Aldi's Tevion USB internet phone

Paul F. Johnson · External Since: Feb 13, 2005 Posts: 236

Hi,

Anyone know if these beasts are worth the tenner or are they tied in
(somehow) to the Tevion service so I can't use them on Skype?

TTFN

Paul
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Nick Leverton · External Since: Sep 25, 2004 Posts: 98

In article <taBCh.3937$I46.3759@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Paul F. Johnson <paul RemoveThis @all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Anyone know if these beasts are worth the tenner or are they tied in
>(somehow) to the Tevion service so I can't use them on Skype?

I've not had the chance to handle one, but seen through plastic in a
crowded shop display, it looks like a cheap USB mike/speaker in a handset
shape plus some software. If that's so then you could throw the software
away and use the handset as audio I/O for whichever softphone you prefer
(even Skype Smile

).

OTOH you can also get those pseudo-handsets for a tenner elsewhere
("C-Set" is how hotplug detects my own rather low-quality one) so don't
fret if they all sell out.

If the Aldi one is a proper IPphone then I'd like to know too ! If I
had a tenner to spare I'd buy one just to check the sound quality,
and set it up for the kids if it proves to be like what I've already got.

Nick
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Eamon Skelton · External Since: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 35

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:44:25 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anyone know if these beasts are worth the tenner or are they tied in
> (somehow) to the Tevion service so I can't use them on Skype?
>
> TTFN
>
> Paul

This seems to be the original manufacturer.
http://www.yealink.com/en/newest.asp
Model: USB-P1KH

I have heard reports of them working with Skype on Windows.
I don't know if they will work with the Linux version.

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Owain · External Since: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 31

Nick Leverton wrote:
>>Anyone know if these beasts are worth the tenner or are they tied in
>>(somehow) to the Tevion service so I can't use them on Skype?
> I've not had the chance to handle one, but seen through plastic in a
> crowded shop display, it looks like a cheap USB mike/speaker in a handset
> shape plus some software.
> If the Aldi one is a proper IPphone then I'd like to know too ! If I
> had a tenner to spare I'd buy one

In my local Aldi there are a couple in the end of line basket reduced to £9

Owain

MJ Ray · External Since: Jun 02, 2005 Posts: 272

Eamon Skelton <Xnospam.RemoveThis@oceanfree.net> wrote:
> This seems to be the original manufacturer.
> http://www.yealink.com/en/newest.asp
> Model: USB-P1KH

I've one of those from another place. Modules are yealink (display,
ringer and so on) and snd-usb-audio (speaker and mic). Probably needs
USB keyboard support too. It's OK, but not great. alsamixer gets really
confused if you don't take it slowly.

Anyone know how to bind a USB keyboard to a particular window? I want the
phone to keep to the phone window.

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Nick Leverton · External Since: Sep 25, 2004 Posts: 98

In article <1172054582.27751.0.RemoveThis@proxy01.news.clara.net>,
Owain <owain47125.RemoveThis@stirlingcity.coo.uk> wrote:
>Nick Leverton wrote:
>>>Anyone know if these beasts are worth the tenner or are they tied in
>>>(somehow) to the Tevion service so I can't use them on Skype?
>> I've not had the chance to handle one, but seen through plastic in a
>> crowded shop display, it looks like a cheap USB mike/speaker in a handset
>> shape plus some software.
>> If the Aldi one is a proper IPphone then I'd like to know too ! If I
>> had a tenner to spare I'd buy one
>
>In my local Aldi there are a couple in the end of line basket reduced to £9

Eight quid (well 7.99) now in ours ... I've raided the piggy bank and
given in. This is what it presents as (USB mfr/dev 6993:b001)

[17259407.336000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[17259407.500000] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[17259407.520000] hiddev96: USB HID v1.00 Device [Yealink Network Technology Ltd. VOIP USB Phone ] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1
[17259408.424000] usbcore: registered new driver yealink
[17259408.424000] drivers/usb/input/yealink.c: Yealink phone driver:yld-20051230
[17259408.696000] usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio

Hotplug inserted yealink.ko automatically so it's detected OK, and
it recognises the keypad as a HID, but that's as far as I've got !
In particular nothing comes up in Twinkle when I press the keypad buttons,
and I can't see anything in lsusb that looks like it might be the display.
I'll post "lsusb -v" if anyone is really interested. This is with
Kubuntu Edgy.

Have to have a play over the next few days - any shortcuts welcomed Smile

Nick
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Darren Salt · External Since: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 352

I demand that Nick Leverton may or may not have written...

[snip]
> Eight quid (well 7.99) now in ours ... I've raided the piggy bank and
> given in. This is what it presents as (USB mfr/dev 6993:b001)

> [17259407.336000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
> [17259407.500000] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [17259407.520000] hiddev96: USB HID v1.00 Device [Yealink Network Technology Ltd. VOIP USB Phone ] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1
> [17259408.424000] usbcore: registered new driver yealink
> [17259408.424000] drivers/usb/input/yealink.c: Yealink phone driver:yld-20051230
> [17259408.696000] usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio

> Hotplug inserted yealink.ko automatically

Not udev?

> so it's detected OK, and it recognises the keypad as a HID, but that's as
> far as I've got!

It should be listed in /proc/bus/input/devices. Its input & event numbers
won't be constant between uses, but there's probably a symlink or two in
/dev/input/by-* (note the Name and Phys strings).

Looks like you have an ALSA driver for it too; you should have a look at
/proc/asound/cards and /proc/asound/devices.

> In particular nothing comes up in Twinkle when I press the keypad buttons,

# evtest /dev/input/eventN

for the appropriate value of N.

> and I can't see anything in lsusb that looks like it might be the display.

Wouldn't know about that...

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treitmayr · Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 2

Hi,
I am not sure if anyone is still interested in getting the P1KH running in Linux. However, my observation is that
1. Yealink uses the same Vendor- & ProductID for many (all?) its USB phones.
2. The Linux modules yealink.ko just implements a driver for P1K (+B2K,P4K) but does not autodetect the actual "sub-product".
3. The P1KH differs from the P1K quite a bit. They use a different uC (P1K: CY7C64713, P1KH: HT82A832R) and the the USB messages are a bit different (eg. P1K 16 bytes/packet, P1KH 8 bytes/packet).

=> The current Linux driver won't work, which affects the key pad, buzzer, LED, and display. Sound should work fine though.
Another guy and I developed some sample code to start getting features working again, but more work needs to be done.
-Thomas

pebuilder · Joined: May 18, 2007 Posts: 1

My dad bought one of these phones and wanted it to work with SKYPE. It looks exactly the same as my own YAMAMOTO usb phone so i installed their CALLME / SKYPEMATE plugin and PRESTO!! the phone works a treat! no need to sign up to the tevion deal.

You can get the software from :Yamamoto USB Phones goto their downloads and download skypemate for the o/s you have, then install it.

fdservices · Joined: Aug 11, 2007 Posts: 1

Thomas

Did you ever get this handset working correctly under Linux? I originally bought a P1K which worked fine, so I bought another and it turned out to be a P1KH. Bad news!

All the best

Andrew

timza · Joined: Feb 18, 2008 Posts: 1

Yes these USB phones are very good, buy it and use
and use them with skype,VOIPstunt any VOIP software
Make those free calls now and save money.

treitmayr · Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 2

Hey,
sorry to dig up this old thread, but just in case someone is still interested in it - I have got the P1KH working now for Linux!
Take a look at http://www.devbase.at/svn/view.cgi/yealink-module/trunk/?root=voip to download the driver. Temporary subversion access is available via