Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Early Dial

2003-12-31 Thread Dave Cotton
On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 05:53, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

 What happens when you change the configuration of the GS phone to
 send DTMF via SIP INFO?

I've just checked my voicemail with 1.0.4.30 and get the same multiple
digits problem. sip.conf and GS config are both at info, for me this is
a new problem voicemail has always worked perfectly with the GS.

I can't go back to 1.0.3.81 to remove that variable. I updated from CVS
on the 26th.

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Early Dial

2003-12-31 Thread David J Carter
Hi,

I have my GS set to in-audio for DTMF and as bellow for my sip.conf: -

[7001] ; SIP Phone
type=friend
insecure=yes
host=dynamic
reinvite=no
canreinvite=no
nat=1
mailbox=7001
dtmfmode=inband
callgroup=1
pickupgroup=1
disallow=all
allow=ulaw
allow=alaw
allow=gsm

I am using 1.0.4.26 and all is working fine.

The only differance I have noticed since moving up to 1.0.4.x is the speaker
volume is lower on speakerphone.

Dave

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On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 05:53, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

 What happens when you change the configuration of the GS phone to
 send DTMF via SIP INFO?

I've just checked my voicemail with 1.0.4.30 and get the same multiple
digits problem. sip.conf and GS config are both at info, for me this is
a new problem voicemail has always worked perfectly with the GS.

I can't go back to 1.0.3.81 to remove that variable. I updated from CVS
on the 26th.

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[Asterisk-Users] ast gui client error

2003-12-31 Thread Chandra
### connect to asterisk manager through telnet

$t = new Net::Telnet (Port = 5038,

Prompt = '/.*[\$%#] $/',

Output_record_separator = '',);

#$fh = $t-dump_log(./telnet_log.txt); # uncomment for telnet log

$t-open($server_ip);



i got error in this line $t-open($server_ip);

my ip is 192.168.0.5 for asterisk and everyhings ok.



the error i get is

[EMAIL PROTECTED] astguiclient]# perl AST_SQL_update_channels.pl
problem connecting to 192.168.0.5, port 5038: Connection refused at
AST_SQL_update_channels.pl line 73


anyhting to do with port??


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RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom

2003-12-31 Thread John Baker
Hello, all

Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with
the Polycom 600 phones.  You need the latest version of both the SIP
software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it
is workable.

The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just
like the Cisco 7960's have.  It also provides for auto answer.  It's
kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by
setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml
configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg.

In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables:

alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8...

In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in
Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in
ipmid.cfg.

In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this:

SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11
se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0

se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use -
which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the
phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet.

I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my
three sales guys.  The secretary transfers it to the sales department
and their lines ring with the Triplet.  I feel like Pavlov whenever I
hear it.

The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer.  The one you
want is ring-answer.

Here's how I do it:  Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line
listed above)

...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4...

and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a
High Double Trill ringtone)

RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer
se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7...

The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000
milliseconds (one second) and then answer.

I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring
Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension.  It rings in to
the extension and voila, I'm on speaker!

By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this
feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a
silent ring and a visual type.  The phone would answer without any
indication except on the console.  I haven't tried this myself and if
you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office
at the time.

Good Luck!  I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe
somebody will give me a late Christmas present.

--John Baker

On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote:
 Hello,
 
 It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the PBX
 or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no way
 of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding
 this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for.
 People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones.
 
 MATT---
 
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 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
 
 
 
 (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones)
 
 Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up 
 on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can 
 quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for 
 their phone?
 
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] A Head Check

2003-12-31 Thread WipeOut
Greg Boehnlein wrote:

Hello,
	I have been retained by a Building Management Company to install a 
combined Voice/Data solution for a Tennated Office Space. This space will 
rent offices, with telephone and internet service to inviduals or small 
groups of individuals. As fate would have it, the service will be 
provided in a building where we have a major Pop, with a DS-3 worth of 
ISDN PRI circuits, 345 megs of upstream bandwidth and diesel generator 
backup. We are providing everything for the solution, from the initial 
wiring to the ongoing maintenance of the PBX and Internet service.
	I have arranged for a single PRI to be broken out of our DS-3 w/ 
100 inbound DID numbers assigned to it and have PICd it to the LD provider 
of our choice. I intend to plug this PRI into an Asterisk server w/ a 
Digium TE410P card, and deploy SNOM 200 IP phones to the desktops. We will 
be using a RedHawk power-injector system to provide power to the phones.
	Now.. This is our first deployment of Asterisk, and I need a head 
check here. Am I making the right decision? :)

Sepcifically...

1. Are the SNOM 200 IP phones a good choice for standard users? Or should 
I consider Cisco? Price of the phone is not the important thing.. What is 
important is ease of use with minimal training and reliability!

IMO Snom 200's are great, I have never had an issue with them and they 
are simple enough for a standard user while being feature packed enought 
from power users at the same time.. GS phones have been fine but may be 
a little too basic for an office and I have not tried the cisco's (Cant 
afford them).

2. Does anyone have reccomendations for a solid motherboard to use as the 
basis for the Asterisk server? Again, reliability and stability are the 
important issues here. I'm looking for a Dual CPU board (Athlon MP or P4) 
that will work flawlessly with the TE410P. I've used the Tyan Tiger MPX 
(2466) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigermpx.html with Dual MP 
processors with incredible success in the future. I'm considering building 
the box on that platform.

My Advice would be to stick with intel processors (no flames please I 
know some of your love AMD's) becasue I have never heard of 
compatibility issues with Asterisk and Intel proc's and chipsets but I 
have heard some weird issues with VIA chipsets and AMD procs.. Also 
AFAIK you can't use the Athlon optimised kernel with Asterisk on an AMD 
which will probably mean you have to use the i386 kernel where on a 
P4/Xeon you can happily use the i686 kernel.. Not sure exactly what that 
means in terms of Asterisk performance but I will stay with the P4/Xeon.

3. I am also responsible for delivering inbound faxes to the DID numbers 
via Email. I.E. customer has a document faxed to them and they get it in 
Email as a tiff. I'm considering using Hylfax with a Multitech DID capable 
modem, but other suggestions are welcomed!

My initail thought would be Hylafax but havent had enough experience in 
this area to comment.

4. I have built some cost for support from Digium and/or other Asterisk 
experts into the budget. Does Digium have paid support plans? What about 
other consultants out there?

I'm just trying to make sure that I cover all the bases. This is got to be 
a bulletproof solution, and I'm departing from my comfort level with 
Altigen to give Asterisk a run for the money. We've got TONS of Linux 
experience here, and comfort with customizing code, so I am happy with 
what Asterisk gives me.. What else should I be worried about?

 

Good luck..

Later..

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[Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread WipeOut
Hi all,

Let me be the first to wish everyone, especially the Digium team, an 
awesome year in 2004..

Later..

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] playback in [macro-stdexten] problem

2003-12-31 Thread Olle E. Johansson
Lance Arbuckle wrote:
I added the playback line to my [macro-stdexten] context but when I dail
an extension I don't get the please hold while I try that extension
message. It just dials the extexsion.  Do I have a syntax problem
somewhere ?
exten = 8005,1,Macro(stdexten,8005,Zap/2) 
exten = 8006,1,Macro(stdexten,8006,Sip/8006)

[macro-stdexten]
; 
; Standard extension macro:
;   ${ARG1} - Extension  (we could have used ${MACRO_EXTEN} here as well
;   ${ARG2} - Device(s) to ring
;

exten = s,1,Playback(transfer,skip)
exten = s,2,Dial(${ARG2},20)   ; Ring the interface, 20 seconds
maximum
exten = s,3,Voicemail(u${ARG1}); If unavailable, send to
voicemail w/ unavail announce
exten = s,103,Voicemail(b${ARG1})  ; If busy, send to voicemail w/
busy announce


It's good practise to answer the line before you say something :-)
exten = s,1,answer
From the tips and tricks page on the Wiki:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+tips+answer-before-playback
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[Asterisk-Users] MySQL CDRs

2003-12-31 Thread Ahmad Faiz
When using mysql cdrs, are all legs of a call session logged in the cdr
table? i'm building an app that requires billing on both the incoming and
outgoing (3rd-party transfers) legs.

here's a snapshot of my cdr table:

+-+-+-+-++--+---
--+
| calldate| src | dst | channel | dstchannel | duration |
billsec |
+-+-+-+-++--+---
--+
| 2003-12-31 16:19:08 | | s   | vpb/1-3 | vpb/1-1|   69 |
67 |
| 2003-12-31 16:20:25 | | s   | vpb/1-3 | vpb/1-1|   48 |
47 |

can someone verify if my assumptions below are correct?

1) these two records are for two call sessions, where both sessions had an
inbound and an outbound leg
2) the 'duration' column only shows total time for the inbound leg

if assumption #2 is correct, how would i be able to record the duration when
the outbound leg is bridged in to the inbound leg?

faiz


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] A Head Check

2003-12-31 Thread Steven Critchfield
On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 23:47, Greg Boehnlein wrote:
 Hello,
   I have been retained by a Building Management Company to install a 
 combined Voice/Data solution for a Tennated Office Space. This space will 
 rent offices, with telephone and internet service to inviduals or small 
 groups of individuals. As fate would have it, the service will be 
 provided in a building where we have a major Pop, with a DS-3 worth of 
 ISDN PRI circuits, 345 megs of upstream bandwidth and diesel generator 
 backup. We are providing everything for the solution, from the initial 
 wiring to the ongoing maintenance of the PBX and Internet service.
   I have arranged for a single PRI to be broken out of our DS-3 w/ 
 100 inbound DID numbers assigned to it and have PICd it to the LD provider 
 of our choice. I intend to plug this PRI into an Asterisk server w/ a 
 Digium TE410P card, and deploy SNOM 200 IP phones to the desktops. We will 
 be using a RedHawk power-injector system to provide power to the phones.
   Now.. This is our first deployment of Asterisk, and I need a head 
 check here. Am I making the right decision? :)
 
 Sepcifically...
 
 1. Are the SNOM 200 IP phones a good choice for standard users? Or should 
 I consider Cisco? Price of the phone is not the important thing.. What is 
 important is ease of use with minimal training and reliability!
 
 2. Does anyone have reccomendations for a solid motherboard to use as the 
 basis for the Asterisk server? Again, reliability and stability are the 
 important issues here. I'm looking for a Dual CPU board (Athlon MP or P4) 
 that will work flawlessly with the TE410P. I've used the Tyan Tiger MPX 
 (2466) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigermpx.html with Dual MP 
 processors with incredible success in the future. I'm considering building 
 the box on that platform.

Oddly enough, any decent motherboard should be okay given that you will
provide it appropriate cooling and proper power. I have a couple of abit
boards with multiple 1+ year up times. One currently approaching 2
years. I also have 2 dells 2450s that exceeded a year with one
approaching 2 years. We have a few supermicros, one of which is over a
year of uptime now. I have had a couple other otherwise unremarkable
machines make it past a year of uptime. All of those have been on huge
powerware UPS with diesel backup to them and all the other tier 1 level
colo facility amenities. So, while I am partial to the supermicros and
dells, I have experience with no name systems being just as stable long
term. 

 3. I am also responsible for delivering inbound faxes to the DID numbers 
 via Email. I.E. customer has a document faxed to them and they get it in 
 Email as a tiff. I'm considering using Hylfax with a Multitech DID capable 
 modem, but other suggestions are welcomed!

It has been mentioned here before that you can pick up a device that
accepts a PRI and will do your fax reception for you. If you get one of
those and hook it to a empty port of the TE410P then it will be better
as you could accept several faxes at once.

 4. I have built some cost for support from Digium and/or other Asterisk 
 experts into the budget. Does Digium have paid support plans? What about 
 other consultants out there?

Digium has support, and there are several companies around here that
will no doubt be contacting you shortly.

 I'm just trying to make sure that I cover all the bases. This is got to be 
 a bulletproof solution, and I'm departing from my comfort level with 
 Altigen to give Asterisk a run for the money. We've got TONS of Linux 
 experience here, and comfort with customizing code, so I am happy with 
 what Asterisk gives me.. What else should I be worried about?

Maybe you should look into a couple of machines. One that does actual
connections to the PSTN, and a couple of separate systems that then
support the VoIP phones. I suggest this so that you can then have a very
stable core machine that just routes calls, and several other machines
that may need to be brought down from time to time for updates. This is
the current method we use in my office. One super stable machine at the
core that is rarely updated. A few machines to the side that any one may
be downed and upgraded without affecting the others.

This may be especially of interest to you if you are concerned with the
sip phones functionality you may need to do somewhat regular updates.

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] MySQL CDRs

2003-12-31 Thread Steven Poelmans
Outbound calls are not logged seperatly in the CDR. So the duration is
the time the hangup extension ends minus time someone dials in on *.

Although I think it could be usefull to seperatly log an outgoing
call-session when it was bridged... My .02 euro.

with kind regards,
Steven

On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 09:48, Ahmad Faiz wrote:
 When using mysql cdrs, are all legs of a call session logged in the cdr
 table? i'm building an app that requires billing on both the incoming and
 outgoing (3rd-party transfers) legs.
 
 here's a snapshot of my cdr table:
 
 +-+-+-+-++--+---
 --+
 | calldate| src | dst | channel | dstchannel | duration |
 billsec |
 +-+-+-+-++--+---
 --+
 | 2003-12-31 16:19:08 | | s   | vpb/1-3 | vpb/1-1|   69 |
 67 |
 | 2003-12-31 16:20:25 | | s   | vpb/1-3 | vpb/1-1|   48 |
 47 |
 
 can someone verify if my assumptions below are correct?
 
 1) these two records are for two call sessions, where both sessions had an
 inbound and an outbound leg
 2) the 'duration' column only shows total time for the inbound leg
 
 if assumption #2 is correct, how would i be able to record the duration when
 the outbound leg is bridged in to the inbound leg?
 
 faiz
 
 
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Ser and Arterisk works together ?

2003-12-31 Thread Anton Tinchev
Yes.

