Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Wilton Helm wrote: I still am not quite on the same page with you, though. There are a lot of commands that aren't function calls that go into various config files. The most basic and obvious one is exten There must be a hundred of these and I don't know where they are listed with all acceptable parameters and ranges and what they do and why. There are examples to get one started, but I don't think I can put my hands on even a definitive definition of exten. Am I making any sense? Maybe these are called variables or something. Are you talking about the 'exten' in this example? exten = s,1,NoOp() If so, then I'd encourage you to read the first few pages of Dialplan Basics a couple more times (Chapter 5). In the PDF, it is listed as page 119, and to answer your question specifically, check out page 122 near the top: The syntax for an extension is the word exten, followed by an arrow formed by the equals sign and the greater-than sign, like this: exten = This is followed by the name (or number) of the extension. When dealing with traditional telephone systems, we tend to think of extensions as the numbers you would dial to make another phone ring. In Asterisk, you get a whole lot more; for example, extension names can be any combination of numbers and letters. Over the course of this chapter and the next, we’ll use both numeric and alphanumeric extensions. Hope that helps, Leif Madsen. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Thanks all very much for the help pointers. I've found all of the documentation on asterisk (especially 1.2-1.4) to be more than adequate, and the voip-info wiki to be almost complete for many things I've had to do in the past. I also back in 2004 was able to bring up several high end large scale systems and asterisk was a major help to keeping food on the table! Hey! I LOVE my Atari (800XL) 64K And Star Raiders is the bomb!!! I'm 41 now :-) And oddly Motorola 8 bit assembly language is the only serious programming work I have ever done. I'm now a stuck-up snob spoiled and too good to learn a high level programming language because I've worked with the 'cool stuff'! :-) Steve Wilton Helm wrote: [snip] My conclusion after installing a worthless * demo (that actually does allow two SIPs to talk to each other) is that Asterisk is not of any value to anyone other than a person who makes a full time career out of running Asterisk systems. I've installed and maintained several traditional PABXs and even wrote the control firmware (in 6502 assembly) for one, with sizes from 6 stations to 300 stations, including things like DID. It was kindergarten compared to Asterisk, and primarily because of the huge information vacuum. I'm impressed that you picked up 6502 assembly out of an even larger vaccum considering there was no 'net back then to help at all. Did you install a PBX on an Atari? :) There is an immense amount of information about Asterisk and Linux in general on the net, and it just requires diligence, patience, and an open mind to find and utilize. Even better, read the source if you have questions. Lots of READMEs, comments, and other lists to help specifically with development. It certainly helps to be Unix inclined, and if you have no interest in moving in that direction, you are probably better off with traditional systems. j ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non existent. You go to the main Asterisk page (digium.org) and really just old install instructions for 1.2 are in the examples. Download links only give you asterisk itself and not dahdi or libpri which also are needed to run asterisk? It's very confusing to anyone who is new. Someone take notice! we need a link to instructions right of the main asterisk page. My 1st question is am I missing a good step-by step for 1.6 and how to compile/install it along with it's side components (dahdi/libpri)? when/if those side components are actually needed? When would you run asterisk without them entirely? 2nd question is for an IP/SIP only system do I only need DAHDI or do I need DAHDI and LIBPRI? Is libpri only needed if interfacing to a pri? Is 1.6 so cutting edge that I should not expect to find complete documentation (yet)like I seem to be expecting very easily? Thanks much! Steve -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
I meant digium.com. Yay for messups! It's been one of those weeks. Really. New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non existent. You go to the main Asterisk page (digium.org) and really just old install instructions for 1.2 are in the examples. Download links only give you asterisk itself and not dahdi or libpri which also are needed to run asterisk? It's very confusing to anyone who is new. Someone take notice! we need a link to instructions right of the main asterisk page. My 1st question is am I missing a good step-by step for 1.6 and how to compile/install it along with it's side components (dahdi/libpri)? when/if those side components are actually needed? When would you run asterisk without them entirely? 2nd question is for an IP/SIP only system do I only need DAHDI or do I need DAHDI and LIBPRI? Is libpri only needed if interfacing to a pri? Is 1.6 so cutting edge that I should not expect to find complete documentation (yet)like I seem to be expecting very easily? Thanks much! Steve -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
