What it does...
The meteor is a caller-id box with a serial interface availble from www.crucible-technologies.com. The connector presented here is for an early version of the Meteor box which only logged incoming, not outgoing calls. With the connector in place, a xAP message is generated for each new incoming call.
Configuration
Command Line Options
xap-meteor [serial port] [instance name] [network interface] [udp port] [debug level]
where:
serial port is the serial port the caller id unit is attached to. Under linux this has the form /dev/ttyS0. Under Windows, the serial port may also be specified using conventional DOS notation such as com1. If unspecified, defaults to the first serial port.
instance name is the xAP instance name assigned to this caller id unit. Typically this might identify the line the unit is connected to (e.g. Work). The default instance name is Line1.
network interface is the network interface used for outgoing xAP messages. On a Linux and Windows PC host these are named eth0, eth1. Under OSX they are named ne0 etc. By default, eth0 is used. On a Windows PC which has multiple adapters installed, even if they are not active, eth0 may not represent the active interface - some experimentation may be required!
udp port is the UDP port xAP broadcasts on. By default xAP uses its officially allocated port, 3639. Using an alternative port can be useful during isolated testing, however. Be aware that the use of ports below 1024 will fail unless the application is run by a user with administrative privileges. The use of ports below 1024 therefore has security implications and is not recommend.
debug level determines the verbosity of the output written to stdout. Verbose output can be useful for debugging unexpected behaviour. By default, the debug level is 0. Increasing levels of detail may be specified, up to a maximum of 4.
Download
Meteor CallerID Project
Meteor (caller id) connector source (requires xAP-lib)
Meteor (caller id) connector windows executable (requires cygwin dll)
Schema
Caller ID schema
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