I used the free service at http://evolution.voxeo.com to setup a skype redirect to Jims phone portal. You can dial +99000936 9991448198 free of charge from Skype to get access. 73, Jann -- Jann Traschewski, Drosselstr.1, D-90513 Zirndorf, Germany Tel.: +49-911-696971, Mobile: +49-170-1045937, E-Mail: jann@gmx.de Ham: DG8NGN / DB0VOX, http://www.qsl.net/dg8ngn, ICQ UIN: 4130182
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@qrvc.com [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@qrvc.com] On Behalf Of Ken Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 7:40 PM To: App_rpt-users@qrvc.com Cc: sales@qrvc.com Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Skype
Yes - I understand the effort required ... it might be easier to go the other way and put in the stuff required for the Skype channel driver to work, if it is simple ... but if that is not deemed valuable, then "oh well"
Meantime, WA1SOT has pointed out that there is another way to do this, by running a Linux version of Skype on the repeater controller and something called SIPtoSIS (plus JRE, X11, etc) - it involves installing a lot more software than just a channel and probably represents a heavy computational load too. But (I am told) it works.
The advantage of using Skype from your hotel room is that Skype somehow makes pretty good sounding audio out of a poor internet connection ... a connection that would really trash IAX communications (based on my experience and others with side-by-side comparisons).
The advantage of a channel (I think), versus reverse auto-patch, is that you do not need someone to "answer the phone" at the repeater end, to let you in.
Ken 27021
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen Rodgers [mailto:sales@qrvc.com] Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:59 AM To: Ken Cc: App_rpt-users@qrvc.com Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Skype
Ken wrote:
I have "discovered" the Digium Skype-for-Asterisk product and wonder if it can be used with ACID?
They say that version 1.4.25 of asterisk is required.
Apparently ACID uses "1.4.23-pre"
Is this going to be compatible?
Ken
KE2N
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If Asterisk 1.4.25 is required, then no, it won't be compatible. To upgrade our version of Asterisk to a later version of Asterisk requires a lot of effort to port over all of our changes and test them. We aren't going to do this unless there is some event which leaves us no choice but to do so. Skype compatibility is definitely not one of these.
Steve WA6ZFT
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