P.S. Someone shoult set this sticky :)
Jorge R. Constenla wrote:
Hi,

Anybody knows if Asterisk work fine with ser ?
We are using SER (iptel) for VoIP and we want to use Asterisk for PSTN
termination for inbound and outbound calls.
Jorge

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] E100P configuration

2003-12-31 Thread Dawid Mielnik
Scott,

Thanks a lot ! this is exaclty what I wanted. Both my E1's came up without
problems.

Best regards,
Dave

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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] E100P configuration


Hi-

Not sure that I understand your question about grouping, but here is what I
use for 2 E1's connected to a private switch (in addition to the other
parameters)  Note that I use the pri_cpe (customer premise equipment)
setting.  The defined channels act as one big group of 60 channels, if
that's what you mean.  Your telephone company will define the call
distribution for your incoming calls:

pridialplan=unknown
context=incoming
usecallerid=yes
group=1

signalling=pri_cpe
channel = 1-15,17-31
channel = 32-46,48-62

Regards,
Scott

Scott M. Stingel
Emerging Voice Technology Inc.
Palo Alto, California and London, England

Email:  scott at evtmedia.com
URL:www.evtmedia.com



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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] E100P configuration


Hi !

I am trying to configure two E100P cards, but I am a bit confused with
zapta.conf in what I am trying to achieve.

The * will be connected to a pstn switch with two E1 PRI lines. The E1 lines
will be used for incoming calls as well as outgoing calls.

My problem now is what to put in zapta.conf, I would like to group all
channels from both cards together (if that's possible). Does this make sense
?

context=default
switchtype=euroisdn
signalling=pri_net
;pridialplan=national
overlapdial=yes
group=1
channel = 1-15,17-31,32-46,48-62

what does channel include ? all the channels d and b ?

Thanks for your help.

Dave

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] ast gui client error

2003-12-31 Thread mattf
do you have the manager interface turned on?
You need to make sure your /etc/asterisk/manager.conf file looks something
like this:

;
; Asterisk Call Management support
;
[general]
enabled = yes
port = 5038
bindaddr = 0.0.0.0

[testuser]
secret = test
;deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
;permit=192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
read = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user
write = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user


MATT---


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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:41 AM
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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] ast gui client error


### connect to asterisk manager through telnet

$t = new Net::Telnet (Port = 5038,

Prompt = '/.*[\$%#] $/',

Output_record_separator = '',);

#$fh = $t-dump_log(./telnet_log.txt); # uncomment for telnet log

$t-open($server_ip);



i got error in this line $t-open($server_ip);

my ip is 192.168.0.5 for asterisk and everyhings ok.



the error i get is

[EMAIL PROTECTED] astguiclient]# perl AST_SQL_update_channels.pl
problem connecting to 192.168.0.5, port 5038: Connection refused at
AST_SQL_update_channels.pl line 73


anyhting to do with port??


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RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom

2003-12-31 Thread mattf
Cool, haven't looked that in depth into the new firmware(is that the 2.4.1
firmware?) I'll have to try that.
I'll post your instructions on the Wiki page later today.

Thanks,

MATT---

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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom


Hello, all

Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with
the Polycom 600 phones.  You need the latest version of both the SIP
software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it
is workable.

The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just
like the Cisco 7960's have.  It also provides for auto answer.  It's
kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by
setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml
configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg.

In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables:

alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8...

In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in
Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in
ipmid.cfg.

In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this:

SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11
se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0

se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use -
which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the
phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet.

I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my
three sales guys.  The secretary transfers it to the sales department
and their lines ring with the Triplet.  I feel like Pavlov whenever I
hear it.

The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer.  The one you
want is ring-answer.

Here's how I do it:  Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line
listed above)

...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4...

and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a
High Double Trill ringtone)

RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer
se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7...

The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000
milliseconds (one second) and then answer.

I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring
Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension.  It rings in to
the extension and voila, I'm on speaker!

By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this
feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a
silent ring and a visual type.  The phone would answer without any
indication except on the console.  I haven't tried this myself and if
you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office
at the time.

Good Luck!  I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe
somebody will give me a late Christmas present.

--John Baker

On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote:
 Hello,
 
 It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the
PBX
 or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no
way
 of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding
 this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for.
 People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones.
 
 MATT---
 
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 From: Sean Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:21 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
 
 
 
 (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones)
 
 Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up 
 on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can 
 quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for 
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread Senad Jordanovic
WipeOut wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 Let me be the first to wish everyone, especially the Digium team, an
 awesome year in 2004..
 
 Later..
 
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Same, from me as well. :)
Happy new year to everybody, and let * become apache of VOIP!!!

Ta
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread WipeOut
Senad Jordanovic wrote:

WipeOut wrote:
 

Hi all,

Let me be the first to wish everyone, especially the Digium team, an
awesome year in 2004..
Later..

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Same, from me as well. :)
Happy new year to everybody, and let * become apache of VOIP!!!
Ta
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You mean its not already?? .. ;-)

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread Senad Jordanovic
WipeOut wrote:
 Senad Jordanovic wrote:
 
 WipeOut wrote:
 
 
 Hi all,
 
 Let me be the first to wish everyone, especially the Digium team,
 an awesome year in 2004.. 
 
 Later..
 
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 Same, from me as well. :)
 Happy new year to everybody, and let * become apache of VOIP!!!
 
 Ta
 SJ
 
 
 
 You mean its not already?? .. ;-)
 
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Sure it is...but not yet :)
Apache has:
1. full documentation
2. huge worldwide user base and presence
3. plenty of add-on software, web based interfaces etc
4. and lastly, people out there know about it.

Anyway, a lot of people I spoke to lately did agree that 2004 will be
VOIP boom year.. So... Lets see. :)

Ta
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Early Dial

2003-12-31 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

 On Tuesday 30 December 2003 22:16, Greg Boehnlein wrote:
  On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Aaron Martin wrote:
   I have upgraded my grandstream phone from firmware 1.0.3.78 to
   10.0.4.30 and now I am having problems with early dial.  On the
   older firmware earlydial worked fine with my asterisk server, but
   now as soon as I have dialed the number I get a congested tone, and
   the number 4 flashes up on the LCD screen.
  
   Has anyone had this problem, and if so, how do I fix it?
 
  Early dial has never worked for me, and I just upgraded to the
  1.0.4.30 load yesterday. Now, I am having DTMF recognition issues,
  making it impossible to check my voice mail.
 
  As an example, my extension is 100 and let's say my password is
  1234. Here is what * captures:
 
  -- Executing VoiceMailMain(SIP/damin-3099, ) in new stack
  -- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
  NOTICE[5126]: File chan_sip.c, Line 4667 (handle_response): Peer
  'damin' is now REACHABLE!
  -- Playing 'vm-password' (language 'en')
  -- Incorrect password '111223' for user '11000' (context =
  any) -- Playing 'vm-incorrect' (language 'en')
 
  Not sure what to do, but I'm hoping that my SNOM 200 IP Phone will
  yield better results.
 
 What happens when you change the configuration of the GS phone to
 send DTMF via SIP INFO?

I had that set originally. I get the same behavior no matter wether I use 
Send via SIP, RTP or INLINE AUDIO.

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Early Dial

2003-12-31 Thread WipeOut
Greg Boehnlein wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

 

On Tuesday 30 December 2003 22:16, Greg Boehnlein wrote:
   

What happens when you change the configuration of the GS phone to
send DTMF via SIP INFO?
   

I had that set originally. I get the same behavior no matter wether I use 
Send via SIP, RTP or INLINE AUDIO.

 

Make sure you change your dtmfmode= in your sip.conf to match the mode 
set on the phone..

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom

2003-12-31 Thread mattf
I've added it as a separate page:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+auto-answer+config linked from the
Polycom phones page.

Could you possibly send me a quick line or two(example code) on setting the
ALERT_INFO variable in Asterisk?

Thanks,

MATT---



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To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom


Cool, haven't looked that in depth into the new firmware(is that the 2.4.1
firmware?) I'll have to try that.
I'll post your instructions on the Wiki page later today.

Thanks,

MATT---

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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom


Hello, all

Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with
the Polycom 600 phones.  You need the latest version of both the SIP
software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it
is workable.

The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just
like the Cisco 7960's have.  It also provides for auto answer.  It's
kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by
setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml
configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg.

In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables:

alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8...

In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in
Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in
ipmid.cfg.

In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this:

SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11
se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0

se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use -
which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the
phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet.

I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my
three sales guys.  The secretary transfers it to the sales department
and their lines ring with the Triplet.  I feel like Pavlov whenever I
hear it.

The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer.  The one you
want is ring-answer.

Here's how I do it:  Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line
listed above)

...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4...

and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a
High Double Trill ringtone)

RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer
se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7...

The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000
milliseconds (one second) and then answer.

I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring
Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension.  It rings in to
the extension and voila, I'm on speaker!

By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this
feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a
silent ring and a visual type.  The phone would answer without any
indication except on the console.  I haven't tried this myself and if
you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office
at the time.

Good Luck!  I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe
somebody will give me a late Christmas present.

--John Baker

On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote:
 Hello,
 
 It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the
PBX
 or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no
way
 of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding
 this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for.
 People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones.
 
 MATT---
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Sean Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:21 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
 
 
 
 (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones)
 
 Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up 
 on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can 
 quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for 
 their phone?
 
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Thompson
When you push your services button, are there any available slots.
If not, delete the 3rd or 4th ones

Don't know if it matters, but I have:
Comedian Mail
Asterisk PBX
available
Aastra SL

The only selectable ones are the Comedian Mail and the Asterisk PBX.

You might try deleting them all and reloading.

And # is the Transfer button.  8-)



Tim Thompson
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http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


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From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Update #2

According to the helpful folks at Sayson, this phone actually has two
'slots', and the ADSI stuff needs to be downloaded to both (the second
one
kicks in when the phone is idle for more than 1s).  I had only
downloaded
asterisk.adsi to the first slot, which explains why I was seeing the
default
(PLEASE PROGRAM ME) triggered from slot 2. I downloaded to the second
slot
and all is well now ... at least the phone now identifies itself as I
asked
it to, and seems to be programmed ;-)

It seems to me that asterisk.adsi is pretty vanilla - not much
functionality. Has anyone built a better mousetrap that they'd care to
share?

My second problem remains ... when I connect to voicemail now I see:

Comedian Mail
download refused

Services is full

but I don't see any errors in Asterisk's console. What's up with that???

I am now seeing some really cool functionality once I get past this
point.
As I'm checking voicemail by navigating the menus, I see stuff like:

Old Messages
Message 1 of 5
Unknown
Tue Dec 23 07:46:02

Sweet!

-Darren

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From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 Thanks for the reply Tim - I was beginning to think nobody used this
stuff
 ;-)

 As you can tell, I'm a relative newcomer to ADSI - I'm really not sure
what
 to expect once the phone gets programmed, but I would not expect to
see
 (PLEASE PROGRAM ME) still, and I would have hoped it would not have
broken
 voicemail so readily.

 I'm not using a channel bank at all ... I have a very simple setup
using
two
 x100p FXO cards and one TDM400P FXS card.

 As I mentioned below it does appear that SOMETHING was loaded into the
 phone, and it does appear to at least TRY to use ADSI when accessing
 voicemail.

 It's odd ... it's like everything worked but I'm left saying ...
okay,
 now what? The phone isn't incredibly functional at this point - even
if I
do
 go into the services menu and select 'Asterisk PBX' this selection
only
 persists until I use the phone once. Also, there aren't soft keys for
 anything useful like transferring a call ... how WOULD one do that
with
this
 phone anyway?

 -Darren

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 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:48 PM
 Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 What kind of channelbank/FXS port are you connecting to?


 I've seen problems connecting to some of the older versions of the
 Adtran Total Access 750's.  I wouldn't doubt there would be problems
on
 other channelbanks with older firmwares.  Of course, no firmware on
CAC
 AB1's


 I have the AAstra 480, Adtran 750 Channelbank (updated firmware),
T100P
 card, and it worked fine on the first try with current CVS.

 Tim Thompson
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 -Original Message-
 From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 10:09 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

 Update.

 As I mentioned in my first post (below), I had managed to get the
phone
 to
 accept a download from asterisk, but it still said PLEASE PROGRAM ME
 after
 the download was completed. After further investigation it does appear
I
 downloaded SOMETHING to the phone, because if I select the services
 button
 on the front of the phone, I get into a menu that says:

   Services
  Asterisk PBX
Asterisk slot 2
  available
  available

 If I select the first one in the list, the phone does change from
PLEASE
 PROGRAM ME to ** Asterisk PBX** and there's a VMail softkey!!
However,
 if
 I pick up the handset and replace it, I'm back to PLEASE PROGRAM ME
 again.
 Is this normal?

 My second problem is that when I dial voicemail from this handset now,
 which
 is ADSI-enabled, I see the following message on 

Re: [Asterisk-Users] A Head Check

2003-12-31 Thread Rich Adamson
Greg,

   I have been retained by a Building Management Company to install a 
 combined Voice/Data solution for a Tennated Office Space. This space will 
 rent offices, with telephone and internet service to inviduals or small 
snip
   Now.. This is our first deployment of Asterisk, and I need a head 
 check here. Am I making the right decision? :)
 
 Sepcifically...
 
 1. Are the SNOM 200 IP phones a good choice for standard users? Or should 
 I consider Cisco? Price of the phone is not the important thing.. What is 
 important is ease of use with minimal training and reliability!

I'd be careful with assumptions on the Snom 200. I've been trying to
properly define two extns on this phone (with visual indication as
to which extn is ringing) and have not been successful as yet. Have an 
open problem with snom right now. Same issues with v2.02t and v2.03e. 
Not sure what the problem is as yet, but three symptoms are highly visible:
 a. when a second (or more) extn is defined to the second (or more)
button, the phone goes into a loop involving Register, 100 Trying,
and 407 Proxy Authentication Required. Generates 1,000's of never-
ending packets. (Two different snom support people are trying to
replicate the issue, and both have initially been finger-pointing
towards asterisk. Too early to know where the issue is. All other
SIP phones function as expected with multiple extns.)
 b. when multiple lines are defined (with Key Mapping as suggested by the
snom folks), the LED's for those keys remain lite at all times. No
way to know which extension is actually ringing.
 c. distinctive ringing on a per-extn basis is apparently broken.

