[Freeswitch-users] Running FreeSWITCH on softmodem

peder at networkoblivion.com peder at networkoblivion.com
Tue Jan 24 23:28:20 MSK 2012 

There is a big difference between voice modem and data modem.  Doing an ATD
just dials via the data side.  It doesn't mean that it will work for voice.
You can't just get any old modem and run voice over it, it needs to be a
modem with a DSP and then the appropriate drivers that can convert voice.
You are better off buying an ATA and doing it that way.  You can find used
ATAs on ebay for $30 US or less.

-----Original Message-----
From: freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
[mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of
Sebastian Tarach
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:08 PM
To: freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Running FreeSWITCH on softmodem

~I'm hoping I'm not doing something wrong by replying to this message.
Sorry I'm using message boards and irc most of the time and not
mailing lists.

Well after installing sl-modem-daemon and modem-cmd I was able to call
my mobile phone bo using command
modem-cmd /dev/modem ATD9<mobile phone> - 9 tells my Panasonic
KX-T61610B to use first outside line available.

After a while I heard my mobile phone ringing. That's why I'm not
really convinced that it won't work because it will lack the drivers.
Well maybe FreeSWITCH needs some special drivers I don't know of.

I probably should have said it before but my telephone line isn't
plugged in directly into my modem. Its connected via Panasonic
KX-T61610B. I'm planning on using some old junk as its well I wouldn't
call it replacement. More like supplement because I want them to work
side by side. Since abilities of that KX-... are really poor I want to
put some old crappy computer with telephone modem inside next to it
which will handle things like IVR. But before I will get to this I
want to check if I'm not stupid enough to even set it up on my Toshiba
Satellite M30 laptop which happens has a modem.

I would like to explore all the possibilities before I will start
investing money in something unnecessary or in something I can't
handle.

So despite the fact I was able to use it to call myself on cellphone
are you really sure I won't be able to set it up this way?

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ken Rice <krice at freeswitch.org>
> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:48:16 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Running FreeSWITCH on softmodem
> Not to mention intel discontinued the chipset used on that card ages
ago... You’ll be lucky to find them today
>
>
> On 1/24/12 11:43 AM, "curriegrad2004" <curriegrad2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don't even bother getting a x100p or it's clones either. It's been
reported to work very poorly as an fxo. If you dug deeper you'll find that
it's really a softmodem by Intel.
>
> On 2012-01-24 9:02 AM, "Ken Rice" <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately most softmodems are not supported as a Telephony
interface...
> The problem is lack of drivers. The simple answer is it wont work...
>
> You're best bet is to get an ATA with both FXO and FXS ports and connect
via
> SIP...
>
>
> On 1/24/12 4:15 AM, "Sebastian Tarach" <starach at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm pretty new to the whole idea of using Linux as telephone central .
>> I tried to setup Asterisk at first but failed. Although I have managed
>> to install it I was unable to "call my computer". That's why I was
>> hoping to deal with FreeSWITCH better. Please tell a noob like myself
>> how to make this finally work. Keep in mind that something that is
>> clear to you to me is probably a dark magic. For instance in
>> installation guide there are mentioned few different ways to connect
>> to a modem. Which method should I use if it comes to my modem :
>>
>>
>> $ lspci -d 8086:24c6 -vvv
>> 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
>> AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
>>         Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
>>         Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>> ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
>>         Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>>> TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>>         Latency: 0
>>         Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 4
>>         Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
>>         Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
>>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
>> PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>>                 Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>>         Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nandy Dagondon <gcd at i.ph>
> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:51:26 +0800
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Running FreeSWITCH on softmodem
> FreeSWITCH doesn't need softmodem unlike Asterisk where an X100P (or a
Digium card) is needed as a timing device.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Sebastian Tarach <starach at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm pretty new to the whole idea of using Linux as telephone central .
>> I tried to setup Asterisk at first but failed. Although I have managed
>> to install it I was unable to "call my computer". That's why I was
>> hoping to deal with FreeSWITCH better. Please tell a noob like myself
>> how to make this finally work. Keep in mind that something that is
>> clear to you to me is probably a dark magic. For instance in
>> installation guide there are mentioned few different ways to connect
>> to a modem. Which method should I use if it comes to my modem :
>>
>>
>> $ lspci -d 8086:24c6 -vvv
>> 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
>> AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
>>        Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
>>        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>> ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
>>        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>> >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>>        Latency: 0
>>        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 4
>>        Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
>>        Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
>>        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
>> PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>>                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>>        Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________________
>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>
>> 
>> 
>>
>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org
>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>
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>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
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>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: curriegrad2004 <curriegrad2004 at gmail.com>
> To: FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:52:08 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Running FreeSWITCH on softmodem
>
> Yeah, seen a lot of fake x100ps on eBay too so steer clear of that place
too.
>
> On 2012-01-24 9:49 AM, "Ken Rice" <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:
>>
>> Not to mention intel discontinued the chipset used on that card ages
ago... You’ll be lucky to find them today
>>
>>
>> On 1/24/12 11:43 AM, "curriegrad2004" <curriegrad2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Don't even bother getting a x100p or it's clones either. It's been
reported to work very poorly as an fxo. If you dug deeper you'll find that
it's really a softmodem by Intel.
>>
>> On 2012-01-24 9:02 AM, "Ken Rice" <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:
>>
>> Unfortunately most softmodems are not supported as a Telephony
interface...
>> The problem is lack of drivers. The simple answer is it wont work...
>>
>> You're best bet is to get an ATA with both FXO and FXS ports and connect
via
>> SIP...
>>
>>
>> On 1/24/12 4:15 AM, "Sebastian Tarach" <starach at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm pretty new to the whole idea of using Linux as telephone central .
>> > I tried to setup Asterisk at first but failed. Although I have managed
>> > to install it I was unable to "call my computer". That's why I was
>> > hoping to deal with FreeSWITCH better. Please tell a noob like myself
>> > how to make this finally work. Keep in mind that something that is
>> > clear to you to me is probably a dark magic. For instance in
>> > installation guide there are mentioned few different ways to connect
>> > to a modem. Which method should I use if it comes to my modem :
>> >
>> >
>> > $ lspci -d 8086:24c6 -vvv
>> > 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
>> > AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
>> >         Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
>> >         Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
>> > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
>> >         Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>> >> TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>> >         Latency: 0
>> >         Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 4
>> >         Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
>> >         Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
>> >         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>> >                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
>> > PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>> >                 Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>> >         Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> >
_________________________________________________________________________
>> > Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>> > consulting at freeswitch.org
>> > http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>> >
>> > 
>> > 
>> >
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>> > http://www.freeswitch.org
>> > http://wiki.freeswitch.org
>> > http://www.cluecon.com
>> >
>> > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>> > FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
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>> >
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>>
>>
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>>
>> 
>> 
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>>
>> 
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>>
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