you can use any 1.4 how to but just use dahdi (both modules and tools) David 2009/1/27 Steve Gladden aster...@michiganbroadband.com I meant digium.com. Yay for messups! It's been one of those weeks. Really. New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non existent. You go to the main Asterisk page (digium.org) and really just old install instructions for 1.2 are in the examples. Download links only give you asterisk itself and not dahdi or libpri which also are needed to run asterisk? It's very confusing to anyone who is new. Someone take notice! we need a link to instructions right of the main asterisk page. My 1st question is am I missing a good step-by step for 1.6 and how to compile/install it along with it's side components (dahdi/libpri)? when/if those side components are actually needed? When would you run asterisk without them entirely? 2nd question is for an IP/SIP only system do I only need DAHDI or do I need DAHDI and LIBPRI? Is libpri only needed if interfacing to a pri? Is 1.6 so cutting edge that I should not expect to find complete documentation (yet)like I seem to be expecting very easily? Thanks much! Steve -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your ()_()signature to help him gain world domination. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Hi Steve - New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non existent. Welcome to Open Source! Seriously, look at the README files accompanying asterisk, dahdi, and libpri. They will give you compilation/installation instructions. You can also search this list with google: Search term site:lists.digium.com Someone take notice! we need a link to instructions right of the main asterisk page. If you have a need for documentation, you're more than welcome to write it (once you've figured out how to install asterisk). We all contribute however we're able. Well, some of us do. Now to answer your questions: My 1st question is am I missing a good step-by step for 1.6 and how to compile/install it along with it's side components (dahdi/libpri)? when/if those side components are actually needed? When would you run asterisk without them entirely? 2nd question is for an IP/SIP only system do I only need DAHDI or do I need DAHDI and LIBPRI? If you have no dahdi compatible hardware, you don't need dahdi. The one exception to this is meetme, for which you need a dahdi timing source. You can use the dummy timing driver. Is libpri only needed if interfacing to a pri? Yes, mostly. I think you may need it if you have any card that takes a T1/E1. I think you may also need it for BRI cards. Is 1.6 so cutting edge that I should not expect to find complete documentation (yet)like I seem to be expecting very easily? The short answer is yes, given the glacial pace of documentation creation, 1.6 is that cutting edge. - Noah ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Gladden wrote: Is 1.6 so cutting edge that I should not expect to find complete documentation (yet)like I seem to be expecting very easily? Most of what is applicable to 1.4 is applicable to 1.6. I'm running 1.6 without any hiccups -- YMMV. Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJf0s4CFu3bIiwtTARApXZAJ9kse5IimuCkzFG7FqlmQRzbxOlGgCfY8wA CeGjEgTSVagAovNT/TaNjDM= =z1O2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non existent. I first looked at * about four months ago and rapidly came to the same conclusion. Even with the O-Reilly book, which I purchased in paper, although it is freely downloadable, I feel there is a huge dearth of information. As I have become a bit involved, I find there is more than meets the eye, but it is spread across the entire internet! So far I am not aware of anything that fits any of three categories I feel are essential: 1. A good tutorial with enough detail to allow a person with a CS degree, years of telephony experience and limited Linux experience (myself) to install and configure a reasonable * system (something more complex that an FXO or two and a couple of SIP phones. 2. A reference guide that lists all commands and options with explanations of why they are useful and how to use them. Even the book doesn't attempt to touch this one. Such a reference needs to include things like Dahdi and other pieces that aren't strictly part of * but without which few installations could exist. 3. A decent cross-reference that can quickly allow someone to find the scattered information available on the web. Even this mailing list is so hopelessly linear in nature compared to most other newsgroups I am involved in as to be almost useless to me. My conclusion after installing a worthless * demo (that actually does allow two SIPs to talk to each other) is that Asterisk is not of any value to anyone other than a person who makes a full time career out of running Asterisk systems. I've installed and maintained several traditional PABXs and even wrote the control firmware (in 6502 assembly) for one, with sizes from 6 stations to 300 stations, including things like DID. It was kindergarten compared to Asterisk, and primarily because of the huge information vacuum. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:24:38AM -0700, Wilton Helm wrote: New to Aserisk 1.6 and find the 'installation tutorials' seem low to non existent. I first looked at * about four months ago and rapidly came to the same conclusion. Even with the O-Reilly book, which I purchased in paper, although it is freely downloadable, I feel there is a huge dearth of information. As I have become a bit involved, I find there is more than meets the eye, but it is spread across the entire internet! So far I am not aware of anything that fits any of three categories I feel are essential: 1. A good tutorial with enough detail to allow a person with a CS degree, years of telephony experience and limited Linux experience (myself) to install and configure a reasonable * system (something more complex that an FXO or two and a couple of SIP phones. Occasionally someone writes such a HOWTO. It varies between versions and by your setup. 2. A reference guide that lists all commands and options with explanations of why they are useful and how to use them. Even the book doesn't attempt to touch this one. Such a reference needs to include things like Dahdi and other pieces that aren't strictly part of * but without which few installations could exist. Checked for 1.6.0 and on. See asterisk.pdf (and later also an HTML copy) under doc/ . As for DAHDI: a starting point would be the README files included in dahdi-linux and dahdi-tools . See them also in: http://docs.tzafrir.org.il/dahdi-linux/ http://docs.tzafrir.org.il/dahdi-tools/ Or use 'make docs' -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Wilton Helm wrote: [snip] My conclusion after installing a worthless * demo (that actually does allow two SIPs to talk to each other) is that Asterisk is not of any value to anyone other than a person who makes a full time career out of running Asterisk systems. I've installed and maintained several traditional PABXs and even wrote the