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There is a commercial product that does just that. I cannot reveal the company name since they are clients of mine but they have a BTS, a retractable 15 foot tower, a laptop or small PC running Asterisk and either do VoIP over VSAT or connect via T1/E1. Mostly government work but they are busy and growing very fast. Thanks, Steve Totaro On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:38 PM, broadband Voice <broadbandvoice at gmail.com> wrote:> I am thinking about using an existing asterisk box and turning it into a gsm > gateway. Has anyone tried this before, adding sonme gsm cards and an > antenna. Any ideas. > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Junghanns have PCI cards with GSM modules and the drivers it works great Best Regards Thierry _____ De : asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] De la part de broadband Voice Envoy? : samedi 21 juin 2008 23:39 ? : Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Objet : [asterisk-users] Asterisk GSM Gateway Project I am thinking about using an existing asterisk box and turning it into a gsm gateway. Has anyone tried this before, adding sonme gsm cards and an antenna. Any ideas. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080622/f95de590/attachment-0001.htm
I have a small Portech GSM gateway. It works well. It's GSM<>SIP which seems to me a better solution than FXO/FXS type interfaces. They make gateways up to 32 port for E-1 interconnect. Michael --Original Message Text--- From: broadband Voice Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:38:50 -0400 I am thinking about using an existing asterisk box and turning it into a gsm gateway. Has anyone tried this before, adding sonme gsm cards and an antenna. Any ideas. -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com skype mjgraves 54245 at fwd.pulver.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080622/c2662ffb/attachment.htm
Take a look here http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30428/82/ Michael Graves wrote a great 2 part article about this. On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:13 PM, WideVOIP <forum at widevoip.com> wrote:> Junghanns have PCI cards with GSM modules and the drivers > > it works great > > Best Regards > Thierry > ________________________________ > De : asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] De la part de broadband > Voice > Envoy? : samedi 21 juin 2008 23:39 > ? : Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Objet : [asterisk-users] Asterisk GSM Gateway Project > > I am thinking about using an existing asterisk box and turning it into a gsm > gateway. Has anyone tried this before, adding sonme gsm cards and an > antenna. Any ideas. > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
When you say GSM gateway, do you mean using cell phones as FXOs or do you mean using Asterisk coupled with a BTS and having your own little cell? Thanks, Steve Totaro On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, WideVOIP <forum at widevoip.com> wrote:> Junghanns have PCI cards with GSM modules and the drivers > > it works great > > Best Regards > Thierry > ________________________________ > De : asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] De la part de broadband > Voice > Envoy? : samedi 21 juin 2008 23:39 > ? : Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Objet : [asterisk-users] Asterisk GSM Gateway Project > > I am thinking about using an existing asterisk box and turning it into a gsm > gateway. Has anyone tried this before, adding sonme gsm cards and an > antenna. Any ideas. > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
"WideVOIP" <forum at widevoip.com> writes:> Junghanns have PCI cards with GSM modules and the drivers > > it works greatThey have the classic problem with interrupt sharing. At least the card we bought does. Welcome to the 21st century. /Benny
The quad-band model is around $250 USD. See Ebay auction here http://tinyurl.com/5tvoa9 Michael Graves mgraves <at> mstvp.com o(713) 861-4005 c(713) 201-1262 sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com skype mjgraves FWD 54245> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk GSM Gateway Project > From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh at alphaque.com> > Date: Mon, June 23, 2008 1:03 am > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> > Cc: mgraves at mstvp.com > > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:45:10 -0500, Michael Graves wrote: > > > I have a small Portech GSM gateway. It works well. It's GSM<>SIP which > > seems to me a better solution than FXO/FXS type interfaces. They make > > gateways up to 32 port for E-1 interconnect. > > what did they cost, michael ? > > > -- > Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." > dinesh at alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ > +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ > | for a in past present future; do | > | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | > | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | > | done; done | > +=========================================================================+
