Running Siemens M34 USB on WHS (+Skype)
- Hello there,
A while ago, I acquired a Siemens DECT (cordless phone) to use at home in my office. I opted for Siemens first because they’re a market leader in DECT phone, and also because they had an interesting product called M34; a USB device which would allow a computer to join your DECT set-up.
With the M34 device you could do things such as remote control your computer over the telephone, have Skype calls routed to your phone system and other sorts of data transmission between your PC and DECT set-up. I got the M34 with the objective to set it on a home server, as soon as I could get one.
However, the M34 software was built around a desktop perspective. That is, its supporting software that communicates with the device were built to interact with users that are logged in into the PC (in technical terms, the M34 software was not designed to be ran as a Windows service).
I managed to make some very good progress, but there is still some work to do! I would like ot know if there is nayone out there with some interest in helping me out with this project... The following is a copy of my post in the Skype forums:
I am currently on a quest to make the Siemens M34 USB device to work on Windows Home Server (WHS) as a service. The idea is to be able to use my telephone system to control the server, and as well to eventually use Skype.
I have so far spent over 18 hours on this issue almost non stop. This is what I was able to do so far:
1. Install the M34 device on the WHS with its device drivers. It works perfectly from the desktop.
2. Remove the M34 support applications from running when a user logs in, and make them run as a service instead. I have created an account called desktop_svcs with I'll be using to run all my desktop-driven applications.
3. My Siemens phones can now communicate with the WHS and issue commands such as running scrips and applications (e.g.: iisreset, restart the server, etc)
As for Skype...
3. I managed to install Skype (I installed the version which came with the latest M34 drivers I downloaded from Siemens)
4. Managed to successfully make Skype run as a service using anysvr.exe and instsrv.exe and NOT gensev.exe (because Skype was crashing when any user logged in if using gensev.exe). I can see the Skype user logged in from other PCs. Skype is running under the account desktop_svcs which I created at point 2.
5. Now, the problem is, My siemens phones can do everything EXEPT communicate with Skype.
I'm sooo close... This is a work in progress and I am calling for anyone interested in this project to join in
Regards,
Pedro
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- Hi pmdci,
Do you have any more details on your setup. Did you make any more progress with the Siemens DECT/Skype cordless phone and the Skype software on Windows Home Sever?
Visit the MS Windows Home Server Blog at http://www.mswhs.com - My old user name was PhillTheChill - Hi, I know this is an old post, but I'm also interested in the answer. I've got a bit closer than you did, but I stil have one problem - I can dial out on Skype, and I can receive if one of the phones has already "rung" the internal M34 extension and established a connection - but an incoming call won't ring the other handset extensions. Have you got this fixed?To get this far, I had to use instsrv.eve to create a anysvr.exe sevvice for skype.exe, skypepm.exe (the plugin manager) and skypeclient.exe (the M34 skype client software). I then had to make sure the servies could access the display (Control panel|Administrative tools|Services gives access to the necessary parameters)Did you sort it in the end?Kind regardsJohn
- Hi there, I must say that due to lack of support from the community, I simply gave up...
I ended looking for some sort of DECT system which also provides handsets with Skype built-in.
I Found out the Philips VOIP8411B does the trick, but its DECT base station must be connected by Ethernet (not wi-fi) to your router/switch in order to receive Skype calls.
Here is a review of the Philips VOIP8411B
I was looking for some DECT system (perhaps DECT 6.0) where you could add wi-fi Skype built-in handsets but I guess this is too much to ask.
Back on the M34 issue, I think the problem is that the M34 software is really, really bad. And Siemens doesn't seem to care to update them.- 편집됨pmdci 2009년 6월 26일 금요일 오후 11:14html formatting
- Hi there,
I know this is an old post and I previously said I gave up on this. But for the record here are my set of instructions: http://www.pedroinnecco.com/2008/01/siemens-m34-whs/
Regards,
Pedro
