Re: Asterisk / Skype integration

["Pete Shew" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have got a USB to RJ11 that I got off eBay for =A327.45. VoipFans was
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make. I have connected the RJ11 to the second line of my PABX (POTS not As=
terisk) and when a Skype call comes in, the phones ring. You don't need to
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go to the server to answer the call, just pick up a phone. In that respect
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it works fine.

Outgoing calls are more of a problem.

Call progress is not very good, and failed calls are signalled by a slight
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click only.
Putting the phone down doesn't reset Skype properly so that if there is a
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umber in the buffer the only way to clear it is to key # and put the phone
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down, but without looking at the server you don't know.
It seems a bit fussy about understanding MF (motto: key slowly), which
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led with the above can lead to confusion.=20
If you make calls while looking at the server its much clearer.
You can only call Skype users who you've set up with speed dials, but
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number just use the full national code followed by #

Overall, anyone can use incoming, but you need a bit more nous to make
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oing calls. I wouldn't do without it.

Pete

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On 03/07/2005 at 06:28 mark_harrison_uk2 wrote:

>Hi all,
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>I have an existing Asterisk set up that works well - mix of
>conventional phones and ethernet phones.
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>My problem, however, is that a few people with whom I deal have gone
>the Skype route. I don't want to have a religious argument about
>whether Skype is the "wrong way", but I am left with an
integration
>problem because it's such a closed system, and I _need_ to use it.
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>The problem for me is, of course, that when I receive an analogue
>call, or a SIP call, the phones throughout the house ring... but when
>I receive a Skype call, the PC on my desk beeps... so unless I happen
>to be in my study, I don't realise that the call's coming in, let
>alone be able to answer it elsewhere in the house.
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>It was suggested last night that various people on eBay sell a
"USB ->
>RJ11" connector intended for use with Skype.
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>It struck me that I could leave a PC running Skype, plug in this
>connector, and wire it straight through, not to a handset, but to a
>spare port on Asterisk.
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>I could then configure Asterisk to handle incoming calls on that port
> by ringing throughout out the house, etc., etc.
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>Has anyone tried this?
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>My key questions - does the USB -> RJ11 adaptor signal properly? and
>does the Skype software auto-answer when the handset attached to it is
>picked up? (The last thing I want is to have to run to the office to
>click on a mouse button in order to answer a call on a physical
handset.)
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>Mark
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