2009/12/8 Helmut Hartl <[email protected]>: >> > This seems you want to do 3rd party call control of a SIP device.
Yes, I simply want to initiate a call from inside our application. The rest is then handled by the actual SIP device or VoIP application. >> I know Skype has a public API, but I haven't looked into it yet. I >> thought I would ask here first. >> > Skype has no direct relation to SIP ? True, it uses some proprietary protocol for VoIP. But I did take a brief look at the API. They do allow 3rd party software to control the Skype client (eg: adding a contact, changing the online status, initiating a call, etc.) Skype seems to be quite popular (I'm not really into such chatting apps much) and it seems to do what we need. Simply initiate a call. We don't really need anything fancy like call-routing, PBX etc. We simply want to add a "value-add feature" to our product. We are a franchise business, so maybe we can add a link to the Help menu that says "Call Head-Office via VoIP for support", or call a client if they have a Skype or SIP account etc. So it's just a "nice to have" feature really. We can control there installations, so would could mention Skype as an option to them. But before we do anything, I obviously need to research the topic a bit more. We already do something similar with SMS services, where they can SMS clients directly from our software regarding outstanding money or any specials etc. We use a online SMS service located in South Africa. Just another little "value-add" feature. > and the actual use case. What SIP Proxy / devices do you intend > to use ? (e.g. SNOM / Granstream phones, Freeswitch, Astersisk, > OpenSER, SER, proprietary solutions ) This sounds more complicated to what we intended. As I said, I need to research the subject a bit more before we decide to implement anything. Thank you very much for you reply. You mentioned some interesting things, that will give me something to research. -- Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
