> 
> We do a line polarity reversal, then FSK the caller ID, then ring the 
> line...
I didn't want to go into the specifics but yes, the LR is noted.
> 
> > Keeping in mind that cost is the most important factor, my searches I've
> > found a couple of suggestions - the most promising of which was reading
> > the CID from a serial modem. However, I've tried a couple - on of which
> > is a BT Enabler that no amount of AT commands can get to give up the CID
> > - and concluded that the chances of finding a compatible modem are
> > probably slimer than getting the clone to work.
> 
> > Has anyone been able to get the cheap clone cards to offer CID in the
> > UK?
> 
> My definition of a cheap clone card is somewhat different from yours, but 
> for £55.50 + VAT, I use these:
> 
>    http://www.voipon.co.uk/openvox-a400p01-p-669.html
Given the PSTN rings once a month if that - all the rest is SIP via
ITSP, I can't justify the cost of 5 times a telephone for a card - but
thanks for the heads up GK old chap.

It's not a big issue - but an irritation if anything. I suspect a £2.50
callerID unit, a serial IC and a soldering iron may end up being the
solution :-)