Post AVc1DgW4e9zX0esfBY by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #AVbx0mpxR4Ot21m8O0 by brainwagon@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T14:31:08Z
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When I began tinkering with creating my own web pages, I used small software like thttpd to serve simple pages I wrote by hand. I'm not sure I would have gotten into it as much without software that (while enormously capable) did not try to scale to enterprise level. As I'm tinkering with asterisk and freeswitch, I can't help but wish there was some smaller, simpler software to tinker with VOIP phones at the scale of home users/offices with 10 extensions. #feelingdumb
(DIR) Post #AVbx0neeOawxZFUcOu by meuon@fosstodon.org
2023-05-07T15:31:33Z
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@brainwagon You sound like where I was 7 years ago. Asterisk is amazing, perfect for small VoIP phone systems. Freeswitch is different, solves other related problems. You probably don't need/want it. Probably. While FreePBX is often the answer for an interface, it is also a fat bloated do everything pig. I haven't used it personally in ages, but @NerdUno IncrediblePBX is worth exploring first. Might even be exactly what you want.
(DIR) Post #AVbx0oXb6Iu0JfCV2u by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-13T11:43:25Z
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@meuon @brainwagon @NerdUno Just at the moment, I'm trying to do something simple with VoIP but don't know quite where to start — Asterisk, FreeSwitch, or something else.I have a phone connected to a SIP ATA. I want to set up a computer as a SIP server, which will run a simple voice menu, and play video files in response, sending the audio to the phone.I'd like to use an old Intel Atom netbook for this. It's going to be isolated, so security isn't a big deal and I can use old software.
(DIR) Post #AVbxJ9VRtHlkYFwL3I by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-13T11:46:46Z
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@meuon @brainwagon @NerdUno Ultimately, since I don't actually need most features of a telephony solution (I don't even need to ring the phones), I suspect the right way to go may be custom hardware, but I want to get SOMETHING working before I try that!I'm almost wondering, if I can set up the necessary power supply, whether I can avoid the whole telephony angle by using software to listen for DTMF digits on the line-level audio input.
(DIR) Post #AVc0CZcUhb5hNQn2Qq by meuon@fosstodon.org
2023-05-13T12:18:18Z
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@publius @brainwagon @NerdUno AsteriskStart with the latest version of a Debian based distro you can.YMMV but I'd start with:apt-get install asterisk asterisk-config asterisk-modules asterisk-mp3 asterisk-voicemail asterisk-core-sounds-en asterisk-core-sounds-en-g722 asterisk-core-sounds-en-gdahdi-linux dahdi joe nmap sniffit iptraf asterisk-opus asterisk-flite asterisk-mobilesngrep sipgrep iptraf nmapThen the hard part is config files for /etc/asterisk
(DIR) Post #AVc0rDKYTi567XmIKm by meuon@fosstodon.org
2023-05-13T12:26:29Z
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@publius @brainwagonWhere are you getting the incoming call from? An analog POTS line? If so, possible to DTMF decode, but I'd still use Asterisk. Although it's getting harder to get POTS into a box, much less common.
(DIR) Post #AVc1DgW4e9zX0esfBY by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-13T12:30:35Z
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@meuon @brainwagon This is a complete standalone, not connected to anything else. Just an old German payphone (actually two), an ATA which provides the higher voltage/current it requires and the 16 kHz metering tones, and some kind of computer to serve the ATA and handle the voice menu. No outside lines, no networking.The computer, in response to button-presses, plays video files, and sends the audio out to the phone. Essentially it's a coin-op video jukebox built out of weird scrap.
(DIR) Post #AVc7STif6i9ROCCphg by meuon@fosstodon.org
2023-05-13T13:40:23Z
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@publius @brainwagon aka "Art Project".. ;) yeah, I'd be tempted to use an audio amp for the sound and a DTMF decoder for the incoming menu. Check out MultiMon. An example: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/f0wmux/could_use_some_help_with_multimonng_for_decoding/
(DIR) Post #AVcCmW3OdYtoBxHJrM by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-13T14:40:09Z
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@meuon @brainwagon "Art project" is exactly right, yes!I expect to end up building some custom interface hardware, but for now I'm trying to make it work with the ATA, since that already provides the current, voltage, and other services I need, with the idea that once it's working I can work on simplifying it.
(DIR) Post #AVcD8x9WZ5JCblqM1w by brainwagon@mastodon.social
2023-05-13T14:42:37Z
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@publius @meuon I am nt an expert on this, but perhaps you would find this video to be useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2rHqBXO1s&t=2238s He does a pretty good idea of describing basic Arduino hardware and a few other bits and bobs to create a puzzle room prop.
(DIR) Post #AVcLD4KGdUideCLG7s by publius@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-13T16:14:35Z
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@brainwagon @meuon Yeah, I knew someone who built a very elaborate version using an actual old manual switchboard. Unfortunately she moved (far!) away, and it would be difficult to pick her brain about it at this point.