Hi there! First mail on the list :) 1.- is it possible to use an spa2102 to make and revice calls from a "normal" phone? I mean, I know I can use it to connect an analog to an asterisk server, but I want to know if it can be used to connect asterisk to the analog phoneline. 2.- I'm trying to unlock the spa2102 with no succes at the moment, any links or hint will be very appreciated. I'm and absolute newbie on asterisk, btw. Thanx! Kosa - Un mundo mejor es posible -
Kosa wrote:> Hi there! First mail on the list :) > > 1.- is it possible to use an spa2102 to make and revice calls from a "normal" phone? I mean, I know I can use it to connect an analog to an asterisk server, but I want to know if it can be used to connect asterisk to the analog phoneline. >In simple terms: FXS ports provide battery to analog phones, provide ringing to analog phones when so instructed, and provide dialtone to analog phones, then forward the dialed number as data to a server. FXO ports expect to see battery from analog exchange lines, supply a loop closure to request service from an exchange, in some cases will pulse dial a string of digits, in all cases send a string of DTMF digits, and detect a ringing voltage from an exchange, forwarding received information as data to a server. Some devices have both types of connections. If you want an external device to do both, it will need both types of ports, one cannot be both.> 2.- I'm trying to unlock the spa2102 with no succes at the moment, any > links or hint will be very appreciated. > >Why waste your ( valuable? ) time?? New unlocked similar devices are available from multiple sources. Many of these are born locked to a specific service, and cannot be changed.> I'm and absolute newbie on asterisk, btw. > > > Thanx! > > Kosa > > - Un mundo mejor es posible - > > >-- Dog is my co-pilot
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Kosa wrote:> 1.- is it possible to use an spa2102 to make and revice calls from a > "normal" phone? I mean, I know I can use it to connect an analog to an > asterisk server, but I want to know if it can be used to connect > asterisk to the analog phoneline.The 2102 is an FXS ("station") device. It connects to things like a telephone or a fax machine. The 3102 is an FXS and FXO ("office") device. You can plug in a telephone and the wire coming out of the wall. I have the predecessor, the 3000. It has the neat feature that if it loses power it will "bridge" the FXS and FXO ports so the telephone can still be used. I don't know if current models still have this feature.> 2.- I'm trying to unlock the spa2102 with no succes at the moment, any > links or hint will be very appreciated.I did this many years ago with some PAP2s that were locked to Vonage. Definitely not worth the effort it took to configure my name servers to pretend they were Vonage's so they could resolve Vonage's names to my local IP addresses and setting up the Ethernet interface aliases to Vonage's IP addresses. -- Thanks in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Edwards sedwards at sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000