Re: alarm receiver emulators

[G. Morgan <g.m@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Hakma" <hakma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Yes, you can setup a SIP trunk on Asterisk and have your alarm panel call
>from a landline.
>
>There is a way to get a free SIP trunk and it's a two step process.
>
>1. Setup an account with www.ipkall.com and get a free Washington number.
>
>2. Setup an account with www.voxalot.com and creat a SIP accoount.
>
>3. Forward your ipkall.com number to voxalot.com account.
>
>4. Setup voxalot account as a trunk on Asterisk.
>
>5. Program your alarm panel to call the Washington number, and voila ...
>Asterisk answer the call.
>
>The problem is, we all know that alarm signals don't play well with VOIP, so
>you may or may not get a successfull communication between the two.

Awesome, that's good information to hear.  I have a couple of
SIP's already.  One from sipgate.com and one from tropo.com, I
have a third from Twilio.com but they don't pass out the SIP
credentials.

This is not a mission critical app, it's mostly going to be a
relay to SMS.