control firmware (in 6502 assembly) for one, with sizes from 6 stations to 300 stations, including things like DID. It was kindergarten compared to Asterisk, and primarily because of the huge information vacuum. My conclusion, after installing an interesting * demo (that actually does allow two SIPs to talk to each other) in late 2004 is that Asterisk is of immense value to me and the company that I work for, having saved us well over $100,000 (if not more) over the last four years. I am not a person who makes a full time career out of running Asterisk - quite the opposite. I am employed to write business applications, not maintain * systems. I had zero knowledge of PABX's and telecoms before I implemented *, and the vacuum that you refer to provided me with everything I needed to implement a system that today is making over 300,000 call attempts per month with 30 agents and 140 extensions, with call monitoring, recording and voicemail. YMMV. Mine certainly did. For the better. Julian. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Wilton Helm wrote: [snip] My conclusion after installing a worthless * demo (that actually does allow two SIPs to talk to each other) is that Asterisk is not of any value to anyone other than a person who makes a full time career out of running Asterisk systems. I've installed and maintained several traditional PABXs and even wrote the control firmware (in 6502 assembly) for one, with sizes from 6 stations to 300 stations, including things like DID. It was kindergarten compared to Asterisk, and primarily because of the huge information vacuum. I'm impressed that you picked up 6502 assembly out of an even larger vaccum considering there was no 'net back then to help at all. Did you install a PBX on an Atari? :) There is an immense amount of information about Asterisk and Linux in general on the net, and it just requires diligence, patience, and an open mind to find and utilize. Even better, read the source if you have questions. Lots of READMEs, comments, and other lists to help specifically with development. It certainly helps to be Unix inclined, and if you have no interest in moving in that direction, you are probably better off with traditional systems. j ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Thanks for the reply. I have looked at the links you provided and I think they will be useful. I may have some issues with drivers for the HFC, but I guess I won't know until I try it. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
YMMV. Mine certainly did. For the better. My comments were more negative than I intended. My installation is worthless at this point because it is only a cookbook example and I haven't tried to modify it to meet my needs. I didn't intend to imply that Asterisk is worthless, just that I've only gotten to the point of a trivial demo. My main concern is that the documentation isn't for the faint of heart. If one doesn't devote many hours, on a regular, ongoing basis, they may never get to the point of understanding it enough to apply it to a real-world situation. The more I explore and the more feedback I get, the more I find is there. I just got a very nice posting from Tzafir showing me a web domain I didn't even know existed. Not surprising, it is a lot like Linux--everyone has there own idea of what is needed and how it should be done, so it becomes a monster that is hard to get a handle on. From what I've seen so far, the commands far exceed any commercial PABX I've ever used or evaluated. It is very powerful, but the learning curve is immense, and I'm both a CS professional and a telephony professional. I'm not abandoning it by any means, but am frustrated at even where to jump in. I excitedly bought the O-Reily book, only to find that for all 1000 pages, it never provided anything that could be considered a reference manual and that its tutorials weren't even a good fit to my needs. It did get me two SIP phones talking to each other and to a softphone, but only after hours of experimenting with SIP phone settings and contacts with the manufacturers (who knew even less about VoIP). I think part of the problem is that the only people who know enough about * to address the documentation problems are busy either developing hardware and software for it or using it to run their businesses and don't have time to address the documentation problem, which is understandable. Also, once a person gets to that level of knowledge, its easy to forget how little a newcomer knows and leave out a lot of necessary details. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Wilton Helm wrote: YMMV. Mine certainly did. For the better. My comments were more negative than I intended. My installation is worthless at this point because it is only a cookbook example and I haven't tried to modify it to meet my needs. I didn't intend to imply that Asterisk is worthless, just that I've only gotten to the point of a trivial demo. My main concern is that the documentation isn't for the faint of heart. If one doesn't devote many hours, on a regular, ongoing basis, they may never get to the point of understanding it enough to apply it to a real-world situation. The more I explore and the more feedback I get, the more I find is there. I just got a very nice posting from Tzafir showing me a web domain I didn't even know existed. Not surprising, it is a lot like Linux--everyone has there own idea of what is needed and how it should be done, so it becomes a monster that is hard to get a handle on. From what I've seen so far, the commands far exceed any commercial PABX I've ever used or evaluated. It is very powerful, but the learning curve is immense, and I'm both a CS professional and a telephony professional. I'm not abandoning it by any means, but am frustrated at even where to jump in. I excitedly bought the O-Reily book, only to find that for all 1000 pages, it never provided anything that could be considered a reference manual and that its tutorials weren't even a good fit to my needs. It did get me two SIP phones talking to each other and to a softphone, but only after hours of experimenting with SIP phone settings and contacts with the manufacturers (who knew even less about VoIP). I think part of the