[asterisk-users] Best way to recording the hold time for a Queue agent or an extension

2010-10-20 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, We are using Queuemetrics but it doesn't Record the Hold Time as it's never logged on the queue_log file. However, when an agent or an extension presses HOLD button on their phone, asterisk does create an event for Music On Hold which is logged in the /var/log/asterisk/full. I want

[asterisk-users] Anyway to control the LEDs on the Aastra 55i six top buttons? Maybe through Asterisk?

2010-10-20 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, We use the top buttons on Aastra 55i to login and logout from Queues. This is the order: Button 1 = Login to English Queue Button 2 = Login to Spanish Queue Button 3 = Logout of English/Spanish Queues There are indicator LEDs on each of these buttons. Is there anyway we can send a

Re: [asterisk-users] Anyway to control the LEDs on the Aastra 55i six top buttons? Maybe through Asterisk?

2010-10-20 Thread Bruce B
Amazing. Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the phone type is 53i and not the 55i as I mistakenly noted. It has only 6 buttons on the left side. Is there a workaround for this? Thanks again. -Bruce On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:12 PM, bakko asannu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, you can't utilice

Re: [asterisk-users] Anyway to control the LEDs on the Aastra 55i six top buttons? Maybe through Asterisk?

2010-10-21 Thread Bruce B
Here is the login for English: ;English-temp LOGIN exten = 800,1,Answer() exten = 800,n,AddQueueMember(500|Local/${CALLERID(num)}...@from-internal/n) exten = 800,n,Set(DEVSTATE(Custom:agenten)=INUSE) exten = 800,n,Playback(agent-loginok) exten = 800,n,Hangup() ;English Logout ;All Queues Logout

Re: [asterisk-users] Anyway to control the LEDs on the Aastra 55i six top buttons? Maybe through Asterisk?

2010-10-21 Thread Bruce B
Thanks for the input. By this configuartion you mean by the way I do Add and Remove member from the Queue? Can you please explain by what sort of configuration (what to use instead of Add and Remove queue member) would get this working. I guess I am looking for speedial/BLF on the same key ?!!!

[asterisk-users] OpenVPN over TCP 1194 rather than UDP 1194 - Is there an adverse effect when running Asterisk?

2010-10-22 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, For some reason a few phones connected to a pfSense box can't make or allow in OpenVPN in port 1194 UDP. So, I established the VPN tunnel on 1194 TCP and it works fine. I would like to know if there is any disadvantages to using TCP over UDP for the tunnel when using Asterisk or is

Re: [asterisk-users] a2billing muting enter the phone number

2010-10-23 Thread Bruce B
If you want to turn off the audio totally you can set audio to NO (it's probably the 4th or 5th in list of Global settings). Otherway is to blank the file responsible to play that file and keeping the settings intact. However, there are numerous options to turn on and off the various announcements

Re: [asterisk-users] Best way to recording the hold time for a Queue agent or an extension

2010-10-24 Thread Bruce B
Anything on this guys? I am sure someone had the need to record the HOLD time or maybe it is already being recorded somewhere? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, Bruce On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, We are using Queuemetrics

Re: [asterisk-users] Best way to recording the hold time for a Queue agent or an extension

2010-10-25 Thread Bruce B
, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Antonio Berrios anto...@sheffieldcitytaxis.com wrote: I would probably do this through the AMI, it should spew out the info you require. Timestamp when they entered the queue and timestamp when they get answered. On 10/25/2010 05:01 AM, Bruce B wrote: Anything

Re: [asterisk-users] Best way to recording the hold time for a Queue agent or an extension

2010-10-25 Thread Bruce B
Of *Bruce B *Sent:* Monday, October 25, 2010 9:32 AM *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Best way to recording the hold time for a Queue agent or an extension Thanks for the feedback. I don't need the Queue times but rather putting

[asterisk-users] Pop-up for MS Outlook 2007 recommended

2010-10-25 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, Which paid or unpaid commercial plugin is available out there for Asterisk that would do Outlook contacts pop-up that is proven to work great with MS Outlook 2007 and Asterisk 1.6. It would be a bonus to do Dialout as well through the Outlook. Thanks, Bruce --

Re: [asterisk-users] Pop-up for MS Outlook 2007 recommended

2010-10-25 Thread Bruce B
: -- *From:* asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Bruce B *Sent:* Monday, October 25, 2010 1:14 PM *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Pop-up for MS Outlook 2007

[asterisk-users] Updating asteriskcdrdb with uniqueid field from Master.csv, Master.csv.1....Master.csv.5 - Must I bring all files together first?

