Re: [Ekiga-list] OT: reading caller id from a analog telephone

[Jure Petrovic <fonz siol net>]

Asterisk setup with analog telephone cards (TDM400P)?
I don't think ATA's are meant for this kind of application...

Regards, 
Jure

On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 15:30 +0100, Joe Desbonnet wrote:
> This is more a general linux/telephony question so I hope it's ok to ask here.
> 
> I need an application to be able to popup an information window
> depending on the caller id of an incoming analog telephone call.
> 
> I know this can be accomplished with some modems, but I don't like
> this solution because it involves installing PCI or RS232 modems and
> does not scale well for more than a few phones lines.
> 
> I would much prefer hardware that has a network interface on the
> computer side. The GrandStream HandyTone 486 adapter looks like it
> just might be able to do this, but there is insufficient detail in the
> manual to know for sure.
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions for a (low cost) hardware setup to accomplish this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joe.