X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <7c5010d60611161152h7ebe480cg1fd8a93fe934e043@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:52:47 +0100 From: "Giovanni Maruzzelli" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Celliax LiveCD 0.0.32 released (Asterisk managing cellular phones, and Skype calls to/from cellphones, via chan_celliax) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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. Runs on Linux and Windows with cygwin (see below for more). 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. Celliax development and download site: www.celliax.org 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... _____________________ From the "Detailed description" of the chan_celliax's Doxygen documentation: Celliax, audio-serial driver for cellular phones (Skype calls supported) and ALSA voicemodems (no Skype calls). General overview The Celliax channel(s) interact with the outside world via audio device(s) and (optional) serial port(s). The original purpose of Celliax was the recycling of old cellular phones floating around the world, using them as "base station" devices for Asterisk. As additional feature, Celliax makes a bridge between the cellphone and the Skype client running on the same computer Asterisk is running, enabling the cellphone to "put you through" Skype calls. Another additional feature is the management of ALSA voicemodems, in which case Skype calls are not supported. Cellular phones management is operated through audio-datacable, serial commands and soundcard. Voicemodems through ALSA driver. Skype calls to/from cell phones are managed via Skype client API (X11 or Windows) and audiocable. Hardware managed For testing purposes, you can operate a Celliax channel without additional hardware, just headset and microphone. This way you will have an experience similar to the one you got from chan_oss or chan_alsa, with the additional feature of Skype calls management, see below for more details on operating Celliax with headset and microphone. A "base station" cellular phone is connected to the computer running Asterisk with: * an audiocable (that brings the audio from the headset output of the cellphone handsfree connector to the mic input of the soundcard, and from the speaker output of the soundcard to the mic input of the handsfree connector of the cellphone) * and a datacable (that brings AT or FBUS2 commands and messages back and forth from a serial port of the computer to the serial connector of the cellphone). The audio is phisycally shared between the Skype client, chan_celliax and the cellphone because all of them use the same soundcard for input and output (but the mic and speaker are inverted between the cellphone and the Skype client by the audiocable. So, the Skype client sound output originally directed to the soundcard speaker output actually goes to the microphone input of the cellphone handsfree connector, and viceversa). This audio sharing works with ALSA and win32 audio (for OSS you would have to use some mixing OSS device, a la skypehijack or oss2jack for overcoming the OSS limitation of one only program opening a particular sound device). An ALSA voicemodem is managed directly by celliax as an audio device, no additional hardware required (but Skype calls are not managed with voicemodems, because the voicemodem and the Skype client can't have the mic and speaker inverted between them) Usage with headset and microphone (for testing purposes) * put "controldevprotocol=NO_SERIAL" in configuration * celliax monitors the soundcard (for incoming sounds) * a call is activated by an incoming "ring" noise on the soundcard (just yell in the mic) * during a call, you can type the "dial" and "hangup" console commands to simulate the incoming DTMFs and hangups you would have from a real (cell)phone call. The "console" console command is useful if you use more than one celliax channel concurrently (requires more than one soundcard) * during the call, incoming silence and DTMF tones are recognized through dsp.c analysis * the caller's hangup is signaled by the "hangup" console command or by a period of continued silence * if hangup is detected, or when an hang up command is generated by the dialplan (eg. "press # to hangup"), celliax close the call Overview of the handling of an incoming phone call ("answer" app) * put "controldevprotocol=" one of AT FBUS2 ALSA_VOICEMODEM in configuration * celliax monitors both the soundcard (for incoming sounds) and the serial control device if available (for AT or FBUS2 messages) * an incoming call is signaled on the serial control device ("RING" on AT cellphones, proprietary Nokia hex on FBUS2 cellphones) * celliax wait for the caller id to be signaled on the serial control device * the caller id arrives * on Nokia 3310 and compatibles cellphones (and with ALSA_VOICEMODEM protocol) the incoming call is detected by the soundcard that detects the "ring" noise (so, no caller id) * celliax picks up the call with serial commands to the cellphone or with off-hook ALSA mixer command to the ALSA voicemodem * during the call, incoming silence and DTMF tones are recognized through dsp.c analysis * the caller's hangup is signaled by incoming serial messages or by a period of continued silence (when no serial control device is available) * when remote party hangs up, or when an hang up command is generated by the dialplan (eg. "press # to hangup"), celliax hangs up the line with serial commands to the cellphone or "on hook" ALSA mixer commands to ALSA voicemodems Overview of the handling of an outgoing phone call ("dial" app) * put "controldevprotocol=" one of AT FBUS2 ALSA_VOICEMODEM in configuration * celliax monitors both the soundcard (for incoming sounds) and the serial control device if available (for AT or FBUS2 messages) * celliax place an outgoing call with serial commands to the cellphone or (in case of ALSA_VOICEMODEM protocol) with a "off hook" ALSA mixer command to the ALSA voicemodem, followed by the playing of the DTMF digits on the voicemodem ALSA device * the remote party's hangup is signaled by incoming serial messages or by a period of continued silence (when no serial control device is available) * when remote party hangs up, or when an hang up command is generated by the celliax user, celliax hangs up the line with serial commands to the cellphone or "on hook" ALSA mixer commands