2010-10-29 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, Just noted that PBXinaFLASH failed me again on yet something else. The uniqueid field didn't update on the asteriskcdrdb in the past few months but it is available in the .csv files in /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/*.csv I have already re-did the asterisk-addons install with correct

[asterisk-users] Is queue Members priority supposed to show in the queue show command

2010-11-04 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am doing a queue show and I can't see any column that shows a queue member priority. Is there any other command that can show the member priority on the Asterisk 1.4x CLI? We are using this format of dialplan to login agents: exten = 123,Answer() exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] Is queue Members priority supposed to show in the queue show command

2010-11-04 Thread Bruce B
Thanks Warren. That should do. Regards, Bruce On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Warren Selby wcse...@selbytech.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I am doing a queue show and I can't see any column that shows a queue member priority

[asterisk-users] Short rings for extensions when part of the Queue

2010-11-04 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, We have three different Queues set to leastrecent strategy and from time to time I hear someone complain that they receive short rings (partial ring cycle) and since it's not their turn even if they pickup the phone the call is not given to them since the Queue is actually hitting

Re: [asterisk-users] Short rings for extensions when part of the Queue

2010-11-04 Thread Bruce B
, Bruce On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Chad Wallace cwall...@lodgingcompany.comwrote: On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:12:54 -0400 Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, We have three different Queues set to leastrecent strategy and from time to time I hear someone complain

Re: [asterisk-users] Short rings for extensions when part of the Queue

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce B
Yeah, I think I had it set to 2 seconds and that creates that short ring on another extension. Thanks, On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Mark Deneen mden...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Chad, You are absolutely right on this one. I had

Re: [asterisk-users] Short rings for extensions when part of the Queue

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce B
seconds is just three rings complete. Thanks, Bruce On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Mark Deneen mden...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I think I had it set to 2 seconds and that creates that short ring on another extension. Thanks

[asterisk-users] Polycom WEB UI configuration - What needs to be put in for basic SIP registration?

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, Configuring a Polycom conference bridge IP 5000 to connect to Asterisk. For some reason I don't see any SIP packets coming in to Asterisk at all. I don't want to use XML or ftp etc for now and just use the Web Interface to get it going with basic features. But the Web UI is a bit

[asterisk-users] Alternative to Proxmox

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, Is there other comparable products to Proxmox to be used for Asterisk instances? Ease of use, web interface, and Asterisk/CentOS support would be ideal. Thanks -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Alternative to Proxmox

2010-11-06 Thread Bruce B
Thanks. OpenNode seems promising and neat. Proxmox is disappointing when it comes to their forums and documentation. Only few videos listedanyhow. OpenNode is promising but doesn't have a Web UI yet. Is there anything else as well? Thanks On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Tim Nelson

[asterisk-users] Any good guides for installing Asterisk on Embedded systems like Alix boards?

2010-11-07 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, Knowing that running Asterisk on an embedded board like the Alix2d3 requires some fine tuning. Do you know of any good guides out there that does this from beginning to end? Looking to run this in a small office environment. Thanks --

Re: [asterisk-users] Any good guides for installing Asterisk on Embedded systems like Alix boards?

2010-11-07 Thread Bruce B
be production ready as well. Meaning solid, reliable machine. Thanks On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Paul Belanger paul.belan...@polybeacon.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Knowing that running Asterisk on an embedded board like the Alix2d3

Re: [asterisk-users] Any good guides for installing Asterisk on Embedded systems like Alix boards?

