asterisk users - Nov 2006 - Celliax LiveCD 0.0.32 released (Asterisk managing cellular phones, and Skype calls to/from cellphones, via chan_celliax)

Celliax development and download site: www.celliax.org

Celliax is a channel driver for the Asterisk Free PBX that manages GSM
and CDMA cellular phones through an adapter, composed by a datacable
(for commands) and an audiocable (for the voice) interfacing the
computer soundcard.

chan_celliax is also capable of making and receiving Skype calls
through the cellphone, and has an app like app_directory that let you
choose which one of your Skype contacts you want to call.

Celliax runs on Asterisk 1.2 on Linux and Windows (with cygwin and a
little modification to the compilation of Asterisk to avoid the calls
to sigkill), and on Asterisk 1.4 only in Linux (because Asterisk 1.4
itself does not build on Windows, at date).

Together with chan_celliax is distributed the Celliax LiveCD, with a
working installation of Asterisk, chan_celliax, and configuration
utilities based on Knoppix. The Celliax LiveCD contains also all is
needed to run Celliax on Windows:the cygwin installer and the tgz with
the asterisk-celliax stuff to be untarred in a basic cygwin
installation.

What's New in 0.0.32:

   * LiveCD:
         o Now you can save all your configuration between reboots
(Celliax, Skype, Language, etc). You can save all of them on a regular
file on your hard disk (or on a USB key) and have all of it
automatically reloaded at next boot. No more need to "retrain" Skype
at each reboot!
         o Linux support for all kind of datacables in the Celliax Devkits
         o New kernel 2.6.17.14 with ark3116 and working wireless
ipw2200 modules
         o Headless Celliax, cellphones, Asterisk and Skype (without
X)! Booting in console mode you find a script
(/usr/local/asterisk/usr/sbin/celliax_server) that automatically
launch Xvfb (the fake X11 server), Skype and Celliax. Also via ssh!
Isn't that cute?
         o Graphic configuration for Celliax
         o Automatically download the latest sources with an svn
script (/usr/local/asterisk/usr/sbin/svn_celliax, now's working)
         o Contains the Windows XP drivers for the Celliax DevKit datacables

   * Celliax (both Linux and Windows):
         o Asterisk 1.2.13
         o New configuration file format
         o Better interaction with Skype (no more stuck in skype_dir,
much faster skype_dir on Windows)
         o Source code is more readable (but will be much cleaned,
refactored and polished in the future ;) ) and beginning of Doxygen
documentation
   * And many more minor things...

_____________________

Celliax development and download site: www.celliax.org