Interface between Sat phone and PC SW?

Is there a way of connecting a Windows PC to a satellite phone so that the following can be done from software running on the PC:

1. Remotely control the satellite phone from software on the PC (i.e. answer call, hang up call, adjust speaker volume, adjust mic sensitivity etc)
2. Receive speaker audio stream as a digital 16-bit signed PCM mono audio stream.
3. Send 16-bit signed PCM mono audio stream to satellite phone. This audio stream would replace the audio from the satellite phone's microphone.
4. Software on PC receives signaling events/messages from the satellite phone (such as inbound call event)

So...long story short...I'm looking for some kind of HW which can act as "communication link" between a PC and a satellite phone - so that item 1-4 becomes possible.

.....or put more elegantly...I want the SW on the PC to be an "extension interface" or "virtual phone" to the sat phone so that the user can operate the phone from a GUI on the PC and instead of having to speak into the sat phone's mic (when on a call), he can just speak into the mic of the PC headset he's wearing...and audio that would normally come out of the sat phone's speaker will instead come out of the speaker on the PC headset. So I need to have some signaling going back and forth between the PC SW and the sat phone and the audio also needs to be re-routed somehow.

Thanks!

 

Impossible to answer that question without knowing what the phone is.

I haven't selected a specific phone yet. It doesn't have to be a traditional sat phone. As long as the device can place sat phone calls and its interface can be accessed and remotely controlled then it's all good.

 

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mjames2393@gmail.com wrote:

Is there a way of connecting a Windows PC to a satellite phone so
that the following can be done from software running on the PC:

1. Remotely control the satellite phone from software on the PC (i.e.
answer call, hang up call, adjust speaker volume, adjust mic
sensitivity etc) 2. Receive speaker audio stream as a digital 16-bit
signed PCM mono audio stream. 3. Send 16-bit signed PCM mono audio
stream to satellite phone. This audio stream would replace the audio
from the satellite phone's microphone. 4. Software on PC receives
signaling events/messages from the satellite phone (such as inbound
call event)

So...long story short...I'm looking for some kind of HW which can act
as "communication link" between a PC and a satellite phone - so that
item 1-4 becomes possible.

....or put more elegantly...I want the SW on the PC to be an
"extension interface" or "virtual phone" to the sat phone so that the
user can operate the phone from a GUI on the PC and instead of having
to speak into the sat phone's mic (when on a call), he can just speak
into the mic of the PC headset he's wearing...and audio that would
normally come out of the sat phone's speaker will instead come out of
the speaker on the PC headset. So I need to have some signaling going
back and forth between the PC SW and the sat phone and the audio also
needs to be re-routed somehow.

Thanks!

Impossible to answer that question without knowing what the phone is.

Does the phone have an interface on it that can be connected to a PC?
It is USB, RS232 or something else?

Even if the phone can physically be connected to the PC does it need
some kind of driver to allow the PC to 'talk' to it?

For example I remember old Motorola flip phones needing a specific
driver and software from Motorola in order to interface with a PC.

The manufacturer of the phone would likely be the best and only way of
finding out what kind of cable and software is needed to interface the
phone with a PC the way you describe.

Best to contact them.

S.

 

mjames2393@gmail.com wrote:

So...long story short...I'm looking for some kind of HW which can act
as "communication link" between a PC and a satellite phone - so that
item 1-4 becomes possible.

Iridium sells "transceivers" that look like they talk to the satellites
and then give you a serial port that can do voice and data. One example
is here

https://iridium.com/products/details/iridium9522satellitetransceiver

and the top-level transciever page is here - it includes third-party
products as well:

https://iridium.com/products/types/Transceivers

I've never tried to integrate one of these things; I just Googled them
up. If you want to buy this as a ready-made solution, you might ask
Iridium's salescritters; it may already exist.

Standard disclaimers apply: I don't get money or other consideration
from any companies mentioned.

Matt Roberds