Hopefully will know more about these issues by the end of this week. As
with many other SIP components, documentation is below industry standards.
The phone works fine with a single extn definition. Given the business
environment you're talking about, there is a very high probability your
customers will want two or more lines per phone. Bottom line: no way to
visually see which extn is ringing, and therefore no way to answer the
phone with a prearranged business greating. I've had 100% solid
success/luck using the C7960 v6.0 code with lots of not-so-common addon
funtions that may have value-add implications in your proposed 
implementation. (My past 20-year experience working for a telephone
company and full understanding of shared-tennat services, I'd have to go
with the Cisco phones if the decision had to be made today.)

I've used the snom 200 for the better part of two months with several
versions of their software. Snom seems to have a software quality control 
issue. It's likely due to lacking a structured software test plan, but
don't know that for sure.

I'd also be careful with assumptions regarding plugging PC's into the
RJ45 switch jack on the back of various phones.  There seems to be several 
unusual symptoms that have appeared on this list and I'm not sure which
are still open (verses knowledge/skill level to identify the root-cause
and associated resolutions). Given the relatively small percentage of
folks using the jack, the only valid assumption is don't count on it
in production.

 3. I am also responsible for delivering inbound faxes to the DID numbers 
 via Email. I.E. customer has a document faxed to them and they get it in 
 Email as a tiff. I'm considering using Hylfax with a Multitech DID capable 
 modem, but other suggestions are welcomed!

Be careful with fax assumptions in terms of routing analog fax calls
through T1's and asterisk, etc. It's certainly doable; just don't make any
assumptions before hand. (Read: may require some additional implementation
and/or testing hours to obtain exactly what you want from reliability
perspective.)

 4. I have built some cost for support from Digium and/or other Asterisk 
 experts into the budget. Does Digium have paid support plans? 
 What about other consultants out there?

Their web site mentions such support. However, since asterisk has not matured
to the point of supporting stable software releases (etc), support from 
a high-availability business perspective will require more then a Digium
support contract (i.e, no published 24x7 plan today). (There are several 
people lurking on this list that can offer remote support. A contract with 
service-level penalities is probably worthy of consideration.)

 I'm just trying to make sure that I cover all the bases. This is got to be 
 a bulletproof solution, and I'm departing from my comfort level with 
 Altigen to give Asterisk a run for the money. We've got TONS of Linux 
 experience here, and comfort with customizing code, so I am happy with 
 what Asterisk gives me.. What else should I be worried about?

I'd strongly recommend implementing two asterisk boxes on site; one as
a primary production box and the second as a hot-spare identical 
backup (or some such combination). Obviously, the hot-spare backup could 
also be used to 

[Asterisk-Users] grand stream phone and double nat

2003-12-31 Thread Robert Boardman
Hi

I'm trying to configur a grandstream BT101 to connect to asterisk, both 
behind different NATs, I realise that a double Nat is a problem, I have 
tried using fwd  forwarding to iaxtel as a solution but cannt seem to 
get them to connect as I think there is a codec problem as IAXTEL 
doesn't seem to accept alawor ulaw is this correct?
Has anyone been able to connect a sip phone across a double NAT ?

I realise this has been discussed before and sorry for that

Robb

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[Asterisk-Users] Anyone, ideas for incoming call management for CRM system

2003-12-31 Thread Peer Oliver schmidt
Hi,

we have implemented a first version of call support from a web based 
system for Asterisk (via the manager interface) and other, callto: and 
tel:, providers.

Now I am looking at the other way around. If a call comes in, I want our 
web based system to automatically detect the number and present the call 
information to the user.

Ideas anyone? I guess, I won't be able to get this done without some 
client specific programming, will I?

All the best for 2004.

Best regards

Peer Oliver Schmidt
the internet company
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Darren Nickerson
Yes, there are 2 available slots. When I push services, I see:

  Services
 Asterisk PBX
   Asterisk PBX
 available
 available

As I mentioned, the only soft-key I seem to have is 'VMail', and when I
select that I still get:

Comedial Mail
download refused

Services is full

And yet somehow there does seem to be some ADSI functionality later on, when
it falls back to a voice prompt after the download is refused and I'm
navigating the voice prompts, reading the messages.

It troubles me that Asterisk isn't very chatty about the ADSI stuff ... when
I access VMail all I see is:

   -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/5-1'
-- Executing VoiceMailMain(Zap/5-1, ) in new stack
(here's where the ADSI stuff seems to happen on the phone, download
refused etc)
-- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
[snip rest of log]

There's no indication that any ADSI transactions are going on here, but that
tell-tale tone can be heard and the little rotating animated cursor on the
phone means _something_ is definitely going on at the ADSI level. Am I
missing a debug option that could show me more about what may be going
wrong?

I'll get with Sayson tech support today to see if they can make any sense of
this.

-Darren

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- Original Message - 
From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


When you push your services button, are there any available slots.
If not, delete the 3rd or 4th ones

Don't know if it matters, but I have:
Comedian Mail
Asterisk PBX
available
Aastra SL

The only selectable ones are the Comedian Mail and the Asterisk PBX.

You might try deleting them all and reloading.

And # is the Transfer button.  8-)



Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Update #2

According to the helpful folks at Sayson, this phone actually has two
'slots', and the ADSI stuff needs to be downloaded to both (the second
one
kicks in when the phone is idle for more than 1s).  I had only
downloaded
asterisk.adsi to the first slot, which explains why I was seeing the
default
(PLEASE PROGRAM ME) triggered from slot 2. I downloaded to the second
slot
and all is well now ... at least the phone now identifies itself as I
asked
it to, and seems to be programmed ;-)

It seems to me that asterisk.adsi is pretty vanilla - not much
functionality. Has anyone built a better mousetrap that they'd care to
share?

My second problem remains ... when I connect to voicemail now I see:

Comedian Mail
download refused

Services is full

but I don't see any errors in Asterisk's console. What's up with that???

I am now seeing some really cool functionality once I get past this
point.
As I'm checking voicemail by navigating the menus, I see stuff like:

Old Messages
Message 1 of 5
Unknown
Tue Dec 23 07:46:02

Sweet!

-Darren

--
Darren Nickerson
Senior Sales  Support Engineer
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From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 Thanks for the reply Tim - I was beginning to think nobody used this
stuff
 ;-)

 As you can tell, I'm a relative newcomer to ADSI - I'm really not sure
what
 to expect once the phone gets programmed, but I would not expect to
see
 (PLEASE PROGRAM ME) still, and I would have hoped it would not have
broken
 voicemail so readily.

 I'm not using a channel bank at all ... I have a very simple setup
using
two
 x100p FXO cards and one TDM400P FXS card.

 As I mentioned below it does appear that SOMETHING was loaded into the
 phone, and it does appear to at least TRY to use ADSI when accessing
 voicemail.

 It's odd ... it's like everything worked but I'm left saying ...
okay,
 now what? The phone isn't incredibly functional at this point - even
if I
do
 go into the services menu and select 'Asterisk PBX' this selection
only
 persists until I use the phone once. Also, there aren't soft keys for
 anything useful like transferring a call ... how WOULD one do that
with
this
 phone anyway?

 -Darren

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] 7960 Register with 2 * Servers causes phone to reboot over and over

2003-12-31 Thread Rich Adamson
Justin,

 I have been trying to get my 7960  7960G to register with two seperate * 
 servers. 
 
 Asterisk box 1 is on out on the Internet running: Asterisk CVS-10/30/03-20:08:15 
 
 Asterisk box 2 is on the Lan running: Asterisk CVS-12/19/03-19:28:30 
 
 7960 is on the LAN running: P0S3-04-4-00
 
 7960G is on the LAN running: P0S3-06-0-00
 
 In sip.conf I have nat=yes to get the phones to register properly.
 
 And for a while both phones do actually work. However about every few mins 
 they just restart! If I remove the second line that is registering with 
 the server on the LAN they stop restarting
 
 Ideas?

I recall this being mentioned in the past, but can't remember what the
source was. Seems to me it was a Cisco bug back in the v3/v5 days. I'm
running v6 code now but don't have two * systems to try it.

Rich


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Anyone, ideas for incoming call management for CRM system

2003-12-31 Thread WipeOut
Peer Oliver schmidt wrote:

Hi,

we have implemented a first version of call support from a web based 
system for Asterisk (via the manager interface) and other, callto: and 
tel:, providers.

Now I am looking at the other way around. If a call comes in, I want 
our web based system to automatically detect the number and present 
the call information to the user.

Ideas anyone? I guess, I won't be able to get this done without some 
client specific programming, will I?

All the best for 2004.

Best regards

Peer Oliver Schmidt
the internet company
Your problem is that as you mentioned your app is web based and web 
based apps don't maintain a connection to the server, once the page is 
loaded the connection is terminated and so there is no way for the 
server to then send new data to the web browser when the call comes in.. 
you would have to somehow get the server to identify the call and then 
get the client to reload the web page in the browser..

This could have isues.. eg if the user is on a call and working on the 
web page and a second call comes in you don't want the page to be 
refreshed..

Later..

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
 And # is the Transfer button.  8-)

Any way to map that to a soft button?  How do I use # in a call if not?

Regards,
Andrew
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] A Head Check

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Mahler
The cisco 7960 phone works great. Reliable and fully functional. The
even have support, sort of. In a real business environment I couldn't
imagine using anything else right now. The extra money you spend will be
paid back immediately on the service calls you won't have to make. I have a
bunch in service, the users love them.  

Why would you build your own computer? You can't beat something like
a DELL server, especially a refurbished server. I just bought a refurbished
3.2GHz Dell server, 800MHz front side bus, with 128MB of memory and 60MB of
disk for $598. If it breaks, Dell comes out and fixes it. Again, why try and
save a few bucks at the expense of reliability? 

 
Paul Mahler 
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phone: 650.207.9855
fax: 877.408.0105

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] A Head Check

Greg,

   I have been retained by a Building Management Company to install a 
 combined Voice/Data solution for a Tennated Office Space. This space will 
 rent offices, with telephone and internet service to inviduals or small 
snip
   Now.. This is our first deployment of Asterisk, and I need a head 
 check here. Am I making the right decision? :)
 
 Sepcifically...
 
 1. Are the SNOM 200 IP phones a good choice for standard users? Or should 
 I consider Cisco? Price of the phone is not the important thing.. What is 
 important is ease of use with minimal training and reliability!

I'd be careful with assumptions on the Snom 200. I've been trying to
properly define two extns on this phone (with visual indication as
to which extn is ringing) and have not been successful as yet. Have an 
open problem with snom right now. Same issues with v2.02t and v2.03e. 
Not sure what the problem is as yet, but three symptoms are highly visible:
 a. when a second (or more) extn is defined to the second (or more)
button, the phone goes into a loop involving Register, 100 Trying,
and 407 Proxy Authentication Required. Generates 1,000's of never-
ending packets. (Two different snom support people are trying to
replicate the issue, and both have initially been finger-pointing
towards asterisk. Too early to know where the issue is. All other
SIP phones function as expected with multiple extns.)
 b. when multiple lines are defined (with Key Mapping as suggested by the
snom folks), the LED's for those keys remain lite at all times. No
way to know which extension is actually ringing.
 c. distinctive ringing on a per-extn basis is apparently broken.

Hopefully will know more about these issues by the end of this week. As
with many other SIP components, documentation is below industry standards.
The phone works fine with a single extn definition. Given the business
environment you're talking about, there is a very high probability your
customers will want two or more lines per phone. Bottom line: no way to
visually see which extn is ringing, and therefore no way to answer the
phone with a prearranged business greating. I've had 100% solid
success/luck using the C7960 v6.0 code with lots of not-so-common addon
funtions that may have value-add implications in your proposed 
implementation. (My past 20-year experience working for a telephone
company and full understanding of shared-tennat services, I'd have to go
with the Cisco phones if the decision had to be made today.)

I've used the snom 200 for the better part of two months with several
versions of their software. Snom seems to have a software quality control 
issue. It's likely due to lacking a structured software test plan, but
don't know that for sure.

I'd also be careful with assumptions regarding plugging PC's into the
RJ45 switch jack on the back of various phones.  There seems to be several 
unusual symptoms that have appeared on this list and I'm not sure which
are still open (verses knowledge/skill level to identify the root-cause
and associated resolutions). Given the relatively small percentage of
folks using the jack, the only valid assumption is don't count on it
in production.

 3. I am also responsible for delivering inbound faxes to the DID numbers 
 via Email. I.E. customer has a document faxed to them and they get it in 
 Email as a tiff. I'm considering using Hylfax with a Multitech DID capable

 modem, but other suggestions are welcomed!

Be careful with fax assumptions in terms of routing analog fax calls
through T1's and asterisk, etc. It's certainly doable; just don't make any
assumptions before hand. (Read: may require some additional implementation
and/or testing hours to obtain exactly what you want from reliability
perspective.)

 4. I have built some cost for support from Digium and/or other Asterisk 
 experts into the budget. Does Digium have paid support plans? 
 What about other consultants out there?

Their web site mentions such support. 

[Asterisk-Users] Current database abstraction effort ?

2003-12-31 Thread Nicolas Bougues
Dear all,

I read across Asterisk's lists archives, and found out various
discussions about how nice it would be to have a (SQL) database
abstraction layer enabling the use of various SQL backends, for
various purposes inside of Asterisk.

As far as I see, there is no such thing yet, although there are
various efforts (on CDR and voicemail, mostly) to use external
databases.

As I'm planning some work that will require external database support
(in order to be fully dynamic and potentially shared by different
Asterisk servers), I have to solve this issue first.

It's definetly not a major issue, but before starting to work on it
I'd like to know what the community has to say about it.