2010-11-08 Thread Bruce B
Thanks for the input. I am looking to use it as a DHCP server as well. And I also I want it as a VPN server so that I can securely log in to it from time to time to monitor it's state. The Alix board with pfSense can nicely do VPN and DHCP (no Asterisk). Wondering if those two service would play

Re: [asterisk-users] Any good guides for installing Asterisk on Embedded systems like Alix boards?

2010-11-08 Thread Bruce B
08:34 AM, Bruce B wrote: Thanks for the input. I am looking to use it as a DHCP server as well. And I also I want it as a VPN server so that I can securely log in to it from time to time to monitor it's state. The Alix board with pfSense can nicely do VPN and DHCP (no Asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Any good guides for installing Asterisk on Embedded systems like Alix boards?

2010-11-08 Thread Bruce B
. Thanks On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM, John Novack jnov...@stromberg-carlson.orgwrote: Bruce B wrote: Thanks. I think I would still need a firewall. Maybe a 1u rack double enclosure for two Alix boards - one as firewall - and one as PBX would do better. Anyhow, I don't want to open the box

[asterisk-users] Is this a DDoS to reach Asterisk?

2010-11-08 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I have pfSense running which supplies Asterisk with DHCP. I had some testing ports opened for a web server which I have totally closed now but when I chose option 10 (filter log) on pfSense I get all of this type of traffic (note that it was only 1 single IP and once I blocked that

Re: [asterisk-users] Is this a DDoS to reach Asterisk?

2010-11-08 Thread Bruce B
wrote: Bruce B wrote: Hi Everyone, I have pfSense running which supplies Asterisk with DHCP. I had some testing ports opened for a web server which I have totally closed now but when I chose option 10 (filter log) on pfSense I get all of this type of traffic (note that it was only 1

Re: [asterisk-users] Any good guides for installing Asterisk on Embedded systems like Alix boards?

2010-11-09 Thread Bruce B
, Bruce B wrote: Yes, it is a small office. I am familiar with pfSense. I am not sure if firewall on Astlinux is as versatile and flexible. But also, I am wondering if with all those attacks around now-a-days if the box will be able to handle 5 extensions, voicemail, IVR, firewall, DHCP

[asterisk-users] eSXI and Asterisk?

2010-11-13 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I don't have much experience with eSXI. I can really use some advise on how to run it without any trouble with Asterisk on CentOS VMs. First of all, is it a good option to run multiple hosted Asterisk instances on a VMware eSXI? or would you rather prefer something like Xen,

[asterisk-users] Using AMI to harvest / record HOLD time - Using FreePBX

2010-11-22 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am looking into AMI (using PHP) to record every instance of HOLD that is generated by putting a caller on HOLD (press hold button on the phone set). There is no HOLD in Asterisk but the event Music on Hold is generated when HOLD is pressed. The complexity is that all of the the

[asterisk-users] Why doesn't Asterisk project document certain important features of Asterisk officially?

2010-11-24 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am wondering why documentation of some of the vital parts of Asterisk is hosted on voipinfo.org (unreliable is some parts) and not on asterisk.org? For example the list of AMI events are not well documented and one has to guess which version supports which event. The documentation

Re: [asterisk-users] Why doesn't Asterisk project document certain important features of Asterisk officially?

2010-11-25 Thread Bruce B
To be honest this is the first time I see this wiki mentioned. It doesn't even come up in talks on this list. The wiki should be advertised often and there should be some sort of active monitoring and supervision of the contents as well as some serious ongoing official contributions. All this well

[asterisk-users] How to quickly move on to Dahdi channels when SIP provider fails?

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, There are situations when internet connection is lost, SIP provider fails, or even authentication to SIP provider fails, and we want to use the backup Dahdi channels (PSTN). As simple as it may sound but with the many different situations and error messages it seems like it's not so

Re: [asterisk-users] How to quickly move on to Dahdi channels when SIP provider fails?

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce B
Thanks for the input guys. I really appreciate all the input and I am sure they work but I thought there would be a much better way to do this. Sounds like patching things to me. Why doesn't Asterisk take advantage of the qualify values to make sure if the SIP connection is up or not? Shouldn't

[asterisk-users] Why does sip show peers show my router/gateway address as the client IP address?

