[mythtv-users] vonage caller id

[Michael Segulja]

What hardware are you using with Asterisk?  I know this is getting way 
off topic, but I checked out Asterisk a few months ago after reading 
about it in Linux Magazine.  I couldn't really figure out if it's 
possible to use Asterisk with a regular phone or if it requires a board 
for the computer and a phone designed for a PBX or digital phone system 
or something. I guess I'm confused on how you make the connection 
between your phone and Asterisk.  I really like the idea of the PBX and 
voice mail because I run a home based business, plus I've been running 
Automated Living's HAL (automatedliving.com) for home automation, and 
have recently started looking into MisterHouse because I'm tired of 
having to pay for it every time they release an update.  I use Vonage as 
well, but use the HAL software for voice mail because of the voice 
control.  I really love the call announcement.  I would prefer to use 
open source wherever possible and not have to run a Windows machine just 
for HAL.  It would be super cool to see some sort of control for 
something like MisterHouse through Myth.  A MythAutomation module or 
something that would let you control your lighting, voice mail, 
temperature, etc. all from Myth.

Anyway, just some thoughts.  I'm unfortunately about as far from a 
programmer as one could get, otherwise I'd see what I could do.  That's 
one of the reason's MisterHouse is really intimidating because of all 
the Perl code that seems to be involved.

Michael

Robert Rozman wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "John Williams" <williamsbyron at gmail.com>
>To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:50 PM
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] vonage caller id
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>>>Asterisk is
>>>open source PBX, that can be easily connected to outside scripts, that
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>can
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>>>then do mythnotifies .....Misterhouse that will send notifies on more
>>>important events....
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>>So you have a PBX and a home automation system in your home? How much
>>do each of these projects cost? I took a good look at the asterisk
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>he,he, they are both open source. they cost only your time...
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>>project and it didn't look like much of an outlay, but what are the
>>advantages to having a PBX in your home if you have one line? Maybe
>>you have a business in your home?
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>Well Asterisk isn't just plain PBX. It has also voicemail, Interactive Voice
>Responses, it has VOIP functionality... So I can call my family from work
>for free, also with others... I can control house over phone and  DTMF,
>Festival (TTS) speaks back what's going on in the house, etc... And yes, I
>have one line too, but like all these features...
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>Regards,
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>Rob.
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