I found a few references to the way the FreeRadius people did it, and
I would probably make something similar, although there a a few things
in their design that I would make otherwise.

Finally, Asterisk uses the db1 library to store some local dynamic
data. The db.h interface could be kept as-is and optionnally work with
this new database backend for tasks that do not require full SQL
syntax (although a there shall be a way to specify if the caller is
expecting its data to be local or shared amongst servers).

--
Nicolas Bougues
Axialys Interactive
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom

2003-12-31 Thread Sean Adams
Wow! Thanks John for the detailed information.
This is such an awesome system... and great support here, too.
On Dec 31, 2003, at 12:07 AM, John Baker wrote:

Hello, all

Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with
the Polycom 600 phones.  You need the latest version of both the SIP
software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but 
it
is workable.

The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just
like the Cisco 7960's have.  It also provides for auto answer.  It's
kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by
setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml
configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg.
In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables:

alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8...
In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in
Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in
ipmid.cfg.
In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this:

SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11
se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0
se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use -
which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the
phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet.
I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my
three sales guys.  The secretary transfers it to the sales department
and their lines ring with the Triplet.  I feel like Pavlov whenever I
hear it.
The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer.  The one you
want is ring-answer.
Here's how I do it:  Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line
listed above)
...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4...
and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a
High Double Trill ringtone)
RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer
se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7...
The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000
milliseconds (one second) and then answer.
I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring
Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension.  It rings in to
the extension and voila, I'm on speaker!
By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this
feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a
silent ring and a visual type.  The phone would answer without any
indication except on the console.  I haven't tried this myself and if
you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office
at the time.
Good Luck!  I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe
somebody will give me a late Christmas present.
--John Baker

On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote:
Hello,

It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with 
the PBX
or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows 
no way
of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom 
adding
this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for.
People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones.

MATT---

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom


(new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones)

Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick 
up
on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can
quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for
their phone?

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] 7960 Register with 2 * Servers causes phone to reboot over and over

2003-12-31 Thread Brian West
Strange.. I have my 7960 registered with 3 diffrent asterisk servers...
its ROCK SOLID!! version 6 firmware.

bkw

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Rich Adamson wrote:

 Justin,

  I have been trying to get my 7960  7960G to register with two seperate *
  servers.
 
  Asterisk box 1 is on out on the Internet running: Asterisk CVS-10/30/03-20:08:15
 
  Asterisk box 2 is on the Lan running: Asterisk CVS-12/19/03-19:28:30
 
  7960 is on the LAN running: P0S3-04-4-00
 
  7960G is on the LAN running: P0S3-06-0-00
 
  In sip.conf I have nat=yes to get the phones to register properly.
 
  And for a while both phones do actually work. However about every few mins
  they just restart! If I remove the second line that is registering with
  the server on the LAN they stop restarting
 
  Ideas?

 I recall this being mentioned in the past, but can't remember what the
 source was. Seems to me it was a Cisco bug back in the v3/v5 days. I'm
 running v6 code now but don't have two * systems to try it.

 Rich


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread firedude
Happy New Year Wipeout and all the other Asterisk Users around the globe 
from the Shore Linux Solutions Team

Special kudos and a Happy New Year to the Digium Team

P.S. Wipeout in 2004 are you going to do a Fedora Howto like your RH9 
Howto of 2003?

AJ

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread Brian West
 P.S. Wipeout in 2004 are you going to do a Fedora Howto like your RH9
 Howto of 2003?

Why would you need a howto in the first place?  I never did! :P

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread firedude
Quite frankly, I don't need a howto, I have it running on my Fedora core 1 
system as well as my RH 9 system.  I just thought it might be a good idea 
for newbies or other people not very familiar with Linux or asterisk, 
needed packages, dependencies, etc.  Personally I think thorough 
documentation at all levels are a good thing as it often gives one an 
option before asking high minded pricks for assistance, advice or answers 
to questions.

Mr. West I've been called arrogant, egotistical, self centered and even an 
asshole but I think i have enough sense to realize that not everyone is on 
the same level just because you didn't need a howto guide doesn't mean 
others don't or won't.  By the way, two closing points.  First of all 
someone recommended you to me the other day.  Termed you as a competent 
asterisk consultant.  I must say at this point, my opinion has been 
clouded by your lack of social ettiquette.  Secondly, that bottom portion 
of the mail was intended for Wipeout.
AJ






On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Brian West wrote:

  P.S. Wipeout in 2004 are you going to do a Fedora Howto like your RH9
  Howto of 2003?
 
 Why would you need a howto in the first place?  I never did! :P
 
 bkw
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[Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?

2003-12-31 Thread Lance Arbuckle

Ok, first off, Asterisk is the coolest piece of software I have EVER had
the pleasure of using in my 8 years of running linux !! and I know I
haven't even scratched the surface feature wise.

Before I get too excited, I wanted to get all you experts to look at the
how I implemented my after hours test.  The goal is to prevent the phone
from ringing afer certain hours, just go to VM.

Bacically, when a call comes from the PSTN, I use these includes to
either set a key in the DB or not.

include = day|8:00-21:00|mon-fri|*|*
include = day|9:00-21:00|sat-sun|*|*
; if we're not open, we're closed
include = night

[day] 
exten = s,2,DBput(FEATURE/DAY=yes)  
exten = s,3,Goto(s,10) 

[night] 
exten = s,2,NoOp
exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)


And then in my stdexten macro, I test for the existence of the key in
the database.  If the key exists, it must be daytime so delete the key
and allow the calls to ring the extension.  If the key does not exist,
it must be night and since we don't want the phones to ring we jump to
the unavailable VM.  I've tested this and it works as I expect but my
only concern is how this would hold up in a busy environment where many
calls are being processed.  Could one asterisk thread delete the
database key before another thread had gotton the oportunity to test for
the key ?


[macro-stdexten]
exten = s,1,NoOp
 other testing crap deleted 
exten = s,10,DBget(foo=FEATURE/DAY); is it day time ?
exten = s,11,DBdel(FEATURE/DAY); yes, delete the key
exten = s,12,Goto(s,201)   ; and ring the phone
exten = s,111,Goto(s,204)  ; no, goto uVM

exten = s,201,answer
exten = s,202,Playback(transfer,skip)
exten = s,203,Dial(${ARG2},5)  ; Ring the interface, 20 seconds
maximum
exten = s,204,Voicemail(u${ARG1})  ; If unavailable, send to
voicemail w/ unavail announce
exten = s,205,Playback(vm-goodbye)   
exten = s,206,Wait(1)
exten = s,207,Hangup
exten = s,304,Voicemail(b${ARG1})  ; If busy, send to voicemail w/
busy announce
exten = s,305,Playback(vm-goodbye)
exten = s,306,Wait(1)
exten = s,307,Hangup



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[Asterisk-Users] Re: Grandstream Early Dial

2003-12-31 Thread Stephen R. Besch

I've just checked my voicemail with 1.0.4.30 and get the same multiple
digits problem. sip.conf and GS config are both at info, for me this is
a new problem voicemail has always worked perfectly with the GS.
This has come up many times in this list, with no consensus for a 
solution.  According to Grandstream, the multiple digit problem arises 
from a difference in the interpretation of the SIP standard. I'm not 
sure I really understand this, so no flames please, but, paraphrasing a 
conversation I had with GS, apparently they retransmit the digit as long 
as the key is pressed and expect asterisk to know that it is a 
re-transmission by examining other data in the packet. Asterisk does not 
handle the SIP packet in the way GS expects, resulting in multiple digit 
transmission. This flaw (?) is avoided by setting DTMF to INBAND.  Why 
this behaviour is not repeatable on everyones installations escapes me. 
However, I have noticed one thing that may be a clue. I have one phone 
that is older hardware (redial button instead of send and an unused 
battery compartment on the bottom). This phone behaves differently than 
all the other, later, models.  For example, it is the only phone on 
which the flash button actually works to answer the alternate line (eg 
when an incoming call waiting call arrives). All phones are using 3.81 
firmware.

 Early dial has never worked for me, and I just upgraded to the
 1.0.4.30 load yesterday. Now, I am having DTMF recognition issues,
 making it impossible to check my voice mail.
This is an acknowleged bug on the GS.  They have connected to my * 
server and acknowleged the problem. A fix has been promised but not yet 
delivered.  Until then, the only solution is to turn early dial off and 
let the phone send the entire dial string in one packet.  Since this 
does not affect later single digit transmission for IVR's, etc, the only 
consequence is the irritating delay between the last entered digit and 
the actual placing of the call. But, you can always hit the send key.

Stephen R. Besch

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread Eric Stanley
Where can I find that Howto?  I'm new to Asterisk and am looking for all the 
doc I can find.

TIA,

Eric

On Wednesday 31 December 2003 12:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Happy New Year Wipeout and all the other Asterisk Users around the globe
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 Special kudos and a Happy New Year to the Digium Team

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 Howto of 2003?

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread Philipp von Klitzing
Hi all!

 Mr. West I've been called arrogant, egotistical, self centered and even an 
 asshole but I think i have enough sense to realize that ...

Heat up that flame, turn it into a nice firework and celebrate - 2004 may 
be closer than you think! :-))

Cheers, Philipp




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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread rnc Info Lists
 Where can I find that Howto?  I'm new to Asterisk and am looking for all
 the
 doc I can find.

 TIA,

 Eric

Eric,
You will find at at:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/wipe_out/asterisk/

Robert
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Thompson
Have you tried deleting those services and adding them back in by
checking voicemail 1st (dial 8500) then dial your 8600 for AdsiProg


You should be able to just hit the # during the call, but you will
also have to make sure you have the |Tt defined in your extensions.conf
file as well.




Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes, there are 2 available slots. When I push services, I see:

  Services
 Asterisk PBX
   Asterisk PBX
 available
 available

As I mentioned, the only soft-key I seem to have is 'VMail', and when I
select that I still get:

Comedial Mail
download refused

Services is full

And yet somehow there does seem to be some ADSI functionality later on,
when
it falls back to a voice prompt after the download is refused and I'm
navigating the voice prompts, reading the messages.

It troubles me that Asterisk isn't very chatty about the ADSI stuff ...
when
I access VMail all I see is:

   -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/5-1'
-- Executing VoiceMailMain(Zap/5-1, ) in new stack
(here's where the ADSI stuff seems to happen on the phone, download
refused etc)
-- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
[snip rest of log]

There's no indication that any ADSI transactions are going on here, but
that
tell-tale tone can be heard and the little rotating animated cursor on
the
phone means _something_ is definitely going on at the ADSI level. Am I
missing a debug option that could show me more about what may be going
wrong?

I'll get with Sayson tech support today to see if they can make any
sense of
this.

-Darren

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From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


When you push your services button, are there any available slots.
If not, delete the 3rd or 4th ones

Don't know if it matters, but I have:
Comedian Mail
Asterisk PBX
available
Aastra SL

The only selectable ones are the Comedian Mail and the Asterisk PBX.

You might try deleting them all and reloading.

And # is the Transfer button.  8-)



Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Update #2

According to the helpful folks at Sayson, this phone actually has two
'slots', and the ADSI stuff needs to be downloaded to both (the second
one
kicks in when the phone is idle for more than 1s).  I had only
downloaded
asterisk.adsi to the first slot, which explains why I was seeing the
default
(PLEASE PROGRAM ME) triggered from slot 2. I downloaded to the second
slot
and all is well now ... at least the phone now identifies itself as I
asked
it to, and seems to be programmed ;-)

It seems to me that asterisk.adsi is pretty vanilla - not much
functionality. Has anyone built a better mousetrap that they'd care to
share?

My second problem remains ... when I connect to voicemail now I see:

Comedian Mail
download refused

Services is full

but I don't see any errors in Asterisk's console. What's up with that???

I am now seeing some really cool functionality once I get past this
point.
As I'm checking voicemail by navigating the menus, I see stuff like:

Old Messages
Message 1 of 5
Unknown
Tue Dec 23 07:46:02

Sweet!

-Darren

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- Original Message - 
From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 Thanks for the reply Tim - I was beginning to think nobody used this
stuff
 ;-)

 As you can tell, I'm a relative newcomer to ADSI - I'm really not sure
what
 to expect once the phone gets programmed, but I would not expect to
see
 (PLEASE PROGRAM ME) still, and I would have hoped it would not have
broken
 voicemail so readily.

 I'm not using a channel bank at all ... I have a very simple setup
using
two
 x100p FXO cards and one TDM400P FXS card.

 As I mentioned below it does appear that SOMETHING was loaded into the
 phone, and it does appear to at least TRY to use ADSI when accessing
 voicemail.

 It's odd ... it's like everything worked but I'm left saying ...
okay,
 now what? The phone isn't incredibly 

[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Web Dialer

2003-12-31 Thread Steve Woolley
I am putting together a solution that will employ the Digium TE410P with
one T1 going out the PSTN and the other front-ending a PBX. The idea is
that based on a URL, Asterisk will dial an employee behind the PBX. When
the employee picks up, Asterisk will dial the customer (detailed in the
URL). I am assuming Asterisk can work with Apache (through AGI maybe) to
dial the employee and then connect to the customer via info in the URL
(or related through some sort of DB lookup). Another requirement will be
to record the phone call as well.

I have worked a bit with Asterisk and am very happy with what it can do
-- and would prefer to stay with Asterisk. The question is, can Asterisk
handle what my requirements are or would this better be served by
Bayonne?

--
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IT Manager
ADS Telecom, Inc.
59 Skyline Drive
Suite 1250
Lake Mary, Florida 32746

Phone: (407)682-6226 x1110
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Darren Nickerson
Update #3.

Sayson tell me that this is likely a result of Comedian Mail not knowing
anything about the phone's slots or lock codes, causing the download to
fail.

When I was programming the slots originally, I needed to change the
following information in asterisk.:

SECURITY _AST; Security code
FDN 0x000f  ; Descriptor number

to information Sayson provided me for each of the slots (1  2 of 4
available). Slot 1 is activated by telephony events, and slot 2 is a
self-loading slot that activates when the phone is idle for more than 1
second. I downloaded asterisk.adsi to each slot.

