Fritz - perl module for AVM Fritz!Box interaction via TR-064

what

The Fritz library is a set of Perl modules to communicate with an AVM Fritz!Box (and possibly other routers as well) via the TR-064 protocol. The AVM Fritz!Box is a popular home router family in Germany (and beyond).

why

I wanted to use an old analog field telephone with my FritzBox and VoIP. While this works quite out-of-the box (it’s just an ordinary analog phone) for receiving calls, I have no way to dial a number for outgoing calls.

Luckily the Fritz!Box has a call helper mode where you can tell it to dial a number and patch it through to any local phone, but I found no Perl library to use this feature. So I wrote my own library - the one you’re looking at right now.

installation

To build and install the Fritz module, run

$ perl Build.PL
$ perl Build install

Any missing dependencies should be reported automatically and can be installed by

$ perl Build installdeps

The current dependencies can be seen in the Build.PL file in the hashes configure_requires and requires. The modles listed under test_requires are optional if you want to skip the tests.

where to get it

The Fritz library is hosted at https://github.com/mmitch/fritz

more information

An example of how to use this library as a dial helper and call log tool can be seen at https://github.com/mmitch/fritzdial

A blog article covering my setup is here: https://www.cgarbs.de/blog/archives/1113-Feldtelefon-an-Fritzbox.html (German only)

copyright

Copyright (C) 2015 Christian Garbs mitch@cgarbs.de
Licensed under GNU GPL v2 or later.