2010-12-11 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am using pfSense to do firewall and NAT on an Asterisk server. I have ports 5060 TCP/UDP and 10k-20k UDP forwarded to the Asterisk server local IP 192.168.5.5. However, when a user from outside using Linksys WRP400 ata connects to the Asterisk server and registers I see them as

Re: [asterisk-users] Why does sip show peers show my router/gateway address as the client IP address?

2010-12-11 Thread Bruce B
AM, Ryan Wagoner rswago...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I am using pfSense to do firewall and NAT on an Asterisk server. I have ports 5060 TCP/UDP and 10k-20k UDP forwarded to the Asterisk server local IP 192.168.5.5

Re: [asterisk-users] Why does sip show peers show myrouter/gateway address as the client IP address?

2010-12-11 Thread Bruce B
Hi Wang, Did you mean to write a feedback? You sent an empty message. Regards, On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:56 AM, w...@pythian.com wrote: Sent from my “contract free” BlackBerry® smartphone on the WIND network. -Original Message- From: Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com Sender: asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Why does sip show peers show my router/gateway address as the client IP address?

2010-12-11 Thread Bruce B
** Regards, Bruce On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Wagoner rswago...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I am using pfSense to do firewall and NAT on an Asterisk server. I have

Re: [asterisk-users] Why does sip show peers show my router/gateway address as the client IP address?

2010-12-11 Thread Bruce B
: On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the feedback Ryan. Siproxd is not installed. I think Siproxd like you said just does the reverse meaning if phones are part of pfSense subnet then it connects to outside world. But in my case they are coming

[asterisk-users] What to check for when there are sound interference using SIP channels only? standard debug methods?

2010-12-13 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I ocassionally hear echo, static, and garbled voice when calling extension to extension between two office (different geographic locations connected using OpenVPN - 1 with DSL and other with T1 - 1500 KM apart). I am guessing it's a bandwidth or jitter issue that is giving me faint

Re: [asterisk-users] Wireless Desktop VoIP Phone?

2010-12-17 Thread Bruce B
Nortel 1535. Does video as well. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Matt mhop...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for a wireless desktop VoIP phone. Does any exist? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

[asterisk-users] How to install the new cdr-stats?

2010-12-18 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am trying to install the new cdr-stats from http://www.cdr-stats.org/ for Asterisk 1.6 but it's installation instructions are all garbled. It mentions both sqlite and mysql and there are no organized documentation. Not to mention that the apache port 8000 and port 9000 are also

[asterisk-users] What is equivalent function to mv command in php for Asterisk Spool directory usage?

2010-12-21 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I understand that there are a few warnings about using cp to move .call files to /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing as they might acted upon before copy is done. So, using PHP, What is the equivalent of mv command? Would it be rename() in php or is there a better method? Thanks, --

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk hangs up call after 20s

2010-12-22 Thread Bruce B
This is a NAT issue like noted before. Try: localnet=192.168.0.0/ http://192.168.0.0/24255.255.255.0 instead of: localnet=192.168.0.0/24 http://192.168.0.0/24Also, make sure you have all your VPN connections as localnet and other side subnet as localnet as well if you are using VPN. Otherwise,

Re: [asterisk-users] How to install the new cdr-stats?

2010-12-24 Thread Bruce B
Thanks for looking into it. Yes, it missed up and not worth looking at it. Unfortuantly, so are a few products from the same company (probably trying to make money of support which I understand)but it seems they released an install script which is here for CentOS:

[asterisk-users] Using SIP stack within Asterisk to reboot phones - Possible?

2010-12-27 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I use Asterisk for regularPBX use it's made for. But I want to take it a bit further and use it at cmmand level to be able to send SIP notifies to restart a phone or take advantage of a phone's UPnP capabilities. Is Asterisk capable of that? If so, what is a simple SIP reboot message

Re: [asterisk-users] Using SIP stack within Asterisk to reboot phones - Possible?

