How to transfer calls when I'm not home?

Posts: 54

Friends,

I have a hairbrained idea, and I know there's got to be a way to do it, but I'm not sure what kind of product I'm looking for. Here's what I would like to be able to do: when I call one of my Vonage numbers at home, I would like some kind of voice prompt to answer the call, and allow me to type in a 10-digit phone number that I would like to be transferred to. This 'system' would then dial "Flash, #90" and the 10 numbers that I input via touch tone.

What do I need to be looking for? Even software running on a dedicated PC with a modem would work, I just don't know what is available. Any input is much appreciated. Thanks!

Russ

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject:

Check BVRP.com

Other people on this forum have used their tools with a compatible voice modem. One of their products may do what you need. If you find something, please post a followup message for the rest of us.

Alternatively you could consider Asterix. I am fairly certain it could accomplish this. This would require significantly more effort but would allow a lot more flexibility.

One word of caution: It would be very tempting to hand out this number and provide free long distance for all your family and friends. If Vonage were to decide your calling patterns did not conform to standard residential patterns they would "upgrade" you to a more expensive plan or terminate your service.

Posts: 230 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject:

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Alternatively you could consider Asterix. I am fairly certain it could accomplish this. This would require significantly more effort but would allow a lot more flexibility.

I personally use www.asterisk.org to accomplish this task but there is alot of setup involved but its fun as well.

Posts: 17 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Mar 16, 2005 Posts: 17

tommy13v wrote:

I personally use www.asterisk.org to accomplish this task but there is alot of setup involved but its fun as well.

That looks like a really cool program. I like the music on hold feature. What kind of hardware are using this on? Did you buy a special modem, or will any voice modem do? I'm gonna be seeting up a Fedora box this month, so this would be great to run on it.

Posts: 230 · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:23 am Post subject:

I use this modem as it is a clone of the X100P that was discontinued.

https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FM-INL92SW

its about $8.00 + S/H

check out http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/ They include the distro and asterisk all in one. Just pop the cd in and it will load CentOS which is Red Hat enterprise.

It works very well with Vonage and I have access to features like DID, DND and others.

Posts: 15 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 28, 2004 Posts: 15

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I use this modem as it is a clone of the X100P that was discontinued.

https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FM-INL92SW

its about $8.00 + S/H

check out http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/ They include the distro and asterisk all in one. Just pop the cd in and it will load CentOS which is Red Hat enterprise.

It works very well with Vonage and I have access to features like DID, DND and others

Hello Tommy, can you please provide more information on your setup. Are you using the motorolla modem ?

Posts: 230 · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:46 am Post subject:

The link I provided was an intel soft modem that works like a single port FXO PCI interface card for interfacing with a standard analog phone line.

This is what you plug into the Vonage Phone Adapter.

Posts: 15 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 28, 2004 Posts: 15

To Tommy

If you dont mind me asking, I have the following questions for you.

1. You plug the network end of the adapter into the router or cable modem, whichever applies, then plug the phone port into the adapter right? What happens in a situation whereby I want to distribute the connection to my other outlets.

Also with the connection that you outlined, where are you plugging the analog phone into, are you plugging it into the phone port in the PC.

2. I noticed that installing linux will clean the harddrive, my question is after installing this program can you install another OS, or can you possibly configure this installed software to allow Linux to act as an OS?

Posts: 230 · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:

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1. You plug the network end of the adapter into the router or cable modem, whichever applies, then plug the phone port into the adapter right? What happens in a situation whereby I want to distribute the connection to my other outlets.

You are correct about how to plug in the phone line and network but if you want to use your existing anolog phone you will need to purshase an adapter that will make your phone an ip phone. http://www.sipura.com/products/spa1000.htm I use this with my cordless phone system and also Cisco 7960 IP phones for other areas around the house. You can not plug the phone into the phone port on the modem.

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2. I noticed that installing linux will clean the harddrive, my question is after installing this program can you install another OS, or can you possibly configure this installed software to allow Linux to act as an OS?

You will not beable to install another os on this install but the os is linux so you can install whatever linux software you would like to it. CentOS is a linux distro. Actually its RedHat ES.

PM me if you want more info.