[Freeswitch-users] MC8704 on mod-gsmopen

Mon Oct 5 14:29:42 MSD 2015

That's handy to know, I'm planning on setting up SMS to email.

On 05/10/15 19:47, Stanislav Sinyagin wrote:
> Yeastar is using the standard Asterisk management interface for SMS. I
> wrote a simple Perl script to receive the SMS, and it works completely
> fine. I didn't need them in FreeSWITCH, but it's also not a rocket
> science to bring them there.
>
> One odd thing is that sometimes the modems go offline, and it happens
> for several SIM cards for the same provider, so I think it's something
> to do with the GSM provider. Once in every few months, I have to
> restart those modems.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Francis <sms at icefire.qza.net.au> wrote:
>> I was afraid of that. I looked at the Yeastar, but it doesn't seem to
>> have SMS forwarding available. The Goip-1 I have can do it, but will
>> soon be obsolete when 2G is turned off. Looking at the supported dongles
>> list, I might be better off to get two that cover at least half the
>> bands here, then I can swap if I change carriers.
>>
>> On 05/10/15 17:41, Stanislav Sinyagin wrote:
>>> I2S is a physical bus with specific electrical parameters. So, you
>>> need to find the pinout for this card, and see if your host actually
>>> has those pins to receive data. Then, you need to do some GPIO
>>> programming to pull the audio data from it, and somehow present it to
>>> FreeSWITCH.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure a standalone GSM gateway will be much cheaper. Those
>>> from Yeastar, for example, are quite decent (they run some old
>>> Asterisk inside, but who cares).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Francis <sms at icefire.qza.net.au> wrote:
>>>> I see... the datasheet says it's USB2 but whether the I2S interface is
>>>> routed that way or direct to PCIE is another story. That said, the USB
>>>> adapter is only for convenience, I could plug it directly into the
>>>> motherboard.
>>>> I had some difficulty finding the 'ideal' dongle - quad band 3g with voice,
>>>> this was the next option.
>>>>
>>>> Francis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 05/10/15 16:35, Giovanni Maruzzelli wrote:
>>>>
>>>> no idea at all. If it comes out as being compatible with USB dongles
>>>> supported, yes. It does not seems probable to me.
>>>>
>>>> I would look into other USB dongles, almost for sure there are some that are
>>>> compatible with your network and mod_gsmopen.
>>>>
>>>> -giovanni
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Francis <sms at icefire.qza.net.au> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been looking into this card as a replacement for my current usb
>>>>> dongle setup, since 2g services are soon to shut down in rural areas
>>>>> here.  The MC8704 is quad band WCDMA, so it would give access across all
>>>>> networks:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.m2mconnectivity.com.au/brands/sierra-wireless/sierra-wireless-airprime/mc-series/mc8704
>>>>>
>>>>> .. and possibly running it through a USB adapter like this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271455696096?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649
>>>>>
>>>>> ... though I'm not sure if this would work, with the card using the I2S
>>>>> interface. Is there any possibility this might work? I don't mind doing
>>>>> some testing, as long as it's feasible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Francis
>>>>>
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>>>>
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