2010-12-27 Thread Bruce B
Thanks Kai-Uwe and everyone else. I have seen all those examples and I am exploring the sip_notify.conf file now which makes things more clear to me. However, when sending a SIP notify to a phone that is not registered to Asterisk via it's IP address should I expect to receive a success of fail

[asterisk-users] OutCall for Outlook only shows Name from CLID and not Number - hence not pulling contact

2010-12-27 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am using OutCall 1.6 (latest) with Asterisk 1.6 and Windows Vista. I can originate calls see the program login nicely but when a call comes in it only shows the Name portion of the CLID and not the number hence it pulls up a new contact on Outlook. The new contact only show name

Re: [asterisk-users] OutCall for Outlook only shows Name from CLID and not Number - hence not pulling contact

2010-12-28 Thread Bruce B
Thanks for feedback. I am looking mainly for pop-up of Outlook and don't need outgoing call at all but it would be nice to have. Regards, On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Stefan Schmidt s...@sil.at wrote: Am 28.12.10 07:26, schrieb Bruce B: Hi Everyone, I am using OutCall 1.6 (latest

Re: [asterisk-users] Sangoma U100 failing every Monday - USB port problem or Wanrouter issue?

2010-12-28 Thread Bruce B
forward to your analysis. Regards, Bruce On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Moises Silva moises.si...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate your feedback and let me know what info I can post here that may help resolve the issue

Re: [asterisk-users] Sangoma U100 failing every Monday - USB port problem or Wanrouter issue?

2011-01-02 Thread Bruce B
-t.co.uk wrote: Hi Bruce, On 12/28/2010 10:51 PM, Bruce B wrote: Thanks for the input. I can not replicate the situation as it happens randomely or maybe over the weekend. However I have sent you all the requested command and logs in a separate e-mail for your analyzes. The only thing that stood

[asterisk-users] Are the Siren7 and Siren14 the G.722 HD voice codecs?

2011-01-04 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, 1- Are the Siren7 and Siren14 the G.722 HD voice codecs? 2- Are these codecs only for Polycom units or are they universal across all other SIP phones that advertise the HD voice codec like Aastra? 3- What is the main difference between the two and is it advisable to run these over

[asterisk-users] Asterisk Outlook integration

2011-01-04 Thread Bruce B
Hi Guys, What is out there other than OutCall that works with M$ Outlook and Asterisk 1.4/1.6 ? I prefer opensource and free (as in free in price) but can consider low price - working - programs as well. OutCall is giving issues with various versions of Outlook and it always brings up NEW

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Outlook integration

2011-01-07 Thread Bruce B
wrote: Hi BB, you could try this: http://asterisk-outlook-dialer.voip-singapore.qarchive.org/ Never tested it deeply but apparently seems to work fine. Giorgio Incantalupo Bruce B wrote: Hi Guys, What is out there other than OutCall that works with M$ Outlook and Asterisk 1.4/1.6 ? I

[asterisk-users] Definations of READ/WRITE parameters of manager.conf contexts?

2011-01-08 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I want to know each and every parameter's detail that can be included in the read= write= in manager.conf Where can I find this? Thanks -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --

Re: [asterisk-users] Definations of READ/WRITE parameters of manager.conf contexts?

2011-01-09 Thread Bruce B
Thanks Paul. That is exactly what I was looking for. On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Paul Belanger pabelan...@digium.com wrote: On 11-01-07 01:33 PM, Bruce B wrote: Where can I find this? manager.conf.sample? -- Paul Belanger Digium, Inc. | Software Developer twitter: pabelanger | IRC

Re: [asterisk-users] Definations of READ/WRITE parameters of manager.conf contexts?

2011-01-09 Thread Bruce B
, Jan 8, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.comwrote: On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Bruce B wrote: I want to know each and every parameter's detail that can be included in the read= write= in manager.conf Where can I find this? 0) Try and spell check the subject a bit better

[asterisk-users] Do I need a sip proxy?

2011-01-10 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am running multiple instances of Asterisk in Proxmox and so far I had one central Asterisk feeding all others with trunks from one provider. Now, I want to connect each Asterisk server directly to the provider. Based on my understanding, each connection made to the provider port

Re: [asterisk-users] OpenVPN + SIP configuration?

