Skype to SIP Software From Australia

Now you can link skype to sip, it is great when PBX is used.
you can also use it to provid virtual numbers that skype does not provide to skype user, also i did integrated internetcalls so now i can use skype to call for free.
it still need some additions but for the moment it is functioning
http://www.nch.com.au/skypetosip/index.html
check it and tell me what you think

Reply from jcgalvezv on Mar 16, 2006 - 04:28 PM

I tried to use it, but Asterisk is giving this error message:

Mar 16 10:24:37 WARNING[557]: chan_sip.c:5284 check_via: '' is not a valid host
Mar 16 10:24:37 WARNING[557]: chan_sip.c:4511 parse_contact: Invalid host ''

Apparently there is an error in the VIA line. IP Address is missing. This is what Uplink sends:

Via: SIP/2.0/UDP :52736;rport;branch=z9hG4bK2304

There is no way to modify it.

Juan C.

Reply from justinwhite on Mar 18, 2006 - 01:57 PM

I'm having a problem trying to get this to the voipuser.org server; I want to see if the whole thing improves my cheap and hence nasty USB phone box which works well with Skype but has very bad audio for SIP (using X-Lite).

Set Skype2sip with
username: justinwhite
server: voipuser.org (have tried sip.voipuser.org)

but whenever I start Uplink get:
server voipuser.org did not respond to register (sip:justinwhite@voipuser.org)
check server details for that line

Any ideas?

Reply from mathew on Mar 18, 2006 - 03:09 PM

I don't know what to say!! I have been testing this thing for almost a week now and nothing has been hard to understand. if you go to the producer site you will find total lack of documentation,. anyway it worked for me nicely.
I installed axon as my ippbx and then I configured 2 extentions 101 and 102 , then I added an external line to my voipuser account .
I will explain the steps i went through.

first i installed uplink and i configured the sip part as follow.
user name : 101
password: 101
sip server: 192.168.1.3

then i restarted it and i opened skype so it discovered skype and conected to it but not to the sip.

then i installed axon and i configured the following.

extention:
extention name : 101
password: 101
then run network setup wizard. so it will get the following:
sip server 192.168.1.3 port 5061 stun1:stun.fwdnet.net
stun2:stun01.sipphone.com and it will obtain the external IP.

External line:
username: my voipuser
password: my voipuser password
sip server:sip.voipuser.org

now restart uplink and when it logs in again it will register as 101 on the pbx. after that the uplink configuration which is rather easy.

i think the problem is in 2 part:
1:uplink does not have a place where we can configure sip port
2:STUN proplem specially if you are behind nat.
so i thought that the axon ippbx is good because we can guarantee that we have no problem with sip port interface since axon will use a free port. and also it will resolve the stun problem.
this is the way it worked for me. and also i could connect my ippbx to a remot ippbx and it work cool.

Reply from jcgalvezv on Mar 18, 2006 - 06:34 PM

Probably this software has an intentional bug not causing problems to Axon, so it only works with Axon. I hope that is not true.

Juan C.

Reply from mathew on Mar 19, 2006 - 03:08 PM

I totally agree with you Jan, it is an intentional bug.
I did several tests finishing with uninstalling the program and reinstalling it again, and hell no thing is working.
It never recognises the axon ippbx nor regester to any sip server. only working as a vertual connection with skype.

Reply from yiannis on Mar 24, 2006 - 06:21 PM

Hi,

I downloaded the software, but it didn't seem to register to my A@H server. The port is hardwired into it and I even tried to override it by enterring 192.168.x.y:5060 for the SIP server but no luck.

I was sent an email from the company that created it requesting feedback. I told them about the problems it had and I also sent them the URL of this topic. I hope they will do something about it. This is their email (suggestions@nch.com.au). If you think it would make a difference, email them.

Thanks,
Yiannis

P.S. They emailled me first. I didn't.
I am not affiliated, related in any way to NCH.

Reply from suppa on Mar 26, 2006 - 05:21 PM

I've tried Uplink, Axon and Skype combined on one computer, twice, once a Windows XP and a Windows 2000 system. Additionally, I've got a Fritz!Box Fon 7050 SIP device with my telephone connected to it.

