[asterisk-users] Forward incoming call to recipients.

2022-08-29 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'd like to forward an incoming call (e.g., to an on-call rotation number), out to multiple recipients, BUT only hand the call over to whoever answers _and acknowledges_ (e.g., "Press any key..."), 'cause I don't want it just going to their mailbox. I've thought of a number of ways

Re: [asterisk-users] TDM cards

2020-02-19 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On 2020-02-16 16:48, Dovid Bender wrote: Hi, It's been forever since I dealt with POTS lines. We have a client that needs FXS and FXO support. If memory serves correct we used the TDM400P with fxs_gs/fxo_gs. What's the equivalent of that card today? Wow. Lotta replies. I haven't done

Re: [asterisk-users] headers in master.csv

2018-04-26 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On 2018-04-26 09:49, John Tuxies wrote: Hi. i am looking for a way to have headers for each section of the Master.csv eg call duration, hangup cause, destination,... is there a way to add it and be there permanently, even after log roratation due to size or date, please? That's easy: no. ;-)

[asterisk-users] Polycom and forwarding.

2013-05-15 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I've got an office set up with Asterisk, and forwarding's got a bit of a glitch: When they forward, they listen for the remote phone to ring, then hang up. If the remote phone doesn't connect, it goes to the original phone's VM. Is this Polycom's fault, or Asterisk's? I've been

[asterisk-users] dahdi-channels.conf vs. chan_dahdi.conf

2013-03-28 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. Just added an analog card to our dual-T1 system... and clearly I'm doing something wrong. Less interested in having the specifics pointed out than in finding out how/why certain things work. So, really, three things: * What the bloody Hell is the difference between

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - Desktop SIP phone with OpenVPN client

2013-01-21 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Not sure why you'd say it's OT -- seems perfectly topical to me. Anyway, I have used the SNOM OpenVPN feature for remote clients. I'll be honest: it's a bit of a pain to set up and get working. This is triply true if the remote phone is moving around -- to the point that I'd strongly advise

[asterisk-users] Minimal pass-through T1 configuration?

2013-01-21 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I'm upgrading my company's old 1.2 box with a new-and-improved one. But a fair bit's changed in the interim. To start, at least, I just want the new box to act as a pass-through for all calls -- PSTN calls go, unmodified, to the internal T1, and vice-versa. (That way, I can begin

[asterisk-users] Problem with SIP trunk I've set up between two * boxes.

2012-12-10 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi! I'm trying to set up a SIP trunk so that I can test calls, etc., between a new Asterisk box, and an old 1.4 box. --- New box: root@asterisk1:/etc/asterisk# head -1 sip.conf #include siptrunk.conf siptrunk.conf:

Re: [asterisk-users] Problem with SIP trunk I've set up between two * boxes.

2012-12-10 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
] On Behalf Of Ken D'Ambrosio Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 2:59 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Problem with SIP trunk I've set up between two * boxes. Hi! I'm trying to set up a SIP trunk so that I can test calls, etc., between a new Asterisk box, and an old 1.4

[asterisk-users] Trunking through an old Asterisk box.

2012-12-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi! I'm helping set up a new Asterisk box. However, since I can't just take the T1 to play with (and I *will* be making many changes, e.g., going to Adhearsion), in order to test my dialplan, I'll need to route calls through the old, Asterisk 1.4 box. I've never really done this. What's

[asterisk-users] AGI and AMI stuff.

2012-11-15 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm interested in doing some simple, very specific web pages for some of my users -- things like call groups, setting forwarding, and for the receptionist to transfer calls and see calls. Probably do this in Ruby or PHP, though I'm open-minded. Anyway, if someone could point me to

Re: [asterisk-users] AGI and AMI stuff.