Looking at app_voicemail.c there's clearly a lot of ADSI intelligence, ...
but it's not clear to me how one configures Comedian Mail to know about a
'slot' Descriptor number and Security Code.

-Darren

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- Original Message - 
From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 Yes, there are 2 available slots. When I push services, I see:

   Services
  Asterisk PBX
Asterisk PBX
  available
  available

 As I mentioned, the only soft-key I seem to have is 'VMail', and when I
 select that I still get:

 Comedial Mail
 download refused

 Services is full

 And yet somehow there does seem to be some ADSI functionality later on,
when
 it falls back to a voice prompt after the download is refused and I'm
 navigating the voice prompts, reading the messages.

 It troubles me that Asterisk isn't very chatty about the ADSI stuff ...
when
 I access VMail all I see is:

-- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/5-1'
 -- Executing VoiceMailMain(Zap/5-1, ) in new stack
 (here's where the ADSI stuff seems to happen on the phone, download
 refused etc)
 -- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
 [snip rest of log]

 There's no indication that any ADSI transactions are going on here, but
that
 tell-tale tone can be heard and the little rotating animated cursor on the
 phone means _something_ is definitely going on at the ADSI level. Am I
 missing a debug option that could show me more about what may be going
 wrong?

 I'll get with Sayson tech support today to see if they can make any sense
of
 this.

 -Darren

 --
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 Senior Sales  Support Engineer
 iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 +1.215.243.8335 fax

 - Original Message - 
 From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:59 AM
 Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 When you push your services button, are there any available slots.
 If not, delete the 3rd or 4th ones

 Don't know if it matters, but I have:
 Comedian Mail
 Asterisk PBX
 available
 Aastra SL

 The only selectable ones are the Comedian Mail and the Asterisk PBX.

 You might try deleting them all and reloading.

 And # is the Transfer button.  8-)



 Tim Thompson
 Commercial Sales Engineer
 http://www.amatechtel.com
 (806) 722-2227


 -Original Message-
 From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:29 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

 Update #2

 According to the helpful folks at Sayson, this phone actually has two
 'slots', and the ADSI stuff needs to be downloaded to both (the second
 one
 kicks in when the phone is idle for more than 1s).  I had only
 downloaded
 asterisk.adsi to the first slot, which explains why I was seeing the
 default
 (PLEASE PROGRAM ME) triggered from slot 2. I downloaded to the second
 slot
 and all is well now ... at least the phone now identifies itself as I
 asked
 it to, and seems to be programmed ;-)

 It seems to me that asterisk.adsi is pretty vanilla - not much
 functionality. Has anyone built a better mousetrap that they'd care to
 share?

 My second problem remains ... when I connect to voicemail now I see:

 Comedian Mail
 download refused

 Services is full

 but I don't see any errors in Asterisk's console. What's up with that???

 I am now seeing some really cool functionality once I get past this
 point.
 As I'm checking voicemail by navigating the menus, I see stuff like:

 Old Messages
 Message 1 of 5
 Unknown
 Tue Dec 23 07:46:02

 Sweet!

 -Darren

 --
 Darren Nickerson
 Senior Sales  Support Engineer
 iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 +1.215.438.4638 ext 8106 office
 +1.215.243.8335 fax

 - Original Message - 
 From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:18 PM
 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


  

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Thompson
After looking a litter deeper in the code, it looks as though the
Comedian Mail will only load in the 1st slot of your ADSI phone and the
asterisk loads in the 2nd.

Soif you delete the 1st slot that you had listed as Asterisk, then
dial the 8500 extension it will hopefully work.




Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Tim Thompson 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Have you tried deleting those services and adding them back in by
checking voicemail 1st (dial 8500) then dial your 8600 for AdsiProg


You should be able to just hit the # during the call, but you will
also have to make sure you have the |Tt defined in your extensions.conf
file as well.




Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Yes, there are 2 available slots. When I push services, I see:

  Services
 Asterisk PBX
   Asterisk PBX
 available
 available

As I mentioned, the only soft-key I seem to have is 'VMail', and when I
select that I still get:

Comedial Mail
download refused

Services is full

And yet somehow there does seem to be some ADSI functionality later on,
when
it falls back to a voice prompt after the download is refused and I'm
navigating the voice prompts, reading the messages.

It troubles me that Asterisk isn't very chatty about the ADSI stuff ...
when
I access VMail all I see is:

   -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/5-1'
-- Executing VoiceMailMain(Zap/5-1, ) in new stack
(here's where the ADSI stuff seems to happen on the phone, download
refused etc)
-- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
[snip rest of log]

There's no indication that any ADSI transactions are going on here, but
that
tell-tale tone can be heard and the little rotating animated cursor on
the
phone means _something_ is definitely going on at the ADSI level. Am I
missing a debug option that could show me more about what may be going
wrong?

I'll get with Sayson tech support today to see if they can make any
sense of
this.

-Darren

--
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Senior Sales  Support Engineer
iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1.215.438.4638 ext 8106 office
+1.215.243.8335 fax

- Original Message - 
From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


When you push your services button, are there any available slots.
If not, delete the 3rd or 4th ones

Don't know if it matters, but I have:
Comedian Mail
Asterisk PBX
available
Aastra SL

The only selectable ones are the Comedian Mail and the Asterisk PBX.

You might try deleting them all and reloading.

And # is the Transfer button.  8-)



Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Update #2

According to the helpful folks at Sayson, this phone actually has two
'slots', and the ADSI stuff needs to be downloaded to both (the second
one
kicks in when the phone is idle for more than 1s).  I had only
downloaded
asterisk.adsi to the first slot, which explains why I was seeing the
default
(PLEASE PROGRAM ME) triggered from slot 2. I downloaded to the second
slot
and all is well now ... at least the phone now identifies itself as I
asked
it to, and seems to be programmed ;-)

It seems to me that asterisk.adsi is pretty vanilla - not much
functionality. Has anyone built a better mousetrap that they'd care to
share?

My second problem remains ... when I connect to voicemail now I see:

Comedian Mail
download refused

Services is full

but I don't see any errors in Asterisk's console. What's up with that???

I am now seeing some really cool functionality once I get past this
point.
As I'm checking voicemail by navigating the menus, I see stuff like:

Old Messages
Message 1 of 5
Unknown
Tue Dec 23 07:46:02

Sweet!

-Darren

--
Darren Nickerson
Senior Sales  Support Engineer
iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1.215.438.4638 ext 8106 office
+1.215.243.8335 fax

- Original Message - 
From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


 Thanks for the reply Tim - I was beginning to think nobody used this
stuff
 ;-)

 As you can tell, I'm a relative newcomer to ADSI - I'm really not sure
what
 to expect once the 

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Darren Nickerson
Tim,

Thanks for your continued participation in this thread.

The truth is, it's not clear to me how to delete a service ... the services
menu only allows me to 'Select' or 'Quit'.

It's also not clear to me how you managed to get Comedian Mail downloaded to
Slot 1 without unlocking it with a code.

When you did the ADSIProg originally (presumably you only did this once),
did you download to both slots, or just the second one?

-Darren

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- Original Message - 
From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


Have you tried deleting those services and adding them back in by
checking voicemail 1st (dial 8500) then dial your 8600 for AdsiProg


You should be able to just hit the # during the call, but you will
also have to make sure you have the |Tt defined in your extensions.conf
file as well.




Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Yes, there are 2 available slots. When I push services, I see:

  Services
 Asterisk PBX
   Asterisk PBX
 available
 available

As I mentioned, the only soft-key I seem to have is 'VMail', and when I
select that I still get:

Comedial Mail
download refused

Services is full

And yet somehow there does seem to be some ADSI functionality later on,
when
it falls back to a voice prompt after the download is refused and I'm
navigating the voice prompts, reading the messages.

It troubles me that Asterisk isn't very chatty about the ADSI stuff ...
when
I access VMail all I see is:

   -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/5-1'
-- Executing VoiceMailMain(Zap/5-1, ) in new stack
(here's where the ADSI stuff seems to happen on the phone, download
refused etc)
-- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
[snip rest of log]

There's no indication that any ADSI transactions are going on here, but
that
tell-tale tone can be heard and the little rotating animated cursor on
the
phone means _something_ is definitely going on at the ADSI level. Am I
missing a debug option that could show me more about what may be going
wrong?

I'll get with Sayson tech support today to see if they can make any
sense of
this.

-Darren

--
Darren Nickerson
Senior Sales  Support Engineer
iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1.215.438.4638 ext 8106 office
+1.215.243.8335 fax

- Original Message - 
From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


When you push your services button, are there any available slots.
If not, delete the 3rd or 4th ones

Don't know if it matters, but I have:
Comedian Mail
Asterisk PBX
available
Aastra SL

The only selectable ones are the Comedian Mail and the Asterisk PBX.

You might try deleting them all and reloading.

And # is the Transfer button.  8-)



Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Update #2

According to the helpful folks at Sayson, this phone actually has two
'slots', and the ADSI stuff needs to be downloaded to both (the second
one
kicks in when the phone is idle for more than 1s).  I had only
downloaded
asterisk.adsi to the first slot, which explains why I was seeing the
default
(PLEASE PROGRAM ME) triggered from slot 2. I downloaded to the second
slot
and all is well now ... at least the phone now identifies itself as I
asked
it to, and seems to be programmed ;-)

It seems to me that asterisk.adsi is pretty vanilla - not much
functionality. Has anyone built a better mousetrap that they'd care to
share?

My second problem remains ... when I connect to voicemail now I see:

Comedian Mail
download refused

Services is full

but I don't see any errors in Asterisk's console. What's up with that???

I am now seeing some really cool functionality once I get past this
point.
As I'm checking voicemail by navigating the menus, I see stuff like:

Old Messages
Message 1 of 5
Unknown
Tue Dec 23 07:46:02

Sweet!

-Darren

--
Darren Nickerson
Senior Sales  Support Engineer
iFAX Solutions, Inc. www.ifax.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1.215.438.4638 ext 8106 office
+1.215.243.8335 fax

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From: Darren Nickerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:18 PM

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Web Dialer

2003-12-31 Thread James Sharp
 I am putting together a solution that will employ the Digium TE410P with
 one T1 going out the PSTN and the other front-ending a PBX. The idea is
 that based on a URL, Asterisk will dial an employee behind the PBX. When
 the employee picks up, Asterisk will dial the customer (detailed in the
 URL). I am assuming Asterisk can work with Apache (through AGI maybe) to
 dial the employee and then connect to the customer via info in the URL
 (or related through some sort of DB lookup). Another requirement will be
 to record the phone call as well.

You could do it through either the Asterisk manager interface or have a
CGI scrip t in your web front end create an auto call file that dials the
employee and runs a second Dial command upon answer.

 I have worked a bit with Asterisk and am very happy with what it can do
 -- and would prefer to stay with Asterisk. The question is, can Asterisk
 handle what my requirements are or would this better be served by
 Bayonne?

Asterisk is better.  Hands down.  No questions.
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[Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Me
As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
documents can only be useful for explaining how things
work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
 With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
problems to be fixed anytime soon. 

RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Sean Cheesman
There are many people on this list that are more than happy to help you with
a problem if you know how to ask the question.  But if you've tried to keep
up with this mailing list over any amount of time, you will see how quickly
it becomes frustrating when people ask the same questions over and over
again.  Hence being pointed to the how-to's and the wiki.  Do they answer
every question?  No.  But they cover the most frequently asked.  Do they
answer the question exactly like you'd hope?  Maybe not.  It requires some
thinking.  There are two things you need to remember here.  One, no one on
this list gets paid to help you or anyone else with your problems.  They do
so because they choose to.  Two, Asterisk is open source.  It doesn't cost
you a penny.  If you want stable and friendly ass-kissing support
personnel, you need to look at a commercial solution.  

Sean

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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.


As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
documents can only be useful for explaining how things
work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
 With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
problems to be fixed anytime soon. 

RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Brian West
 As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
 with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
 documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
 ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
 worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
 documents can only be useful for explaining how things
 work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
 is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
  With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
 problems to be fixed anytime soon.

 RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

No we aren't anti-n00b... Have you tried the IRC channel?  Its usually
more helpful for the newcomers.  I have personally helped many people get
started with examples and other such things.  As far as asterisk
segfaulting you might have hardware problems... I recommend you join the
IRC channel and ask some questions.  But you also have to be prepaired to
read a little because we can't hold your hand thru it all just like with
any other open source software solution out there.  Asterisk is fairly
easy to understand once you see how it all fits together.

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread Tony Kava
   Nope I should have been a bit more clear in my 
 response.. but its one of those days The howto should be 
 generalized... Not just for X or Y distro... its not helpful 
 and cuses duplication of documentation efforts.

I would tend to disagree with your statement that it is not helpful.
Writing any HOWTO requires some effort on the author's part, and the effort
does help a number of users.  I agree with you that a HOWTO for Asterisk,
for example, should be generalized so that it can be helpful to a wider
audience.  An existing HOWTO for a particular operating system can serve as
a good basis for a general HOWTO.  I hope that the previously named author
does not interpret this as trivializing their contribution to the community
because I'm sure many first-time Asterisk users are glad to find
step-by-step instructions that cover such a readily available and
widely-used flavor of Linux.

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Pottawattamie County, Iowa


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
 As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
 with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
 documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
 ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
 worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
 documents can only be useful for explaining how things
 work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
 is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
  With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
 problems to be fixed anytime soon.

Wow... I think this is our first troll...  Not much of one at that, either.

For the sake of the archives, newbies should be looking in the following 
areas:
1. the handbook.  www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support.  It's down under 
the google logo.
2. there are TONS of other resources on that page.  Use them.
3. IRC (also mentioned on that page): irc.freenode.net, #asterisk
4. this mailing list's ARCHIVES. 
http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/  you can search the 
archives by using google and including site:lists.digium.com in your 
search.

