Programmatically dial a series of numbers on a modem?

Posted by Nathan Long on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Nathan Long
Published on 2010-04-05T15:41:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 15:43 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 200

Filed under:

modem

|

linux

At work, we just got a large number exotic cellular devices that need to be programmed. To do this, you plug in a standard home telephone and dial a series of numbers, with pauses between them.

To me, this is a task that begs to be automated, and we've got one Linux desktop (a test Asterisk machine) with a modem on it.

Does anybody know an easy way to approach this task? I could install Ruby or Python on that desktop. I also know PHP, but I'm not sure how to run it outside of a server setup, and it seems silly to install Apache for this.

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about modem

Help me with CDMA usb modem (How to change storage mode to modem mode)

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
My modem isn't in the device list of usb_modeswitch.... so I cannot automatically use the modem on the ubuntu.... I found the way to change the modem from usb storage mode to modem mode and I can use my modem. But I forgot the instructions. I don't know the modem's name. It's chinese modem. But here… >>> More
cdc-acm driver: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I am using Beagleboard-xm with 3.12 Kernel and ubuntu rootfs from Robert Nelson's site. I use a Telit HE910 GPS+GSM modem along with my project .So as per the HW user guide i have to apply a logic high for 5s on the input of this modem for enabling it So when I does this by toggling the gpio pin… >>> More
Configure USB GSM Modem

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I want to configure EVDO Usb Modem in Ubuntu 10.10 I insert my usb modem to laptop and check the usb is detected or not using $sudo lsusb and the result is: Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device… >>> More
Configure EVDO USB Modem in Ubuntu 10.10

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I want to configure EVDO Usb Modem in Ubuntu 10.10 I insert my usb modem to laptop and check the usb is detected or not using $sudo lsusb and the result is: Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device… >>> More
My datacard goes online but doesn't gives internet access (Fedora 14).

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I am using MTS datacard. I have usb_modeswitch installed and have configured the wvdial.conf file. When I do sudo wvdial cdma, the IPs and DNS addresses are also allocated but I still cant access internet. The reply to dmesg | grep -e 'tty' -e 'modem' is: [ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled [… >>> More

Related posts about linux

apt-get install and update fail

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I've got a problem with apt-get update and apt-get install ... commands . every time update or installing fails and errors are : Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198B] Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US Get:2 http://dl… >>> More
kernel module compiling error

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
sh@ubuntu:/home/ccpp/helloworld$ make gcc-4.6 -O2 -DMODULE -D_KERNEL_ -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -isystem /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include -c -o hello-1.o hello-1.c hello-1.c:4:0: warning: "MODULE" redefined [enabled by default] <command-line>:0:0: note: this is… >>> More
Build-Essentials installation failing

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I am having trouble accessing the several critical header files that show to be a part of the build process. The "Ubuntu Software Center" shows "Build Essentials" as installed: Next I did the following two commands, which did not improve the problem: ~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential [sudo]… >>> More
Updating Debian kernel

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I'm trying to update my Debian machine to 2.6.32-46 (which is the new stable). However, after doing apt-get update my apt-cache search linux-image shows me: linux-headers-2.6.32-5-486 - Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-486 linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem linux-headers-2… >>> More
Serial connection over a single USB cable (Windows to linux, or linux to linux)

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I'm helping out with a project for an embedded device that only has USB and no serial. This device is running Linux. These days, when we need to connect to a serial port on a device we typically use a USB to serial adapter (on something like a phone system or a load balancing device, etc). I would… >>> More