2011-01-11 Thread Bruce B
Hi, I have OpenVPN and Asterisk working nicely. However, I do use certificates. Though, it shouldn't matter. Can you explain what doesn't work for you? Is the connection not established or is the Asterisk and it's client not communicating? -Bruce On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Gilles

Re: [asterisk-users] Do I need a sip proxy?

2011-01-11 Thread Bruce B
/Application-level_gateway With kind regards, Pan *From:* Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:58 AM *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussionasterisk-users@lists.digium.com *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Do I need a sip proxy? Hi Everyone, I am

Re: [asterisk-users] OpenVPN + SIP configuration?

2011-01-12 Thread Bruce B
wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:23:18 -0500, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: I have OpenVPN and Asterisk working nicely. However, I do use certificates. Though, it shouldn't matter. Can you explain what doesn't work for you? Is the connection not established or is the Asterisk and it's client

[asterisk-users] Paid or Free software that would do pop-up from Outlook 2007 via Asterisk AMI

2011-01-12 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am looking for a paid version of a program that has proven to work with Outlook 2007 and Asterisk 1.6 on Windows Vista, XP, and maybe even Windows 7. Outcall is not the answer as it has lots of bugs and doesn't work. Something simple with very simple interface would be preferred.

Re: [asterisk-users] OpenVPN + SIP configuration?

2011-01-13 Thread Bruce B
In sip_nat.conf you need to specify 10.8.0.1/24 as your localnet and also make sure you have your externip setup as well. Else you will notice one way audio or cut off after 30 seconds. Rest of your work is all good. For security reasons the workstation that creates the keys is not connected to

Re: [asterisk-users] OpenVPN + SIP configuration?

2011-01-13 Thread Bruce B
As I said, your tunnel address should be part of localnet. Otherwise you experience what you did. -Bruce On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:55:10 +0100, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: The only issue I notice, is that Asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] CallerID and URL pop up for windows...

2011-01-13 Thread Bruce B
What you need already exists: http://bestof.nerdvittles.com/applications/screenpop/ http://bestof.nerdvittles.com/applications/screenpop/But better thing would be to a have TAPI for outlook to query Outlook contact as well because it allows for making notes on the contact. I am willing to pay

Re: [asterisk-users] CallerID and URL pop up for windows...

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
with Inbound and pulls up Outlook contact. Haven't tried outbound. On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:59:10 -0500, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: http://bestof.nerdvittles.com/applications/screenpop/But better thing would

[asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I am just tweaking a pfSense router and learning lots about NAT etcI noticed that each call uses four UDP port for RTP. Here is an example of port for a call I made: 10200 10201 10504 10505 Seems like they are random in pair. I have a restriction of 1-11000 in my rtp.conf

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
I mean part of RTP RFC? On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I am just tweaking a pfSense router and learning lots about NAT etcI noticed that each call uses four UDP port for RTP. Here is an example of port for a call I made: 10200 10201

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: I mean part of RTP RFC? On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I am just tweaking a pfSense router and learning lots about NAT etcI noticed that each call uses four UDP

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
Also, to get the SIP very well as well, SIP uses both TCP/UDP 5060 right? and why are there recommendations of opening 5000-5082 UDP for SIP along with 5060 TCP? Are there any niceties to that as well? maybe video transmission stuff? Thanks again, On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Bruce B bruceb

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Bruce B *Sent:* Friday, January 14, 2011 2:15 PM *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call? Thanks guys. I am not sure whether that call

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
Bruce B wrote: Off topic - what is top post? I am using gmail + chrome - no ugly Outlook. http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?query=top+posting It's why most of the experts in here ignore your posts. If you haven't got the good sense to follow etiquette, the Delete key becomes

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
are there recommendations of opening 5000-5082 UDP for SIP along with 5060 TCP? Are there any niceties to that as well? maybe video transmission stuff? Thanks On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Tom Rymes try...@rymes.com wrote: On Jan 14, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Bruce B wrote: So, simply pressing Reply and typing

[asterisk-users] Tools to Monitor Asterisk Servers and VMs

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, Are there any generally accepted and widely used tools made and tailored to be used for purpose of monitoring Asterisk servers? I am wondering if there is anything that the Asterisk community mostly uses or are there lots of manual scripts written and nothing really exists that every

Re: [asterisk-users] Why are 4 ports used for a single call?