The reason many of us here seem newbie-hostile is because we answer the SAME 
FREAKING BASIC QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER.  Personally I blame 
asterisk.org's webmasters for not cleaning up that hideous documentation 
page and making it CLEAR where the handbook is and where other very common 
resources are, but nevertheless it gets very tedious to hear the same bitch 
and moans from people who wouldn't lift a finger to solve their own 
problems.

So yes, you in particular, should run from asterisk.  As a general rule no 
open source project tolerates people who refuse to try and help themselves 
first.

Regards,
Andrew
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom

2003-12-31 Thread John Baker
Sure, here's my extension for paging on the intercom:

[ext-intercom-one];
exten = _87XXX,1,SetVar(ALERT_INFO=Ring Answer)
exten = _87XXX,2,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:1},20,r)
exten = _87XXX,103,Congestion
exten = _87XXX,104,Congestion
exten = t,1,Hangup

Internally, I use a four digit extension here, starting with 7.  When I
preface it with 8, it calls this extension, which sets the ALERT_INFO
variable and makes the phone work its auto-answer magic.  If I dial my
partner with 7002, for example, it'll ring normally, go to voicemail,
etc.  If I dial him with 87002, it beeps his office and his phone
automatically answers.

There's probably a better way to do this, but I've only had these phones
for a couple of weeks.

In answer to your other question about the bootrom, I think you need at
least the 2.4.0 bootrom to run the latest SIP software with these
features.  I'm running 2.4.1.  The SIP software version you must have to
do this is 1.1.0.  

If you go to polycom's website and download the manual for these phones
and the 1.1.0 release notes, you can find out how to do all sorts of
tricks by manipulating the cfg files.  (Sadly, you can only get the
manuals from Polycom.  You have to get the bootrom and software from
your vendor)

John Baker

On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 08:24, mattf wrote:
 I've added it as a separate page:
 http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+auto-answer+config linked from the
 Polycom phones page.
 
 Could you possibly send me a quick line or two(example code) on setting the
 ALERT_INFO variable in Asterisk?
 
 Thanks,
 
 MATT---
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: mattf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:57 AM
 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
 
 
 Cool, haven't looked that in depth into the new firmware(is that the 2.4.1
 firmware?) I'll have to try that.
 I'll post your instructions on the Wiki page later today.
 
 Thanks,
 
 MATT---
 
 -Original Message-
 From: John Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:07 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
 
 
 Hello, all
 
 Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with
 the Polycom 600 phones.  You need the latest version of both the SIP
 software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it
 is workable.
 
 The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just
 like the Cisco 7960's have.  It also provides for auto answer.  It's
 kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by
 setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml
 configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg.
 
 In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables:
 
 alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales
 voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8...
 
 In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in
 Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in
 ipmid.cfg.
 
 In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this:
 
 SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11
 se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0
 
 se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use -
 which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the
 phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet.
 
 I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my
 three sales guys.  The secretary transfers it to the sales department
 and their lines ring with the Triplet.  I feel like Pavlov whenever I
 hear it.
 
 The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer.  The one you
 want is ring-answer.
 
 Here's how I do it:  Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line
 listed above)
 
 ...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer
 voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4...
 
 and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a
 High Double Trill ringtone)
 
 RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer
 se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7...
 
 The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000
 milliseconds (one second) and then answer.
 
 I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring
 Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension.  It rings in to
 the extension and voila, I'm on speaker!
 
 By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this
 feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a
 silent ring and a visual type.  The phone would answer without any
 indication except on the console.  I haven't tried this myself and if
 you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office
 at the time.
 
 Good Luck!  I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe
 somebody will give me a late Christmas present.
 
 --John Baker
 
 On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote:
  Hello,
  
  It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the
 PBX
  or 

Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread CW_ASN
If you are a person who likes all things easy, and if you don't need to know
nothing to be better professional, well, run now, and let us continue our
journey. Who cares? People likes you don't help to our community.

Regards,

Gus

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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.


 As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
 with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
 documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
 ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
 worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
 documents can only be useful for explaining how things
 work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
 is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
  With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
 problems to be fixed anytime soon.

 RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Tony Kava
   With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
  problems to be fixed anytime soon. 
  
  RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.
...
 There are many people on this list that are more than happy 
 to help you with a problem if you know how to ask the 
 question.  But if you've tried to keep up with this mailing 
 list over any amount of time, you will see how quickly it 
 becomes frustrating when people ask the same questions over 
 and over again.  Hence being pointed to the how-to's and the 
 wiki.  Do they answer every question?  No.  But they cover 
 the most frequently asked.

I agree.  Lately there have been some harsh responses to common questions.
'Tis the season, as they say.  I've personally been able to do everything I
wanted to do at home with Asterisk, and I've never once encountered a
segmentation fault or any real crash.  I have not found Asterisk to be
riddled with bugs, and I've seen that the project continues to improve
rapidly.

Initially I found everything I needed to setup a home Asterisk system by
Google searches, and reading the documentation that is available.  I must
state that when you decide to experiment with a project that is somewhat
bleeding edge you should expect to a lot of research on your own, and you
should start out with a decent amount of patience.

That being said, I must admit that the Asterisk-Users mailing list has been
very helpful and responsive to a couple of questions I have asked in the
past.  I am no Asterisk guru, but I believe I have a good handle on things,
and I learn more everyday by following this list.  If people make a
reasonable effort to find the easy answers and provide ample details when
asking the not-so-trivial questions then they will find this list, and the
greater Asterisk users community, is not such a terrible place after all.

--
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Network Administrator
Pottawattamie County, Iowa


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread asterisk
Dear newbies,

As a newcomer to woodworking, you will not be welcomed with open arms.
First, you will find no documentation on how to make your completely custom
ceiling-height cabinets perfectly the first time that your wife will
appreciate. Second, if you ask any woodworker for assistance, you will be
treated like a fool and your new cabinets will be set aflame and you will be
instructed to experiment with your tool and learn your craft. This worthless
waste of time will only develop you into a competent woodworker able to make
anything you wish. You should go to the furniture store or ask an already
competent person to take care of your cabinetry for you as you have neither
the desire or intelligence. Lastly, your raw material is so bug-ridden, all
your handiwork will prove fruitless. We should all leave it up to the
experts. With a carpentry community so anti-n00b, don't expect your
handbuilt cabinets to be fixed for free by other people with their own
problems who have graciously given their time and knowledge to the rest of
us. You might actually be expected to fix it yourself.

Here's the deal:
Asterisk is free. If we go with * we will save $50k.
It does almost anything. I can make it open my garage door. My
installation records all conversations and then archives them as timestamped
stereo MP3s. Our VB windows application can dial out with a click. All for
free.
It's not done. We are not at v1.0. Mr Spencer is a busy guy.
It might not solve 'your' problem. We contracted the AgentCallbackLogin
Queue stuff. That part works great. If you want it modified or fixed, pay
for it or do it yourself.
If you change your own oil, do your own plumbing, have more that 3
computers at home, or have [EMAIL PROTECTED] running, you are either a
do-it-yourselfer or a geek. Asterisk might be for you. On the other hand, if
you can't change a lightbulb or don't know what a dipstick is and have lots
of money, then pay someone for a phone system.

But please stop whining. I have 3 kids. Gettin' tired of it.

Good day.


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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:37 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.


 As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
 with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
 documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
 ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
 worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
 documents can only be useful for explaining how things
 work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
 is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
  With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
 problems to be fixed anytime soon.

 RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Mahler
There are many reliable Asterisk installations, some running hundreds of
phones. It's easy to stop at a CVS version and build a very stable system. 

We have many happy customers running Asterisk. I certainly prefer it to my
Cisco Call Manager installations. It's already a much better product than
Call Manager. 

I have always been very well received in this group. The help has always
been extraordinary. I had one problem with my Cisco phones that Cisco
couldn't figure out in a week, someone here had the answer in a few minutes.


Asterisk is a new product, but it obsoletes the legacy products. The
documentation problem will disappear shortly as there will be a book about
Asterisk for beginning users in January. 

Warm Regards and Good Luck,

Paul

 
Paul Mahler 
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fax: 877.408.0105

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Cheesman
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:47 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

There are many people on this list that are more than happy to help you with
a problem if you know how to ask the question.  But if you've tried to keep
up with this mailing list over any amount of time, you will see how quickly
it becomes frustrating when people ask the same questions over and over
again.  Hence being pointed to the how-to's and the wiki.  Do they answer
every question?  No.  But they cover the most frequently asked.  Do they
answer the question exactly like you'd hope?  Maybe not.  It requires some
thinking.  There are two things you need to remember here.  One, no one on
this list gets paid to help you or anyone else with your problems.  They do
so because they choose to.  Two, Asterisk is open source.  It doesn't cost
you a penny.  If you want stable and friendly ass-kissing support
personnel, you need to look at a commercial solution.  

Sean

-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.


As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
documents can only be useful for explaining how things
work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
 With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
problems to be fixed anytime soon. 

RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread CW_ASN
 Dear newbies,

 As a newcomer to woodworking, you will not be welcomed with open arms.
 First, you will find no documentation on how to make your completely
custom
 ceiling-height cabinets perfectly the first time that your wife will
 appreciate. Second, if you ask any woodworker for assistance, you will be
 treated like a fool and your new cabinets will be set aflame and you will
be
 instructed to experiment with your tool and learn your craft. This
worthless
 waste of time will only develop you into a competent woodworker able to
make
 anything you wish. You should go to the furniture store or ask an already
 competent person to take care of your cabinetry for you as you have
neither
 the desire or intelligence. Lastly, your raw material is so bug-ridden,
all
 your handiwork will prove fruitless. We should all leave it up to the
 experts. With a carpentry community so anti-n00b, don't expect your
 handbuilt cabinets to be fixed for free by other people with their own
 problems who have graciously given their time and knowledge to the rest of
 us. You might actually be expected to fix it yourself.

Certainly great! You make me laugh so much...



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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Sean Adams
As a new asterisk user myself, I would agree with you that the learning 
curve is steep, but that was my expectation coming into this. I took 
the time to browse the list archives before signing up so no surprises 
there. There are some real experts here and they obviously help those 
who ask interesting questions that aren't answered elsewhere. I would 
agree that this list would be better without the retarded flame wars, 
and furthermore, trolls the likes of you.

If you don't want to read the information that's available, or if what 
you expect is total hand-holding - someone else to install and 
configure your phone system for you, then asterisk is a great choice 
but you need to hire someone to do that. Or you can go with a 
commercial phone system and pay thousands for a basic system with 
1/10th the features.

Regarding the stability problem you're having - clearly that's not the 
norm. I wouldn't suggest that anyone expect that behavior.  I 
certainly haven't seen any crashes.

On Dec 31, 2003, at 12:37 PM, Me wrote:

As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
documents can only be useful for explaining how things
work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
 With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
problems to be fixed anytime soon.
RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Carl A. Cook
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On Wednesday 31 December 2003 03:24 pm, asterisk wrote:
 Here's the deal:
 It does almost anything. I can make it open my garage door. My
 installation records all conversations and then archives them as
 timestamped stereo MP3s. Our VB windows application can dial out with a
 click. All for free.

No argument here.  

I think 80% of us n00bs can get by with the docs as-is (all I ask is to not be 
attacked), although if listserv gets repeated questions, maybe it's a 
symptom.  Thing is, a novice or journeyman can't really fix the docs to the 
best technical info;  takes a master, who is understandably doing more 
important things.

Looks to me at this point, that asterisk has the potential of being (is?) one 
of the great open-source projects.  Kudos.

BTW, is anyone participating in the ENum trial?  With Asterisk?
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[Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread SW
Hello,

I am not a veteran here, but would like to share my thoughts on this
subject.

True, * is opensource and freely available, but it is not a computer program
that you download and run. It is a very versatile telecommunication product
you would otherwise pay at least 100 K to buy from a telecom vendor, if not
more based on modules and usage, license hash-codes etc.

Even to try * one would need some pre requisite knowledge in telecom, if not
many years in the field. I work for a large telecom company and my specialty
is voice over broadband (or xDSL). I worked with asterisk for couple of
months now and I am amazed to see areas of telecom that * touch upon with.
Starting from Linux, to SIP, H323, DSL technologies (PPP, PPPoE, PPPoA,
DHCP, NAT), Call routing(Dial Plan), IVR, Transcoding, STUN are few areas
that one would have to master even thinking about *.

True one would know the syntax, and howtos etc, but also would have to have
the ability to troubleshoot. For last two-three months in this list, I have
not seen any newbi posting a sip trace (from a ethereal or a TCP dump) and
asking a question about it. I have seen many question for instance, asking
syntax of h.323 dial, but never seen a question asked on a h323 trace.

I think, having * openly available is like keeping an airplane openly
available in a airfield, so that anybody can try flying. Tell me how many of
us would go try and fly that airplane if we do not know how to fly :)

Point that I want to make here is simple, please try to understand what * is
all about. If you like it's features and would like it to run in a
production environment try to get some professional help. If you are
learning these technologies for fun then get educated, use tools available
to troubleshoot. Hooking up couple of phones and making a call is far from
knowing *.

Asterisk is a great product (thanks Mark and many others) and if you know
what you are doing, you can do wonders with it. Don't put it down, because
you do not have the background to understand it or work with it.

Cheers

SW



Message: 4
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:37:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk?  RUN... don't walk.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
documents can only be useful for explaining how things
work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
 With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
problems to be fixed anytime soon.

RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.


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Re: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Peter Kao
Well said.

- Original Message - 
From: SW [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digium. Com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:13 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.


 Hello,

 I am not a veteran here, but would like to share my thoughts on this
 subject.

 True, * is opensource and freely available, but it is not a computer
program
 that you download and run. It is a very versatile telecommunication
product
 you would otherwise pay at least 100 K to buy from a telecom vendor, if
not
 more based on modules and usage, license hash-codes etc.

 Even to try * one would need some pre requisite knowledge in telecom, if
not
 many years in the field. I work for a large telecom company and my
specialty
 is voice over broadband (or xDSL). I worked with asterisk for couple of
 months now and I am amazed to see areas of telecom that * touch upon with.
 Starting from Linux, to SIP, H323, DSL technologies (PPP, PPPoE, PPPoA,
 DHCP, NAT), Call routing(Dial Plan), IVR, Transcoding, STUN are few areas
 that one would have to master even thinking about *.