2012-11-15 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Heh. Shortly after I sent my e-mail, I bumped into the Adhearsion you mentioned, below. Boy, but that looks exactly like what I'm thinking of! Thanks much... -Ken On 2012-11-15 13:08, David M. Lee wrote: On Nov 15, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Hey, all. I'm interested

[asterisk-users] Inexpensive SIP Polycom conference phone?

2012-11-13 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. It seems that Polycom has a bunch of offerings for conference phones, and I'm just wondering which are the less-expensive alternatives; what with their marketing, etc., it's not always obvious which is which. Thanks, -Ken P.S. If anyone's had really good experience with another

Re: [asterisk-users] Video conferencing (and SMTP server hiccups)?

2012-07-26 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Apologies for the multiple sends -- I'd been having some outbound SMTP issues, and thought the first one had fallen into the ether. Turned out, it was the upstream host that was the issue. Once kicked, lo! -Ken On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:24:50 -0400 Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote Hi, all

[asterisk-users] Wireless SIP phone with caller announce?

2011-09-16 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I know that I could jerry-rig something that would get me caller announce from my Asterisk box, itself, but what I'd really like is a phone that does it like my Panasonics. Panasonic has a beautiful DECT/SIP series of handsets... but I guess they're aimed at the office, and jeepers, nobody wants

Re: [asterisk-users] First go at a stock 1.8 install -- where's DAHDI?

2011-02-20 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Sat, February 19, 2011 4:21 pm, Ryan Wagoner wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: Hi, all.  I've finally made the jump from 1.4 to 1.8.  I've installed everything (I think), my Sangoma card initializes right... but there's no dahdi command -- not from

Re: [asterisk-users] First go at a stock 1.8 install -- where's DAHDI?

2011-02-20 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
10:38 am, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 04:15:15PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Hi, all. I've finally made the jump from 1.4 to 1.8. I've installed everything (I think), my Sangoma card initializes right... but there's no dahdi command -- not from the base, nor as a subset

[asterisk-users] First go at a stock 1.8 install -- where's DAHDI?

2011-02-19 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've finally made the jump from 1.4 to 1.8. I've installed everything (I think), my Sangoma card initializes right... but there's no dahdi command -- not from the base, nor as a subset of the core commands. I've got my channels configured in my chan_dahdi.conf file. What am I missing,

[asterisk-users] Polycom dial w/o Dial, while on-hook?

2010-11-22 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I've had phones before where, with the phone on-hook, it still implements the local dialplan. E.g., if I dialed 0 (on-hook), after three seconds, it would dial the operator, and have the call on speakerphone. Does Polycom allow this functionality? Clearly, not a necessary feature... but it

[asterisk-users] Reboot any(?) SIP Polycom -- provisioned or no.

2010-11-10 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm working on making a script to auto-provision my Polycoms. I wanted one that: - Gets the MAC by itself - Fills in the provisioning info you supplied on a web page - Creates appropriate files - Reboots the phone (which then gets provisioned) The last part was the sticking one,

[asterisk-users] Soundpoint IP 430 -- discontinued.

2010-11-05 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm in the middle of a rollout, and just learned that the SoundPoint IP 430 -- my favorite mid-range phone -- has been discontinued. The heir apparent is the SoundPoint IP 450 -- for a low, low, low $130 more/handset. AND it doesn't look as nice. Ouch. Does anyone have any

Re: [asterisk-users] ADA: DOA?

2010-10-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Thu, October 7, 2010 1:02 pm, Danny Nicholas wrote: FWIW, open source is only truly dead when you can't find anywhere to download the source. I *totally* agree... if you can find me the source. I have, at this moment, at least, no reason to believe ADA is OSS -- indeed, looking at it, I

[asterisk-users] ADA: DOA?

2010-10-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. While ADA can still be downloaded, that's about all that I see. No development, no recent mention, and -- perhaps worst of all -- it appears not to work properly under 64-bit systems. So, assuming Digium's abandoned it, are there any suggestions of alternatives? Right now, I'm

[asterisk-users] Google Voice-like feature.