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote:> The quad-band model is around $250 USD. > > See Ebay auction here http://tinyurl.com/5tvoa9 > > Michael Graves > mgraves <at> mstvp.com > o(713) 861-4005 > c(713) 201-1262 > sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com > skype mjgraves > FWD 54245 > >Do any of these do SMS? Thanks, Steve T
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:09:21 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:>On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote: >> The quad-band model is around $250 USD. >> >> See Ebay auction here http://tinyurl.com/5tvoa9 >> >> Michael Graves >> mgraves <at> mstvp.com >> o(713) 861-4005 >> c(713) 201-1262 >> sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com >> skype mjgraves >> FWD 54245 >> >> > >Do any of these do SMS?Yes, most of them do. See #7 on the following page: http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/index1.htm Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com skype mjgraves 54245 at fwd.pulver.com
Thanks all for the good feedback. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Michael Graves <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote:> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:09:21 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > > >On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote: > >> The quad-band model is around $250 USD. > >> > >> See Ebay auction here http://tinyurl.com/5tvoa9 > >> > >> Michael Graves > >> mgraves <at> mstvp.com > >> o(713) 861-4005 > >> c(713) 201-1262 > >> sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com <sip%3Amjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com> > >> skype mjgraves > >> FWD 54245 > >> > >> > > > >Do any of these do SMS? > > Yes, most of them do. > > See #7 on the following page: > > http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/index1.htm > > Michael > -- > Michael Graves > mgraves<at>mstvp.com > http://blog.mgraves.org > o713-861-4005 > c713-201-1262 > sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com <sip%3Amjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com> > skype mjgraves > 54245 at fwd.pulver.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080623/abab5884/attachment.htm
Hi There http://www.2n.cz/company/2n_history.html offer this kind of products. they works vey well with asterisk. Ciao Andrea Michael Graves ha scritto:> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:09:21 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > > >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote: >> >>> The quad-band model is around $250 USD. >>> >>> See Ebay auction here http://tinyurl.com/5tvoa9 >>> >>> Michael Graves >>> mgraves <at> mstvp.com >>> o(713) 861-4005 >>> c(713) 201-1262 >>> sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com >>> skype mjgraves >>> FWD 54245 >>> >>> >>> >> Do any of these do SMS? >> > > Yes, most of them do. > > See #7 on the following page: > > http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/index1.htm > > Michael > -- > Michael Graves > mgraves<at>mstvp.com > http://blog.mgraves.org > o713-861-4005 > c713-201-1262 > sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com > skype mjgraves > 54245 at fwd.pulver.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
I already checked them out. If you read their fine prints well they have minutes limitations then you have to buy licenses. From the responses that I got, I can get one the pci gsm cards with the drivers and that will work for us except that it does not scale very well. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Andrea Cristofanini < andrea at gedameurope.com> wrote:> Hi There > http://www.2n.cz/company/2n_history.html > offer this kind of products. > they works vey well with asterisk. > Ciao Andrea > Michael Graves ha scritto: > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:09:21 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > > > > > >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote: > >> > >>> The quad-band model is around $250 USD. > >>> > >>> See Ebay auction here http://tinyurl.com/5tvoa9 > >>> > >>> Michael Graves > >>> mgraves <at> mstvp.com > >>> o(713) 861-4005 > >>> c(713) 201-1262 > >>> sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com<sip%3Amjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com> > >>> skype mjgraves > >>> FWD 54245 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Do any of these do SMS? > >> > > > > Yes, most of them do. > > > > See #7 on the following page: > > > > http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/index1.htm > > > > Michael > > -- > > Michael Graves > > mgraves<at>mstvp.com > > http://blog.mgraves.org > > o713-861-4005 > > c713-201-1262 > > sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com <sip%3Amjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com> > > skype mjgraves > > 54245 at fwd.pulver.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080624/c49014b5/attachment.htm