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Tom Rymes try...@rymes.com wrote: On Jan 14, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Bruce B wrote: You really want to read the LONG LONG signature from some people before you read the actual latest message? I don't know about thatI guess it's a preference. Suffice

Re: [asterisk-users] Top Posting

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
It was only the people who ONLY asked in a response to go to Google to find answers that annoyed me but slowly posting preference adds up as well. As long as the subject header is not changed all e-mail clients (no matter how stupid they are), now-a-days, create a nice tree. Even so does

Re: [asterisk-users] Top Posting

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
Since I don't want anyone bitch at my spelling again: news up = nose up :-) -Bruce On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: It was only the people who ONLY asked in a response to go to Google to find answers that annoyed me but slowly posting preference adds up

Re: [asterisk-users] Bruce B

2011-01-14 Thread Bruce B
LOL what a looser. Are you a fat admin behind a desk who is going to loose his job due to recession and is pissed off? Here is your first response to one of my first posts: I was going to respond with some very insightful and helpful information but I'm not a PRI Guru. Sorry, maybe next time.

Re: [asterisk-users] Do I need a sip proxy?

2011-01-18 Thread Bruce B
, though. I know that Kamailio would be a very good choice for this role. I believe the alternatives would be as well. With kind regards, Pan B. Christensen Senior technician Ibidium AS http://www.ibidium.no/ - Original Message - *From:* Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com *To:* Asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Does Asterisk support NI-1 (DMS 100) and NI-2 for T1s?

2011-01-21 Thread Bruce B
Yes, it does. Bell provides the same as well and it works with Asterisk. -Bruce On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Zeeshan Zakaria zisha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, For a client I am setting up a system which will use T1 PRI from Primus, who offer only NI-1 and NI-2 protocols for D-Channels.

[asterisk-users] SIP channel status - Why is it different when calling an internal extension rather than an outside line over SIP?

2011-01-26 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I want to call first party using a .callfile and a second party using a context and then bridge the two calls. I MUST make sure that first party picks up first and then the second party should be dialed. Trying the following using an internal extension works nicely and the playback

[asterisk-users] Can a duration limit be specified in spool call file?

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I don't see any parameter for limiting duration of a call in the .call file for Asterisk spool outgoing directory. I'd rather not use a MeetMe to drop the call in a conference room and to then limit the call duration as that complicates things unnecessarily. I am wondering if there

[asterisk-users] Any voice changer applications for Asterisk?

2011-02-05 Thread Bruce B
Hello, Are there any other other voice changer applications to Asterisk other than the one from Lobstertech? (http://lobstertech.com/voice_changer.html) Specifically interested in open-source but can have a look at economical commercial alternatives as well. Thanks --

Re: [asterisk-users] Any voice changer applications for Asterisk?

2011-02-06 Thread Bruce B
AAhem. https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Function_PITCH_SHIFT Granted, it's in 1.8, but it's in the documentation ;-) Cheers Thanks for the pointer. Unfortunately, I am using 1.6 for all my servers now. But I would like to know if anyone tested the new pitch changer

Re: [asterisk-users] Can a duration limit be specified in spool call file?

2011-02-06 Thread Bruce B
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Tilghman Lesher tilgh...@meg.abyt.eswrote: On Friday 28 January 2011 18:27:15 Bruce B wrote: Hi Everyone, I don't see any parameter for limiting duration of a call in the .call file for Asterisk spool outgoing directory. I'd rather not use a MeetMe

Re: [asterisk-users] Any voice changer applications for Asterisk?

2011-02-07 Thread Bruce B
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Steve Underwood ste...@coppice.org wrote: On 02/06/2011 05:05 PM, Sherwood McGowan wrote: AAhem. https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Function_PITCH_SHIFT Granted, it's in 1.8, but it's in the documentation ;-) Cheers That seems to do

Re: [asterisk-users] Can a duration limit be specified in spool call file?

