David:<br><br>Thanks for the reply. I had tried Zoneminder some time ago and it looks like a bunch of new features have been added. I might have to give it another go.<br><br>Thx for the "fxo modem" tip, I'll see what can be dug up.<br>
<br>Greg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:37 AM, David Brain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dbrain@gmail.com">dbrain@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
The problem will probably be the modem - the consensus seems to be<br>
that most modems cannot be used as an FXO replacement, (google for<br>
'fxo modem' reveals some apparent success, but few details).<br>
<br>
The actual VM part on the Mac should be a straightforward,<br>
VirtualBox/VMWare Fusion/Parallels should all work.<br>
<br>
BTW - ever looked at ZoneMinder (<a href="http://www.zoneminder.com/" target="_blank">http://www.zoneminder.com/</a>) for the<br>
security cam server? Has a pretty decent web interface - I've had a<br>
server up and running now for 6+ months and it works pretty nicely -<br>
even have it set up to email me movie clips of alerts.<br>
<br>
David.<br>
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Greg Brown <<a href="mailto:gwbrown1@gmail.com">gwbrown1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> So, I think I have a need for Asterisk (finally!). My condo association has<br>
> three phones, all of which run $80/month for "business phone" from Embarq.<br>
> I think I can get this down to one phone line, DSL and IP phones, or<br>
> POTS-to-VoIP adapters.<br>
><br>
> Here is my question: assuming I have one "real" phone line are there any<br>
> options for connecting that phone to a modem in the Mac for use when the DSL<br>
> line is out? I know Digium makes some cards for Linux but I wonder if there<br>
> is any way to run this all under a VM on the Mac which will already be in<br>
> place to monitor the security cameras (yes, I know I can use Motion for this<br>
> but I want the "more user friendly" web interface that ships with the OS X<br>
> stuff).<br>
><br>
> I could run a seperate machine for the Asterisk server and Digium POTS<br>
> gateway thingy but I'd prefer not to if at all possible.<br>
><br>
> Greg<br>
><br>
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