2010-09-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I'd *really* like to be able to have a call ring three different cell phones; then, if someone answers, they have to somehow acknowledge the call for it to be directed to them. That way, if one of the phones is off, or out of range, it doesn't go straight to that phone's voicemail. Asterisk 1.4

[asterisk-users] Google Voice-like feature.

2010-09-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Want to thank everyone who mailed; a couple of your ideas got me going down certain paths, and found the answer here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+tips+findme Again, thanks! -Ken original message - I'd *really* like to be able to

[asterisk-users] Soft phones.

2010-07-22 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm looking -- if possible -- for a decent, multi-platform soft-phone. Specifically, Linux and Windows; that way, I'll go through the same issues my end users do. I've noticed a couple (e.g., minisip, which seems abandoned, and sip-communicator, which, honestly, is probably a great IM

[asterisk-users] Multiple sip.conf files?

2010-07-19 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm trying to do some fun with auto-provisioning of Polycom phones, and one thing that would make life easier for me would be if I could have a per-phone sip.conf file. If not, no biggie -- but if there's a way to do an include (as per extensions.conf) or something, that would be

[asterisk-users] Polycom firmware: split vs. combined

2010-06-21 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
http://downloads.polycom.com/voice/voip/sip_sw_releases_matrix.html Howdy, all. What's the difference between split and combined firmware, which can be seen at the above link? I've googled to no avail, I'm afraid. Thanks! -Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous

[asterisk-users] OpenVPN/SNOM 820: a review.

2010-02-18 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. Got an SNOM 820 in the other day to kick the tires. As with many phones, provisioning it was a bit of a PITA. The biggest problem, as far as I could tell, was that their firmware just doesn't seem that stable, and is sometimes hard to get to. - I managed to corrupt the firmware twice;

[asterisk-users] BRI vs. PRI?

2010-02-18 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I love having a PRI to play with -- lets me do all sorts of things with DIDs, fax-to-e-mail, etc. But for a small shop, a T1 is pretty pricey. Is there any reason that a BRI can't do exactly the same stuff, but on 2B+D instead of 23B+D? Enquiring minds, etc. -Ken -- This message

Re: [asterisk-users] OpenVPN/SNOM 820: a review.

2010-02-18 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Thu, February 18, 2010 3:56 pm, Alex Samad wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 03:05:14PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Hey, all. Got an SNOM 820 in the other day to kick the tires. As with many phones, provisioning it was a bit of a PITA. The biggest problem, as Thanks for the review, I

[asterisk-users] OpenVPN on phones?

2010-02-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
It's just come to my attention that newer phones from both Snom and Grandstream support OpenVPN. Is this a new trend or something? Since OpenVPN, in one swell foop, deals with both NAT issues and securing communications, I'd be very interested in hearing if other phone vendors were embracing

Re: [asterisk-users] OpenVPN on phones?

2010-02-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Thu, February 4, 2010 3:19 pm, Olle E. Johansson wrote: Anyway - is there someone out there that know the behaviour of OpenVPN in regards of retransmits and such? A VPN that retransmits will at some point hurt you if you transmit media over it, especially if you scale it up. OpenVPN

[asterisk-users] Linux-based hard phones?

2010-01-27 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Just wondering if there are any Linux-based hard phones out there -- if so, it'd be neat to see if I couldn't take advantage of the underlying OS. Thanks, -Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --

[asterisk-users] GUI for hunt groups?

2009-10-28 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've got an Asterisk box installed that I'd really like to leverage -- and installing a GUI for hunt groups would be awesome. So long as I can have a trial copy, I could even pay money. It would have to be able to make use of both SIP and ZAP extensions. Suggestions? (Note: I

[asterisk-users] Incoming extension not working.