2011-02-07 Thread Bruce B
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Sherwood McGowan sherwood.mcgo...@gmail.com wrote: oh and didn't you guys already have your little histrionics sessin about trimming the goddamned emails, mailing list etiquette about top posting versus bottom, etc../.. My complaint is not something as

Re: [asterisk-users] Callback through extensions.conf?

2011-02-07 Thread Bruce B
Asterisk runs as root but what about the bash script or the php file that creates the file? Maybe comment the mv command and check the file permissions by *ls -la call-filename.call* to be sure. *chown root.root call-filename* (if root is really the user running Asterisk) and then the mv command

Re: [asterisk-users] Callback through extensions.conf?

2011-02-07 Thread Bruce B
In my (1.4.X) experience, the file just stays in /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing and gets “little tags” added until you get the problem resolved or delete the file. That is absolutely true if the file is not processed. I guess he can again do a ls -la in that folder to check permissions for

Re: [asterisk-users] Can a duration limit be specified in spool call file?

2011-02-08 Thread Bruce B
Thanks Faisal. That is it. I was confused by the fact that there is also the Context, Extension, and Priority in the .call file that should be filled along with the Channle: local. I found out that the call file first calls the local channel context and once that is connected then it moves

[asterisk-users] IP ban list by country

2011-02-13 Thread Bruce B
Hi everyone, I know it's off topic from Asterisk directly but yet related. What sources do you use to limit SIP connecting customers to specific countries by IP (e.g. allowing USA and not China). It would help me a lot of you can note the sources you trust that are complete and up to date.

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk Call File using Local Channel not passing Variable back to Dialplan

2011-02-14 Thread Bruce B
that helps. Mike. Bruce B bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I am trying to pass a variable using the .call files but it turns out blank. Can someone please point out what might be wrong here: */tmp/spool-file.sh

[asterisk-users] No ring tone on inbound call - but channel connects fine

2011-02-16 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I have a SIP turnk which works fine with both inbound and outbound calling. However, the only issue is that there is no Ring Tone if someone calls us. The phones used are Aastra and Polycom connected to the PBX via VPN (SIP). I do get an outbound ring tone, so it's not that there is

Re: [asterisk-users] No ring tone on inbound call - but channelconnects fine

2011-02-16 Thread Bruce B
...@lists.digium.com [mailto: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Bruce B *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:33 PM *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion *Subject:* [asterisk-users] No ring tone on inbound call - but channelconnects fine Hi Everyone, I

[asterisk-users] PRI wanrouter status shows disconnected - system problem or Telco?

2011-02-17 Thread Bruce B
Hi everyone, I am reading through Sangoma Wiki right now. But someone may already and quickly notice this. I have a system that is down since the morning (maybe power intruptions). All seems fine except for wanrouter status shows disconnected. Following are the alarms raised. Should I call telco

[asterisk-users] Any good tutorials for setting up Asterisk SNMP and Cacti for remote monitoring?

2011-03-06 Thread Bruce B
Hi Everyone, I have been searching the web and I don't know if SNMP is just that complex to setup or that not many people use SNMP to monitor Asterisk but the information is scattered all over. I have got to the point to configure SNMP with Asterisk and then it's all confusing from there on to

Re: [asterisk-users] Any good tutorials for setting up Asterisk SNMP and Cacti for remote monitoring?

2011-03-07 Thread Bruce B
Of *Bruce B *Sent:* Sunday, March 06, 2011 10:59 PM *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Any good tutorials for setting up Asterisk SNMP and Cacti for remote monitoring? Hi Everyone, I have been searching the web and I don't know if SNMP

[asterisk-users] Is H323 supported when installing Asterisk from Digium Yum repository?

2011-03-10 Thread Bruce B
Hi everyone, Installed asterisk from yum repository but I think H.323 is not supported as I tried commands like this and they don't work: - *h.323 debug*: Enable chan_h323 debug - *h.323 gk cycle*: Manually re-register with the Gatekeper - *h.323 hangup*: Manually try to hang up a call

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