Questions about Asterisk’s obvious limitation
NoelB:
Quote from: VOIP_JoeSummy on August 05, 2015, 12:44:38 pm
Is it possible to use OBi110 as a pure hardware dummy terminal just for interfacing with PSTN and traditional phones, and let Asterisk control how to make/receive calls,
I definitely do not want to maintain various configuration data in both places. It is too much hassle.
I started off this way with sp1 registered as an asterisk extension and sp2 set up with a dummy sip account so I could use my mobile with CsipS app set up to operate without registering. This allows me to make calls via asterisk with my mobile with all the dial plans in asterisk. One of these plans is exten=>_18x.,1,Dial (SIP/obi/${EXTEN}) with a corresponding inbound call route on sp1 to direct calls from obi> to l1. This allowed asterisk to send all the free calls out via the obi line .
I only added a vsp to sp2 as an extra in case asterisk was down and added {obi110>(5:>xx.):sp2}
to the sp2 inbound call route so if I wanted to force a call via the obi vsp I prefixed it with 5.So the full inbound call route for sp1 is {obi110>(<5:xx.):sp2},{obi110>(xx.):sp1} with no dial plan checking in the obi.
Mango:
Quote from: VOIP_JoeSummy on July 28, 2015, 12:07:57 pm
[Asterisk has] some obvious but rarely mentioned limitations [...]. To make/receive calls via Asterisk, I must use microphone/speaker, or USB/SIP phone, or smartphone ( through WiFi ).
Is it true?
If so, then I think the usefulness of Asterisk is severely reduced
No, that's not true at all.
You haven't yet investigated Asterisk's patent-pending EtherAir™ interface. Using EtherAir™, you don't need to use a microphone/speaker or a phone or a smartphone. When you wish to make a call, simply talk into the air. Microphones and speakers are not necessary. That is old technology. Using very advanced software techniques, Asterisk's EtherAir™ interface will detect your speech through the air, using only software, and transmit it over VoIP. Obviously, you will be able to listen to the other party of your call (with full duplex audio) in the same way. This can even be done when the Asterisk server is in a remote location such as a datacentre. You do not need to be in the same room or even the same building as the Asterisk server. That is because no hardware is required.
The only downside is that without a phone, speakers, or microphone, users of EtherAir™ appear to be talking to themselves when they use it. This is not a significant problem as it will become common practice as EtherAir™ is more widely used. (This is good news for people who really do talk to themselves - they can simply say they were using EtherAir™.)
This is revolutionary technology that will soon do away with all hardware. Soon, no one will use phones and will instead use EtherAir™. You can trust me when I say it works well. It also supports G.722.
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