 True one would know the syntax, and howtos etc, but also would have to
have
 the ability to troubleshoot. For last two-three months in this list, I
have
 not seen any newbi posting a sip trace (from a ethereal or a TCP dump) and
 asking a question about it. I have seen many question for instance, asking
 syntax of h.323 dial, but never seen a question asked on a h323 trace.

 I think, having * openly available is like keeping an airplane openly
 available in a airfield, so that anybody can try flying. Tell me how many
of
 us would go try and fly that airplane if we do not know how to fly :)

 Point that I want to make here is simple, please try to understand what *
is
 all about. If you like it's features and would like it to run in a
 production environment try to get some professional help. If you are
 learning these technologies for fun then get educated, use tools available
 to troubleshoot. Hooking up couple of phones and making a call is far from
 knowing *.

 Asterisk is a great product (thanks Mark and many others) and if you know
 what you are doing, you can do wonders with it. Don't put it down, because
 you do not have the background to understand it or work with it.

 Cheers

 SW



 Message: 4
 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:37:24 -0800 (PST)
 From: Me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk?  RUN... don't walk.
 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
 with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
 documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
 ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
 worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
 documents can only be useful for explaining how things
 work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
 is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
  With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
 problems to be fixed anytime soon.

 RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.


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[Asterisk-Users] Re: New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Stephen R. Besch
Me wrote:

As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
documents can only be useful for explaining how things
work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
 With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
problems to be fixed anytime soon. 

RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.

H!  I:
0) Was a Newbie
1) Had no (or little) Linux experience.
2) Found * with Google
3) Read
4) Read
5) Read
6) Installed  and got * running
7) Read, Read, Read
8) Bought, installed, set up channel bank
9) Asked my first real question of the list - was happy with reply
10) Read, Read, Read
11) Bought, installed, set up 20 SIP Phones
12) Read, Read, Read
13) Very happy with result.
Is there a message here?  I'm not brilliant, not a linux/asterisk guru. 
Just patient, determined and willing to try a lot of stuff so that I 
know what to ask and when.  Do I have any advice? Yes: Read, Read, Read. 
 It really does work - and by the way, so does asterisk.  Since July of 
this year I have never had a seg fault, never had asterisk freeze or 
crash, and since I've gone fully online in September, there has not been 
a single problem related to asterisk.  And while the documentation is, 
well, scattered, it is nevertheless out there.  And, for what it's 
worth, if you ask a question about the more arcane, poorly documented 
stuff, no matter how dumb (well, almost), you will never get flamed.

Finally, I rather prefer taking a few lumps from the * community than 
having the experience I had with our local Cisco people, who took so 
long to call back with information about their products (which when it 
finally arrived, was wrong anyway - I found the correct information on 
the * list!), that in the meantime I had discovered *, bought my 
hardware and set up a functioning system.

So - Shutup, take your lumps and do your homework.

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread firedude
First of all regarding my social ettiquette, it has nothing to do with my 
lack of it but more to do with my philosophy of chew them up, spit them 
out regardless of the venue they choose.  I'll play on field, You lay it, 
I'll play it.  As far as your thought of a generalized howto, it happens 
to be a pretty good idea.  As far as your figuring most people should have 
gotten what you said, I guess you figured wrong again.  The world 
doesn't always work quite the way we figure it in our little brains.  
Regarding you caring what others think, I think the mere fact of you 
responding to the first post and even this one speak for themselves.  
Other than the previously stated, you and I probably see the world much 
alike.  I tell it how I see it, don't sugar coat, am very blunt and to the 
point; however even in doing so I try to consider the diversity of views 
and objectives.

As far as what you do good for asterisk, keep up the good work.  As far as 
how you interact with people, hell it might change as you go through 
different stages of life.  By the way, Happy New Year to you Brian.

AJ

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Happy New Year!!

2003-12-31 Thread firedude
Also to add a bit to what I said earlier, the reason I thought RedHat / 
Fedora was a good howto was the mere fact that RedHat / Fedora has been 
known to present it's own distinct installation problems because of 
packages / pachage dependencies.
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Darren Nickerson
I've tried it several times, and your ADSI clearing tip didn't check out on
my phone ... in particular:

Hit options
Hit Mute or Flash

When I hit options, then the mute button (I don't have a flash button) I'm
still left in the options screen.

-d

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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


I wanted to give you some guidance on the configuration of the phone
Here is sniplet of configuration Aastra 390 and 480 Phones...


In an ADSI script for the 1st Slot:
;
; Asterisk default ADSI script
;
;
; Begin with the preamble requirements
;
DESCRIPTION Asterisk PBX ; Name of vendor
VERSION 0x00   ; Version of stuff
;SECURITY _AST   ; Security code
SECURITY 0x9BDBF7AC; Security code
FDN 0x000F ; Descriptor number
In an ADSI script for the 2nd Slot:
;
; Asterisk default ADSI script
;
;
; Begin with the preamble requirements
;
DESCRIPTION Asterisk PBX ; Name of vendor
VERSION 0x00   ; Version of stuff
;SECURITY _AST   ; Security code
SECURITY 0x78921D49; Security code
FDN 0x85EFD9DA ; Descriptor number

You wouldn't need to program any other slots than these 2, and the 1st
slot is the only one that MUST contain programming. This is because the
first slot is triggered when the phone rings or when the phone is placed
off-hook. The second slot (the Self Launching slot) is triggered when
the phone has had no activity for a certain amount of time. Programming
in this slot can be identical to slot 1, or it can be completely
different, such as for advertising purposes.

How to clear the ADSI Scripts from the phone

Hit options.
Choose Time/Date
Set the time to Jan 1 12:00am
Hit done
Hit done
Hit options
Hit Mute or Flash
A display giving the CPE ID and other stuff will appear
QUICKLY press the # key

Hope this helps.

-gcc


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Nickerson
Posted At: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:58 PM
Posted To: Asterisk User Group
Conversation: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


Tim,

Thanks for your continued participation in this thread.

The truth is, it's not clear to me how to delete a service ... the
services menu only allows me to 'Select' or 'Quit'.

It's also not clear to me how you managed to get Comedian Mail
downloaded to Slot 1 without unlocking it with a code.

When you did the ADSIProg originally (presumably you only did this
once), did you download to both slots, or just the second one?

-Darren

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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


Have you tried deleting those services and adding them back in by
checking voicemail 1st (dial 8500) then dial your 8600 for AdsiProg


You should be able to just hit the # during the call, but you will
also have to make sure you have the |Tt defined in your extensions.conf
file as well.




Tim Thompson
Commercial Sales Engineer
http://www.amatechtel.com
(806) 722-2227


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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

Yes, there are 2 available slots. When I push services, I see:

  Services
 Asterisk PBX
   Asterisk PBX
 available
 available

As I mentioned, the only soft-key I seem to have is 'VMail', and when I
select that I still get:

Comedial Mail
download refused

Services is full

And yet somehow there does seem to be some ADSI functionality later on,
when it falls back to a voice prompt after the download is refused and
I'm navigating the voice prompts, reading the messages.

It troubles me that Asterisk isn't very chatty about the ADSI stuff ...
when I access VMail all I see is:

   -- Starting simple switch on 'Zap/5-1'
-- Executing VoiceMailMain(Zap/5-1, ) in new stack
(here's where the ADSI stuff seems to happen on the phone, download
refused etc)
-- Playing 'vm-login' (language 'en')
[snip rest of log]

There's no indication that any ADSI transactions are going on here, but
that tell-tale tone can be heard and the little rotating animated cursor
on the phone means _something_ is 

Re: [Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Thompson
- Original Message -
From: Lance Arbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?



 Ok, first off, Asterisk is the coolest piece of software I have EVER had
 the pleasure of using in my 8 years of running linux !! and I know I
 haven't even scratched the surface feature wise.

 Before I get too excited, I wanted to get all you experts to look at the
 how I implemented my after hours test.  The goal is to prevent the phone
 from ringing afer certain hours, just go to VM.

 Bacically, when a call comes from the PSTN, I use these includes to
 either set a key in the DB or not.

 include = day|8:00-21:00|mon-fri|*|*
 include = day|9:00-21:00|sat-sun|*|*
 ; if we're not open, we're closed
 include = night

 [day]
 exten = s,2,DBput(FEATURE/DAY=yes)
 exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)

 [night]
 exten = s,2,NoOp
 exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)


 And then in my stdexten macro, I test for the existence of the key in
 the database.  If the key exists, it must be daytime so delete the key
 and allow the calls to ring the extension.  If the key does not exist,
 it must be night and since we don't want the phones to ring we jump to
 the unavailable VM.  I've tested this and it works as I expect but my
 only concern is how this would hold up in a busy environment where many
 calls are being processed.  Could one asterisk thread delete the
 database key before another thread had gotton the oportunity to test for
 the key ?


 [macro-stdexten]
 exten = s,1,NoOp
  other testing crap deleted 
 exten = s,10,DBget(foo=FEATURE/DAY); is it day time ?
 exten = s,11,DBdel(FEATURE/DAY); yes, delete the key
 exten = s,12,Goto(s,201)   ; and ring the phone
 exten = s,111,Goto(s,204)  ; no, goto uVM

 exten = s,201,answer
 exten = s,202,Playback(transfer,skip)
 exten = s,203,Dial(${ARG2},5)  ; Ring the interface, 20 seconds
 maximum
 exten = s,204,Voicemail(u${ARG1})  ; If unavailable, send to
 voicemail w/ unavail announce
 exten = s,205,Playback(vm-goodbye)
 exten = s,206,Wait(1)
 exten = s,207,Hangup
 exten = s,304,Voicemail(b${ARG1})  ; If busy, send to voicemail w/
 busy announce
 exten = s,305,Playback(vm-goodbye)
 exten = s,306,Wait(1)
 exten = s,307,Hangup




Although I can't provide you with an example, I think you might find it
easier to simplify the turn up/down logic.

When a call comes in, check day/night, as you already do. If it's day, set
the key. (If the key's already there, resetting it shouldn't hurt.) If it's
night, delete the key if it exists.

Then your extensions should test for the key and do the right thing if it is
or isn't there, but not touch the key themselves.


Andrew Thompson http://aktzero.com/

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Thompson
- Original Message -
From: Lance Arbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:54 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?



 Ok, first off, Asterisk is the coolest piece of software I have EVER had
 the pleasure of using in my 8 years of running linux !! and I know I
 haven't even scratched the surface feature wise.

 Before I get too excited, I wanted to get all you experts to look at the
 how I implemented my after hours test.  The goal is to prevent the phone
 from ringing afer certain hours, just go to VM.

 Bacically, when a call comes from the PSTN, I use these includes to
 either set a key in the DB or not.

 include = day|8:00-21:00|mon-fri|*|*
 include = day|9:00-21:00|sat-sun|*|*
 ; if we're not open, we're closed
 include = night

 [day]
 exten = s,2,DBput(FEATURE/DAY=yes)
 exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)

 [night]
 exten = s,2,NoOp
 exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)


 And then in my stdexten macro, I test for the existence of the key in
 the database.  If the key exists, it must be daytime so delete the key
 and allow the calls to ring the extension.  If the key does not exist,
 it must be night and since we don't want the phones to ring we jump to
 the unavailable VM.  I've tested this and it works as I expect but my
 only concern is how this would hold up in a busy environment where many
 calls are being processed.  Could one asterisk thread delete the
 database key before another thread had gotton the oportunity to test for
 the key ?


 [macro-stdexten]
 exten = s,1,NoOp
  other testing crap deleted 
 exten = s,10,DBget(foo=FEATURE/DAY); is it day time ?
 exten = s,11,DBdel(FEATURE/DAY); yes, delete the key
 exten = s,12,Goto(s,201)   ; and ring the phone
 exten = s,111,Goto(s,204)  ; no, goto uVM

 exten = s,201,answer
 exten = s,202,Playback(transfer,skip)
 exten = s,203,Dial(${ARG2},5)  ; Ring the interface, 20 seconds
 maximum
 exten = s,204,Voicemail(u${ARG1})  ; If unavailable, send to
 voicemail w/ unavail announce
 exten = s,205,Playback(vm-goodbye)
 exten = s,206,Wait(1)
 exten = s,207,Hangup
 exten = s,304,Voicemail(b${ARG1})  ; If busy, send to voicemail w/
 busy announce
 exten = s,305,Playback(vm-goodbye)
 exten = s,306,Wait(1)
 exten = s,307,Hangup




Although I can't provide you with an example, I think you might find it
easier to simplify the turn up/down logic.

When a call comes in, check day/night, as you already do. If it's day, set
the key. (If the key's already there, resetting it shouldn't hurt.) If it's
night, delete the key if it exists.

Then your extensions should test for the key and do the right thing if it is
or isn't there, but not touch the key themselves.


Andrew Thompson http://aktzero.com/

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?

2003-12-31 Thread Lance Arbuckle


Andrew Thompson wrote:
 
 - Original Message -
 From: Lance Arbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:54 PM
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] after hours - is this logic ok ?
 
 
  Ok, first off, Asterisk is the coolest piece of software I have EVER had
  the pleasure of using in my 8 years of running linux !! and I know I
  haven't even scratched the surface feature wise.
 
  Before I get too excited, I wanted to get all you experts to look at the
  how I implemented my after hours test.  The goal is to prevent the phone
  from ringing afer certain hours, just go to VM.
 
  Bacically, when a call comes from the PSTN, I use these includes to
  either set a key in the DB or not.
 
  include = day|8:00-21:00|mon-fri|*|*
  include = day|9:00-21:00|sat-sun|*|*
  ; if we're not open, we're closed
  include = night
 
  [day]
  exten = s,2,DBput(FEATURE/DAY=yes)
  exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)
 
  [night]
  exten = s,2,NoOp
  exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)
 
 
  And then in my stdexten macro, I test for the existence of the key in
  the database.  If the key exists, it must be daytime so delete the key
  and allow the calls to ring the extension.  If the key does not exist,
  it must be night and since we don't want the phones to ring we jump to
  the unavailable VM.  I've tested this and it works as I expect but my
  only concern is how this would hold up in a busy environment where many
  calls are being processed.  Could one asterisk thread delete the
  database key before another thread had gotton the oportunity to test for
  the key ?
 