So, in Axon I've defined two lines, one for Uplink and one for the SIP device. Both Uplink and the SIP device register correctly to Axon.

On the XP machine, I can place a call by dialing the number of the Uplink-line on my telephone - and it works.
However, I can only place one call, then Uplink and Skype will freeze. On incoming calls, both programs hang immediately.

On the Win 2000 machine, I get a Skype error. It's the "recording device" function of uplink. If I set my computer microphone as recording device in Skype, I can place calls with my telephone. Of course, I would have to speak through the microphone then and listen through the speaker of the telephone.

Can somebody help?

Reply from astervoip on Mar 28, 2006 - 01:38 AM

Hi All,

if the problem is true, I'm thinking why we should be doing the testing for a product that is not opensource and run on Windows only? Yes, it's free. But does that mean that we should take it or leave it?

I believe more options would be available if the Skype bandwagon proves to be attractive enough to jump onto.

Regards

Reply from yiannis on Mar 28, 2006 - 02:51 AM

Hi astervoip,

I am sorry to say so, but I am looking for solutions that work. I definetely prefer an Open Source solution that works to a closed source solution that works. But if an open source solution doesn't work, guess what? It's not a solution! It's a problem!

So, give me open source solutions and I will use them. Since I am not a developer, I cannot give back that way, but there are other ways to help OS projects. If I find a commercial use for a OS project, rest assured I will "give" back to it in some way.

Open source for the sake of open source doesn't help. Open source for the users works. Give us something that works and we will support it. Until then, we rely on closed source.

Sorry if I sound aggressive, I am not, really. I am just trying to make a point. Open Source has given some fantastic software to use and I am gratefull. The most succesfull OS project? Apache! Long live Apache!

So, if anyone has a solution for skype to sip, please let us know.

Please accept my apologies for my rant,
Yiannis

Reply from astervoip on Mar 28, 2006 - 05:52 PM

Hi Yiannis,

I do not consider your comments aggressive, especially when they are true. If I sounded like I'm anti closed-source, I'm not(I'm using Windows as my desktop).

All systems have their values if used properly.

As stated earlier, I believe more products/softwares would be available for Skype interconnect. Just need to be patient. If my argument/prediction is invalid to you, it would be pointless to continue any debate. I'm sure you would agree flame-wars are useless to everybody, not just the both of us.

Regards

Reply from nchpeter on Mar 29, 2006 - 09:28 AM

I am from NCH - the developers of the above product (Uplink).

If anyone is having trouble with our uplink Skype to Sip Adapter please contact us so we can try to work out what the problem is. Click on the Support link from the products home page at http://www.nch.com.au/skype2sip.

We can then send you a diagnostic version which hopefully will tell us where things are going wrong.

Reply from yiannis on Mar 29, 2006 - 11:39 AM

Guys as you can see below, there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Quote:

I am from NCH - the developers of the above product (Uplink). If anyone is having trouble with our uplink Skype to Sip Adapter please contact us so we can try to work out what the problem is. Click on the Support link from the products home page at http://www.nch.com.au/skype2sip. We can then send you a diagnostic version which hopefully will tell us where things are going wrong.

I propose we pull together and get back to them with our findings, and hopefully they will sort out everything out.

What do you think?

Yiannis
P.S. Please note that I am not related or affiliated direclty or indirectly with NCH or any of their staff, agents, affiliates, partners.

Reply from astervoip on Mar 29, 2006 - 12:53 PM

Hi nchpeter,

you make me eat my words:)

Please continue to do so, for the benefit of the SIP community in general. Keep up the good work!

Regards

Reply from justinwhite on Apr 02, 2006 - 04:42 PM

I emailed them the problem but have had no response. Has anyone else got an answer?

nchpeter :

I am from NCH - the developers of the above product (Uplink). If anyone is having trouble with our uplink Skype to Sip Adapter please contact us so we can try to work out what the problem is. Click on the Support link from the products home page at http://www.nch.com.au/skype2sip. We can then send you a diagnostic version which hopefully will tell us where things are going wrong.

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