asterisk users - Feb 2006 - Chan_BT question WAS: Asterisk with USB

asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com is believed to have said: 
>Bluetooth enabled phones to talk to Bluetooth headsets; I guess there's
a
>protocol for the phone to talk to any Bluetooth headset, no matter who made
>it. This protocol would have to include something to allow voice to pass
>from the phone to the headset and vice versa. It might also include
>something for dialing out.
>
>I suppose chan_bluetooth is emulating a headset, so there's support in
the
>phone for passing voice around. There's also documentation for how to do
it.
>
>I've never seen a USB headset so I doubt there's any support in the
phone
>for passing voice over that connection. Maybe this is why there's no
such
>thing as "chan_usb"
>
>Then again, I'm no expert on this matter, so maybe I'm plain wrong.
>

Hello,

let me ask something related, but on chan_bluetooth.

If this driver is faking Asterisk as a headset to the BT cellphone, does
this mean that it can only answer incoming calls, but NOT ask the
cellphone to dial a number?

I am asking because I would like to see if I can use this driver to
bypass any hardware gsm-gateway to obtain a 'gsm_trunk'.

Would something like Dial(bluetooth/33512345594, 20) work?
Of course using the correct channel indication for the chan_bluetooth
module...

TIA
Aldo

Yes, you can dial out just fine.

Joseph Tanner

On 2/8/06, Aldo Bergamini <aab.lists@nb-a.com>
wrote:
> asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com is believed to have said:
>
> >Bluetooth enabled phones to talk to Bluetooth headsets; I guess
there's a
> >protocol for the phone to talk to any Bluetooth headset, no matter who
made
> >it. This protocol would have to include something to allow voice to
pass
> >from the phone to the headset and vice versa. It might also include
> >something for dialing out.
> >
> >I suppose chan_bluetooth is emulating a headset, so there's support
in the
> >phone for passing voice around. There's also documentation for how
to do it.
> >
> >I've never seen a USB headset so I doubt there's any support in
the phone
> >for passing voice over that connection. Maybe this is why there's
no such
> >thing as "chan_usb"
> >
> >Then again, I'm no expert on this matter, so maybe I'm plain
wrong.
> >
>
>
> Hello,
>
> let me ask something related, but on chan_bluetooth.
>
> If this driver is faking Asterisk as a headset to the BT cellphone, does
> this mean that it can only answer incoming calls, but NOT ask the
> cellphone to dial a number?
>
> I am asking because I would like to see if I can use this driver to
> bypass any hardware gsm-gateway to obtain a 'gsm_trunk'.
>
> Would something like Dial(bluetooth/33512345594, 20) work?
> Of course using the correct channel indication for the chan_bluetooth
> module...
>
> TIA
> Aldo
>
>
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