From: Craig C. <cra...@ya...> - 2012-03-30 13:40:38
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Hi all, I am interested in creating an art show which incorporates people's cell phones in a small range network. I am thinking I might be able to modify the OpenBTS software to create strange ways of interacting such as phones dialing a number translates into a visual or audio pattern of some sort instead of trying to connect to another line. Beyond an art show I wonder if I could use some of this technology to create a short-range cell service in my town. I got some good pointers from the folks at Fairwaves and Ettus. If you have any initial concerns or warnings about this project let me know. I know that using the radio band has issues when it is utilized outside of say a single room in terms of licensing and what-not. I am primarily a software engineer and musician and so am coming into this without some of the proper background. Thanks, Craig Comstock Lawrence, KS |
From: Kurtis H. <khe...@cs...> - 2012-03-30 17:57:16
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This sounds like a great project and you seem informed enough to be making intelligent decisions. I'm sure it will go well. On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Craig Comstock <cra...@ya...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am interested in creating an art show which incorporates people's cell > phones in a small range network. I am thinking I might be able to modify the > OpenBTS software to create strange ways of interacting such as phones > dialing a number translates into a visual or audio pattern of some sort > instead of trying to connect to another line. > > Beyond an art show I wonder if I could use some of this technology to create > a short-range cell service in my town. > > I got some good pointers from the folks at Fairwaves and Ettus. If you have > any initial concerns or warnings about this project let me know. I know that > using the radio band has issues when it is utilized outside of say a single > room in terms of licensing and what-not. > > I am primarily a software engineer and musician and so am coming into this > without some of the proper background. > > Thanks, > Craig Comstock > Lawrence, KS > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Openbts-discuss mailing list > Ope...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbts-discuss > |
From: Thomas T. <tt...@vt...> - 2012-03-30 19:04:28
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Craig Comstock <cra...@ya...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am interested in creating an art show which incorporates people's cell > phones in a small range network. I am thinking I might be able to modify the > OpenBTS software to create strange ways of interacting such as phones > dialing a number translates into a visual or audio pattern of some sort > instead of trying to connect to another line. Are you more interested in artistic infographics, or perhaps displays such as spectrograms? The latter can be manipulated in various ways to be visually appealing. Test equipment with a colourful digital phosphor display is useful here - in addition to capturing hard-to-see time varying signals for actual test purposes. In either case, there are certainly many possibilities. > Beyond an art show I wonder if I could use some of this technology to create > a short-range cell service in my town. > > I got some good pointers from the folks at Fairwaves and Ettus. If you have > any initial concerns or warnings about this project let me know. I know that > using the radio band has issues when it is utilized outside of say a single > room in terms of licensing and what-not. The technology is certainly capable. Of course, for an effective deployment there is planning, testing, regulatory, maintenance, etc. These factors go well beyond just having access to the necessary hardware and software. > I am primarily a software engineer and musician and so am coming into this > without some of the proper background. No problem. Many of us here come from different backgrounds. These systems are complicated enough that no single person can be expected to start with experience in every aspect. Thomas |