Fritz!box 7390 configuration

I recently bought a Fritz!Box 7390. Main reason was that I wanted to integrate telephony (POTS) in my daily workflow on my Mac.

In this article I will describe the configuration and add-ons I installed.

Contents¶

The Fritz!Box¶

The Fritz!Box 7390

Options¶

Internet access¶

I have a UPC cable modem

CISCO EPC3212

Cisco EPC3212 User manual

Using the Internet connection of another router with FRITZ!Box¶

Using the Internet connection of another router with FRITZ!Box

Analog telephony (Cisco EPC3212)¶

Connections for TEL 1 / TEL 2¶

Fritz!Box connections¶

Connection to a cable modem¶

Connection to a cable modem

I wanted to use the Fritz!Box as part of my existing network. I decided not to use the WLAN option of the Fritz!Box, but instead I bought a Fritz! Powerline 520 E set, because I did not have a cabled network connection on the location where the Internet modem was located. In this setup I could connect the Internet modem to the LAN 1/WAN connection of my Fritz!Box.

DECT telephone device¶

The Fritz!Box 7390 offers a basestation, upto 6 DECT telephones can be connected.

Note: For now I do not have any DECT phones connected.

Update: Some developments here. I bought a DECT Gigaset A420A TRIO. When they are setup I will update my findings.

VOIP telephony¶

For OSX there are several softphone apps available:

Telephone

Counterpath X-Lite

Add-ons¶

Alfred workflow¶

I created a simple Alfred 2 workflow that calls the Frizzix dial helper.

Use keyword “Dial” to trigger a little Applescript that contains:

on alfred_script(q)
    set TelNumber to q as string
    set Tel to ""
    repeat with each in TelNumber
        if "+1234567890" contains each then set Tel to Tel & each
    end repeat
    tell application "Frizzix"
        dialInstantly Tel
    end tell
end alfred_script

Call diversion from script¶

Call diversion script

Frizzix Call monitor (MAC)¶

Frizzix

I also installed:

• the Address Book Plugin

• Services plugin

Fritz!Box browser add-on¶

Add-on for Firefox

Note: it seems that in my setup phone numbers are recognized in webpages, but dialing out does not work.

dialing scripts¶

Dialing from Address book

POP3 mail checker and alert on Fritz!Box¶

POP3-Robot

fhem¶

fhem

Synology Diskstation front-end¶

Fritz!Box front-end package

References¶

[1] POTS

[2] AVM

[3] AVM Knowledge base

[4] Think broadband review