[innocent_lamb]

Now that I have the connection between the 2100 and 3000 units working (I hope; will find that out for sure tomorrow), I am wanting to move to the next step -- an automatic answering machine.

It appears that the simplest way to get an answering machine function off of the 2100 would be to just plug in an actual telephone answering machine and be done. However, I would like to be able to do things like automatically emailing incoming messages and this leads me to want to put the messages onto a computer.

Again, the most straight-forward method here would be to get a voice modem and just plug 'er into the 2100. But I'm thinking that I already have the incoming call in digital form in the 2100, and I have an ethernet cable from the 2100 to the attached computer's network card.

Is it possible to retrieve incoming calls (after a certain number of rings with no answer) directly from the 2100 and record them on my computer via the existing ethernet hookup? Or do I have to take my output from the "line 1" and "line 2" plugs on the 2100 and run that through voice modems first? It seems that's the long way around the bush, not to mention requiring even more equipment to get up and running.

[mberlant]

Congratulations. You have just graduated from the world of Sipura to the world of Asterisk.

Now that you are basking in the glow of Sipura success you can tackle a small Asterisk implementation. I recommend that you have a look through the Asterisk forum here on Voxilla, download Asterisk@Home, and begin your new journey.

Good luck.