to ALSA voicemodems Overview of the handling of an incoming Skype call ("skype2celliax" app) * put "skype=yes" in configuration * celliax monitors the Skype client for incoming Skype API messages (X11 or Windows messages) * when an incoming Skype call is signaled by the Skype client, if a phone call is already active on the celliax channel the Skype call is dropped with Skype API commands to the Skype client * else (no phone call is active on the celliax channel) the Skype call is accepted and picked up with Skype API commands to the Skype client * celliax sets the context to "skype" and activate an "INCOMING_RING" on the channel * in the "skype" context on the dialplan (extensions.conf), following the "answer" there is the "skype2celliax" command, that makes an outgoing cellphone call to the configured phone number * the Skype caller hangup is detected by incoming Skype API messages * when the Skype caller hangs up, or the remote phone party hangs up, the Skype call is closed by Skype API messages and the celliax call is hanged up Overview of the handling of an outgoing Skype call ("celliax2skype" app) * put "skype=yes" in configuration * celliax monitors the Skype client for incoming Skype API messages (X11 or Windows messages) * the application "celliax2skype" activates a Skype call to the desired Skype user by sending Skype API messages to the Skype client * the Skype caller hangup is detected by incoming Skype API messages * if the Skype caller hangs up the control comes back to the dialplan, "extensions.conf", and the celliax call goes on * if the celliax user hangs up, the Skype call is closed by Skype API messages and the celliax call is hanged up Overview of the handling of the Skype Contacts Directory ("celliax_skype_directory" app) * put "skype=yes" in configuration * celliax monitors the Skype client for incoming Skype API messages (X11 or Windows messages) * when the "celliax_skype_directory" application is encountered in the dialplan, "extensions.conf", the user is presented with an interactive dialog similar to the one presented by the "directory" application * first the "celliax_skype_directory" application asks the Skype client the list of Skype contacts via Skype API messages * second the "celliax_skype_directory" writes a configuration file, "skype_dir.conf" containing the Skype contacts names as displayed by the Skype client and the corresponding Skype user names * for each Skype contact, "celliax_skype_directory" adds dinamically to the dialplan a corresponding extension in the "default" context * the user is asked to insert the first three letter of the Skype contact he wants to call, as it is displayed in the Skype client * after the user insert and confirm a Skype contact, the celliax call jumps to the extension that was dinamically added to the dialplan for that Skype contact * at that extension there is a "celliax2skype" application that activates a call to the desired Skype contact Special case: Usage for managing a cellphone without using a datacable * connect the "base station" cellular phone to the soundcard through the audiocable * put "controldevprotocol=NO_SERIAL" in configuration * configure the cellphone to "automatically answer" incoming calls ("autoanswer" is an "handsfree" feature found in most cellular phones). With many cellphones you can configure the "autoanswer" feature only while the handsfree (or the audiocable) is connected to the cellphone. * celliax will not make outgoing cellphone calls, but will answer incoming calls, and let you make outgoing Skype calls Dedication This file has been written during the last two years by Giovanni Maruzzelli, with a lot of cut and paste from other free software sourcecode. This file is dedicated to the people that inspired me in Belgrade, and particularly to Dejan Nikolic, Milka Jojic, Ivana Jelisavcic, Alexa, to Dragan Ristic and his Rom band KAL, to SKC, to DjKC, to Taraf de Haidouks, and more so to the beautyful dancer "bella ballerina" Francesca Parlagreco. To all the people that I met there, and to the ones that I will met. To who introduced me to computers and many things, Mita Vitti, and to who tried to teach me things he don't knows, Marco Amante. To who pushed me to distribute it, Anna Pellizzi Moroni. To my son Rocco Manz Maruzzelli, so patient during the long hours I stare in some monitor. Giovanni, Oct 22th, 2006 Credits In this file you find the results of the work of thousands peoples, merged here by my intensive source cut'n paste and by the use of tools and documentation they provided, on top of which is my small contribution. I would like to list here the more direct ancestors, but all this is just part of an history of collaboration and circulation of ideas, knowledge and a donation of one's own work to the humankind that goes back in the centuries. First of all, Richard Stallmann and the Free Software Foundation, and Linus Torvalds, we all know why. Then Mark Spencer for creating the whole Asterisk Free PBX and the chan_iax, chan_modem, chan_oss and app_directory on which this channel is modeled after. Steven Underwood and Jim Dixon for dsp management, DTMF and silence detection, and for the Zapata Telephony Organization. Kevin Fleming for all his Asterisk contributions. Luigi Rizzo for enhanced version of chan_oss. Matthew Fredrickson for chan_alsa. Olle Johansson for chan_sip. Takeshi Iwai, for ALSA code examples and tutorials. Sasha Khapyorsky for slmodemd and ALSA modem driver. Christopher Faylor and Corinna Vinschen for Cygwin. Colin Peters, Jan-Jaap van der Heijden, Mumit Khan, Anders Norlander, Earnie Boyd and Dale Handerson for Mingw, w32api, minires. Jeff Glatt for Windows wavein waveout functions, and the wonderful tutorial on audio programming on Windows. Marcin Wiacek for Gammu. Hugh Blemings and Pavel Janik for Gnokii. Itai Nahshon for dtmf-dial. Justin Karneges for Nokia 61xx SMS send/receive functions. Peter Hofmann for gsmlib. Stanislav Karchebny for the X11 Skype API examples. The unknown (to me) person who wrote the msgapitest.cpp distributed by Skype as an example of Windows Skype API. ...... For sure I've left out some other direct ancestor... I would *really really* like that people that recognizes his own (or someone else's) more or less direct contribution to this file takes the time to made it known at www.celliax.org and be included in this list. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/