 
  [macro-stdexten]
  exten = s,1,NoOp
   other testing crap deleted 
  exten = s,10,DBget(foo=FEATURE/DAY); is it day time ?
  exten = s,11,DBdel(FEATURE/DAY); yes, delete the key
  exten = s,12,Goto(s,201)   ; and ring the phone
  exten = s,111,Goto(s,204)  ; no, goto uVM
 
  exten = s,201,answer
  exten = s,202,Playback(transfer,skip)
  exten = s,203,Dial(${ARG2},5)  ; Ring the interface, 20 seconds
  maximum
  exten = s,204,Voicemail(u${ARG1})  ; If unavailable, send to
  voicemail w/ unavail announce
  exten = s,205,Playback(vm-goodbye)
  exten = s,206,Wait(1)
  exten = s,207,Hangup
  exten = s,304,Voicemail(b${ARG1})  ; If busy, send to voicemail w/
  busy announce
  exten = s,305,Playback(vm-goodbye)
  exten = s,306,Wait(1)
  exten = s,307,Hangup
 
 
 
 Although I can't provide you with an example, I think you might find it
 easier to simplify the turn up/down logic.
 
 When a call comes in, check day/night, as you already do. If it's day, set
 the key. (If the key's already there, resetting it shouldn't hurt.) If it's
 night, delete the key if it exists.
 
 Then your extensions should test for the key and do the right thing if it is
 or isn't there, but not touch the key themselves.
 
 
 Andrew Thompson http://aktzero.com/


ok, thanks for the suggestion.  I'm not sure why I decided to unset the
key from within the stdexten anyway.  I think I've been staring at this
too long :)  or maybe all the radiation from these 3 21 monitors has
finally cooked my brain cell.

So, the contexts would be more like this:

[day] 
exten = s,2,DBput(FEATURE/DAY=yes)  
exten = s,3,Goto(s,10) 

[night] 
exten = s,2,DBdel(FEATURE/DAY) ;if we got here it must be night
time so remove the key
exten = s,3,Goto(s,10)

[macro-stdexten]
exten = s,1,NoOp
 other testing crap deleted 
exten = s,10,DBget(foo=FEATURE/DAY); is it day time ?  if key
exists, goto n+1, otherwise n+101
exten = s,11,Goto(s,201)   ; yes, well let's ring the phones
exten = s,111,Goto(s,204)  ; no, goto uVM



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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Java?

2003-12-31 Thread Masakazu Nakano

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:19:10 +0200
Stephen Karrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 We needed the client browser to be open all the time for dynamic data to
 load without the page refreshing. After looking at all of our options we
 decided on programming it ourselves using flash rather than java. 
snip

Apache + Mysql + PHP ( Ming + Actionscript ) + Asterisk is good.

Dynamic effective,Easy coding and Fast response :-)

---
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Dairiten.com - an open source VoIP and Ubiquitous Portal site in Japan.
http://www.dairiten.com/modules/news/
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Grandstream Early Dial

2003-12-31 Thread Josh Roberson
I've never had early dial working, however, I resolved my multiple digit
issue by simply putting both the GS phones and asterisk in INFO mode.
This worked on both 10.0.3.81 firmware on the budgetone and the ATA286,
as well as 10.0.4.30 firmware.  I'm not saying I don't believe you, but
doubelcheck your lines in asterisk to be dtmfmode=info and the gs
devices are on SIP INFO method, and your DTMF Payload type is 101.

Just my $.02

--
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Indigent Networks
1.877.677.9647 x1
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 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen R. Besch
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:59 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Grandstream Early Dial
 
 
  I've just checked my voicemail with 1.0.4.30 and get the same
multiple
  digits problem. sip.conf and GS config are both at info, for me this
is
  a new problem voicemail has always worked perfectly with the GS.
 
 This has come up many times in this list, with no consensus for a
 solution.  According to Grandstream, the multiple digit problem
arises
 from a difference in the interpretation of the SIP standard. I'm not
 sure I really understand this, so no flames please, but, paraphrasing
a
 conversation I had with GS, apparently they retransmit the digit as
long
 as the key is pressed and expect asterisk to know that it is a
 re-transmission by examining other data in the packet. Asterisk does
not
 handle the SIP packet in the way GS expects, resulting in multiple
digit
 transmission. This flaw (?) is avoided by setting DTMF to INBAND.  Why
 this behaviour is not repeatable on everyones installations escapes
me.
 However, I have noticed one thing that may be a clue. I have one phone
 that is older hardware (redial button instead of send and an unused
 battery compartment on the bottom). This phone behaves differently
than
 all the other, later, models.  For example, it is the only phone on
 which the flash button actually works to answer the alternate line (eg
 when an incoming call waiting call arrives). All phones are using 3.81
 firmware.
 
   Early dial has never worked for me, and I just upgraded to the
   1.0.4.30 load yesterday. Now, I am having DTMF recognition issues,
   making it impossible to check my voice mail.
 
 This is an acknowleged bug on the GS.  They have connected to my *
 server and acknowleged the problem. A fix has been promised but not
yet
 delivered.  Until then, the only solution is to turn early dial off
and
 let the phone send the entire dial string in one packet.  Since this
 does not affect later single digit transmission for IVR's, etc, the
only
 consequence is the irritating delay between the last entered digit and
 the actual placing of the call. But, you can always hit the send key.
 
 Stephen R. Besch
 
 
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RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.

2003-12-31 Thread Josh Roberson
Well, since everyone else is top-quoting on this message, so will I :P

I'm no veteran either.  As a matter of fact, I have had ZERO prior
knowledge to the telcom industry or more than 'user level' experience
with telecommunications in general.  I decided that I wanted to expand
my knowledge, and actually LEARN a few things, so I jumped into
asterisk.  I was, and quite frankly, IMO, still AM a 'n00b' to *.
However, after playing around, and learning what things do, by reading
the documentation that IS there, searching the archives, and just
trolling the list and IRC, I have learned more in the last 4-5 months of
having * than a lot of people I've noticed have learned in a lifetime of
experience.I now have a fully functional (well, minus MOH, because
mpg123 isn't yet compiled on my new box), * implementation, serving
myself and my roommates strictly over VoIP, and a couple ata's and a
Internet PhoneJack card.  I love it.  And I'm STILL learning to this
date.  

Asterisk is not something you can expect everyone to just drop what
their doing and help you with.  Sure, it can be frustrating, but if you
are so dense that you can't sit down an play with it and learn what
happens when you type something in the cli, or change a few things in
your dialplan, then get out, I agree.  

If you liked taking apart mom's hairdryer as a kid and seeing how it
worked, and then later on, rewired up a few things to do what you wanted
them to, or even took a hex editor to command.com in msdos to change
what it says to suit your taste (mucho guilty on that one.. lol), then
you will have no problem finding out what you can and can't change
simply by editing files, and trying things out. 

Take off your training wheels, and just TRY IT.

- Josh R.
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 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SW
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:13 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digium. Com
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.
 
 Hello,
 
 I am not a veteran here, but would like to share my thoughts on this
 subject.
 
 True, * is opensource and freely available, but it is not a computer
 program
 that you download and run. It is a very versatile telecommunication
 product
 you would otherwise pay at least 100 K to buy from a telecom vendor,
if
 not
 more based on modules and usage, license hash-codes etc.
 
 Even to try * one would need some pre requisite knowledge in telecom,
if
 not
 many years in the field. I work for a large telecom company and my
 specialty
 is voice over broadband (or xDSL). I worked with asterisk for couple
of
 months now and I am amazed to see areas of telecom that * touch upon
with.
 Starting from Linux, to SIP, H323, DSL technologies (PPP, PPPoE,
PPPoA,
 DHCP, NAT), Call routing(Dial Plan), IVR, Transcoding, STUN are few
areas
 that one would have to master even thinking about *.
 
 True one would know the syntax, and howtos etc, but also would have to
 have
 the ability to troubleshoot. For last two-three months in this list, I
 have
 not seen any newbi posting a sip trace (from a ethereal or a TCP dump)
and
 asking a question about it. I have seen many question for instance,
asking
 syntax of h.323 dial, but never seen a question asked on a h323 trace.
 
 I think, having * openly available is like keeping an airplane openly
 available in a airfield, so that anybody can try flying. Tell me how
many
 of
 us would go try and fly that airplane if we do not know how to fly :)
 
 Point that I want to make here is simple, please try to understand
what *
 is
 all about. If you like it's features and would like it to run in a
 production environment try to get some professional help. If you are
 learning these technologies for fun then get educated, use tools
available
 to troubleshoot. Hooking up couple of phones and making a call is far
from
 knowing *.
 
 Asterisk is a great product (thanks Mark and many others) and if you
know
 what you are doing, you can do wonders with it. Don't put it down,
because
 you do not have the background to understand it or work with it.
 
 Cheers
 
 SW
 
 
 
 Message: 4
 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:37:24 -0800 (PST)
 From: Me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk?  RUN... don't walk.
 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed
 with open arms.  First, you will find almost no
 documentation on it's features.  Second, if you try to
 ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to
 worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'.  These worthless
 documents can only be useful for explaining how things
 work to those already in-the-know.  Lastly, Asterisk
 is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults.
  With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your
 problems to be fixed anytime soon.
 
 RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk.
 
 
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] A Head Check

2003-12-31 Thread Darren Nickerson
 Steven Critchfield wrote:

  On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 23:47, Greg Boehnlein wrote:
  3. I am also responsible for delivering inbound faxes to the DID numbers
  via Email. I.E. customer has a document faxed to them and they get it in
  Email as a tiff. I'm considering using Hylfax with a Multitech DID
capable
  modem, but other suggestions are welcomed!

 It has been mentioned here before that you can pick up a device that
 accepts a PRI and will do your fax reception for you. If you get one of
 those and hook it to a empty port of the TE410P then it will be better
 as you could accept several faxes at once.

(Disclaimer: I work for a company that sells something exactly like Steven
is recommended)

HylaFAX with an EICON Diva Server or Brooktrout TR1043 T1/PRI fax board
would seem to fit the bill nicely. They're available in various port
densities, depending upon the inbound fax volume you anticipate. If you go
the MultiModemDID route, make sure you understand the exact nature of the
analog DID line that device requires, and understand that this will limit
you to a concurrency of only one incoming fax per modem.

For more info, see http://www.hylafax.org/ or my employer's URL (below).

-Darren

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+1.215.243.8335 fax

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RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?

2003-12-31 Thread Cheryl Millossi
Hi Darren (and anyone interested in this issue), 

Just an FYI that the factory reset procedure that wipes out the programming in these 
phones is different for the 390 than the 480 phone. If any of you need this procedure, 
or information on ADSI programming or the 390/480 phones in general for this market 
(Asterisk), please feel free to contact me directly (Sorry but I rarely have the 
chance to keep up with the discussions here). 

Anyway, I'm off home now. I wish you all a wonderful New Year!

Regards and Best Wishes, 

Cheryl Millossi
Sayson Technologies, Ltd.
604-629-5014 (Tel)
604-732-8726 (Fax) 
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-Original Message-
From: Darren Nickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: December 31, 2003 4:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


I've tried it several times, and your ADSI clearing tip didn't check out on
my phone ... in particular:

Hit options
Hit Mute or Flash

When I hit options, then the mute button (I don't have a flash button) I'm
still left in the options screen.

-d

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- Original Message - 
From: PBX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


I wanted to give you some guidance on the configuration of the phone
Here is sniplet of configuration Aastra 390 and 480 Phones...


In an ADSI script for the 1st Slot:
;
; Asterisk default ADSI script
;
;
; Begin with the preamble requirements
;
DESCRIPTION Asterisk PBX ; Name of vendor
VERSION 0x00   ; Version of stuff
;SECURITY _AST   ; Security code
SECURITY 0x9BDBF7AC; Security code
FDN 0x000F ; Descriptor number
In an ADSI script for the 2nd Slot:
;
; Asterisk default ADSI script
;
;
; Begin with the preamble requirements
;
DESCRIPTION Asterisk PBX ; Name of vendor
VERSION 0x00   ; Version of stuff
;SECURITY _AST   ; Security code
SECURITY 0x78921D49; Security code
FDN 0x85EFD9DA ; Descriptor number

You wouldn't need to program any other slots than these 2, and the 1st
slot is the only one that MUST contain programming. This is because the
first slot is triggered when the phone rings or when the phone is placed
off-hook. The second slot (the Self Launching slot) is triggered when
the phone has had no activity for a certain amount of time. Programming
in this slot can be identical to slot 1, or it can be completely
different, such as for advertising purposes.

How to clear the ADSI Scripts from the phone

Hit options.
Choose Time/Date
Set the time to Jan 1 12:00am
Hit done
Hit done
Hit options
Hit Mute or Flash
A display giving the CPE ID and other stuff will appear
QUICKLY press the # key

Hope this helps.

-gcc


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren
Nickerson
Posted At: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:58 PM
Posted To: Asterisk User Group
Conversation: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


Tim,

Thanks for your continued participation in this thread.

The truth is, it's not clear to me how to delete a service ... the
services menu only allows me to 'Select' or 'Quit'.

It's also not clear to me how you managed to get Comedian Mail
downloaded to Slot 1 without unlocking it with a code.

When you did the ADSIProg originally (presumably you only did this
once), did you download to both slots, or just the second one?

-Darren

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+1.215.243.8335 fax

- Original Message - 
From: Tim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Programming an unlocked ADSI phone?


Have you tried deleting those services and adding them back in by
checking voicemail 1st (dial 8500) then dial your 8600 for AdsiProg


You should be able to just hit the # during the call, but you will
also