Re: Asterisk / Skype integration

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mark_harrison_uk2 wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have an existing Asterisk set up that works well - mix of
>conventional phones and ethernet phones.
>
>My problem, however, is that a few people with whom I deal have gone
>the Skype route. I don't want to have a religious argument about
>whether Skype is the "wrong way", but I am left with an
integration
>problem because it's such a closed system, and I _need_ to use it.
>
>The problem for me is, of course, that when I receive an analogue
>call, or a SIP call, the phones throughout the house ring... but when
>I receive a Skype call, the PC on my desk beeps... so unless I happen
>to be in my study, I don't realise that the call's coming in, let
>alone be able to answer it elsewhere in the house.
>
>
xAPTel already supports Skype - so you can place, log and receive calls
on Skype via xAP... and using xAP Switchboard you can send display
messages - even to Windows Media Centre now or Text to Speech perhaps,
or you could even flash your lights,  turn on the sprinklers and text
your mobile  ;-) ;-)  - oh..and...... if the asterisk / xAP part was
released.... ;-)

Not the solution you wanted but at least you'd know of the call arrival
and caller detail.    A hardware line would be far more approriate I
think  though ;-)

K