problem is that the only people who know enough about * to address the documentation problems are busy either developing hardware and software for it or using it to run their businesses and don't have time to address the documentation problem, which is understandable. Also, once a person gets to that level of knowledge, its easy to forget how little a newcomer knows and leave out a lot of necessary details. Very true, but what you have to understand is that we all started out with zero knowledge about *. One thing i have learned over the years with * ( linux/unix), that there is plenty of info readily available as long as you know where to look. Best place to start is always the README file or man pages.Also, apart from google I found voip-info.org to be an excellent online recourse. If you are not comfortable with using linux, then i would suggest using something like trixbox (www.trixbox.org ) which can be configured via a webinterface. userfriendly Wilton n___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
I'm impressed that you picked up 6502 assembly out of an even larger vaccum considering there was no 'net back then to help at all. Did you install a PBX on an Atari? No, I interfaced a Rockwell AIM to a 300 station Philips electromechanical PABX (designed and built about 100 interface cards, including DTMF receivers) and then wrote all the call processing code. The Rockwell AIM did come with manuals that completely documented both the hardware interface and the instruction set. In the days before the 'net, such paperwork was mandatory. it just requires diligence, patience, I'm trying. It certainly helps to be Unix inclined, Unix was barely out of Bell Labs when I got my CS degree and we never saw it, so I am at a disadvantage. I have worked a bit with a couple of Unix installations since and do have a computer running Fedora 9 and one that is supposed to be running Fedora 10 64 bit if I can ever get past a kernel bug, so I am trying to come up to speed. I am a lot more familiar with what to do after the reset vector on an 80186, or the inner workings of a protocol stack. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:50:42PM -0700, Wilton Helm wrote: I just got a very nice posting from Tzafir showing me a web domain I didn't even know existed. It only includes documentation generated by 'make docs' . And is actually linked from the README itself. I'm not abandoning it by any means, but am frustrated at even where to jump in. I excitedly bought the O-Reily book, only to find that for all 1000 pages, it never provided anything that could be considered a reference manual It actually does contain references of all applicaitons, CLI commands, and such. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
It actually does contain references of all applicaitons, CLI commands, and such. Where? I saw some examples, but I've never found an organized list of commands. I'd love it. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 15:05:57 Wilton Helm wrote: It actually does contain references of all applicaitons, CLI commands, and such. Where? I saw some examples, but I've never found an organized list of commands. I'd love it. For applications, Appendix B, and for dialplan functions, Appendix F. I put a great deal of effort to be sure that both of these appendices not only documented every single application and function, but also that every single one of them contained example code that illustrated their use and documented every single option available. If anything is missing from these two appendices (other than old deprecated stuff that we'd prefer that people forget about), I'd love to hear about it. -- Tilghman ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Thanks for engaging with me on this. I picked up the book and I see what you mean about Appendix B. I had under-appreciated it probably because of a paradigm shift I need to make. I think you meant Appendix E rather than F for dialplan. I still am not quite on the same page with you, though. There are a lot of commands that aren't function calls that go into various config files. The most basic and obvious one is exten There must be a hundred of these and I don't know where they are listed with all acceptable parameters and ranges and what they do and why. There are examples to get one started, but I don't think I can put my hands on even a definitive definition of exten. Am I making any sense? Maybe these are called variables or something. I'm scared to even look for the setting for an NT1 ISDN BRI, which is the mountain I have to climb next. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 dahdi only?
Wilton Helm wrote: Thanks for engaging with me on this. I picked up the book and I see what you mean about Appendix B. I had under-appreciated it probably because of a paradigm shift I need to make. I think you meant Appendix E rather than F for dialplan. I still am not quite on the same page with you, though. There are a lot of commands that aren't function calls that go into various config files. The most basic and obvious one is exten http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+howto+dial+plan There must be a hundred of these and I don't know where they are listed with all acceptable parameters and ranges and what they do and why. There are examples to get one started, but I don't think I can put my hands on even a definitive definition of exten. Am I making any sense? Maybe these are called variables or something. all the parameters as you call them are the dialplan commands and functions http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk%20config%20extensions.conf exten = 123,1,Answer exten = 123,2,Playback(tt-weasels) exten = 123,3,Voicemail(44) exten = 123,4,Hangup if the number 123 is called, step1: answer the call step2: run the application called Playback, using the tt-weasels sound file (this plays tt-weasels to whoever called 123) step3: run the voicemail application for mailbox 44 step4: hangup the call iow, 123 is the called extension, and steps 1,2,3,4 are then executed Julian I'm scared to even look for the setting for an NT1 ISDN BRI, which is the mountain I have to climb next. Wilton ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