2009-10-09 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I'm probably doing Something Dumb(tm), so please feel free to point out whatever I'm missing, no matter how stupid. Anyway, I've got IAX set up to Vitelity. When I try to call my DID, I get: Rejected connect attempt from 64.2.142.19, who was trying to reach '6031234567@' This leads

[asterisk-users] Asterisk and Sheeva wall wart.

2009-10-08 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm seriously thinking about doing the VoIP thing at home. The perfect platform seemed to be the Sheeva wall wart (http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp). It's a cute little doohicky with USB, SD-card, Ethernet, and runs on an ARM CPU.

[asterisk-users] Receptionist GUI?

2009-10-05 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. Just wondering if there's a GUI out there -- preferably OSS, but I'll take what-have-you -- that a) can run on an Ubuntu/Debian box, and b) allows a receptionist to see what calls are in-process, and forward calls from their phone to somewhere else. Thanks! -Ken -- This message has

[asterisk-users] SIP/WiFi handsets?

2009-09-23 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Anyone know of any *portable* SIP/WiFi handsets? Looking for a decent price:quality ratio, of possible. Keep seeing handsets for Vonage, etc., in Best Buy and the like, but I imagine it's locked to Vonage, and can't be re-appropriated. Thanks! -Ken -- This message has been scanned for

[asterisk-users] * as VM for legacy PBX?

2009-07-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've got an old Telrad PBX with an Emagen(?) voicemail box. The VM box, itself, is beginning to show its age. Big-time. We're thinking it might be time to look for a replacement. I'd love to install Asterisk with an FXO card or something, but I don't think it supports whatever

Re: [asterisk-users] * as VM for legacy PBX?

2009-07-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Make a call to VM (has to go out on the port you have the handset plugged into), answer it and listen. If you hear a bunch of DTMF then you are golden. Sounds like good stuff, but my most substantial concerns involved things like MWI: is asterisk able to push that back to the PBX? --

Re: [asterisk-users] * as VM for legacy PBX?

2009-07-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Wow. Thanks for all the replies! Something just occurred to me, though: which side would be FXO, and which side would be FXS? The PBX? Or the Asterisk/VM side? Thanks again for all the info! -Ken On Wed, July 1, 2009 3:36 pm, Jared Smith wrote: On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 13:05 -0400, Ken

[asterisk-users] CID when using WaitExten?

2009-03-22 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. My autoattendant looks like this: exten = s,1,Answer() exten = s,n,Background(corporate-greeting) exten = s,n,Set(TIMEOUT(digit)=5) ; Set Digit Timeout to 5 seconds exten = s,n,Set(TIMEOUT(response)=10) ; Set Response Timeout to 10 seconds exten = s,n,WaitExten(30) When the call

[asterisk-users] Polycom MWI.

2009-03-19 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm all over MWI, but I gotta say that I think the Polycoms go a bit over the top. The blinking LED is enough for me; how do I disable the stuttered dialtone and the audible warble? I've looked through the config files, but there are a HELL of a lot of options, and I haven't been able

[asterisk-users] Grandstream speakerphone?

2009-03-11 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Idle curiosity: I like the look and feel of the Grandstreams, but it's been my experience that the speakerphones suck (esp. when compared to the pretty damn flawless Polycoms). I've used the BT-100/101 and GS-2000; have any of their newer models changed that? Thanks! -Ken -- This message has

[asterisk-users] Outlook integration?

2009-03-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I was just wondering if there were any tools/utilities/what-have-you out there that would allow a user to click on a contact in Outlook, and have their phone dial it? (Or, I guess, have Asterisk dial both their phone and the destination number, and put the two into a conference.)

[asterisk-users] Compiling to use IMAP: how?

2009-03-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I was going through a make configure on my Asterisk 1.4.23 Ubuntu box, and noticed something I'd forgotten: Asterisk now supports IMAP_STORAGE. However, when I highlight it, it tells me that there's an unmet dependency, presumably for imap_tk. I've apt-get installed everything I can

[asterisk-users] How to generate core dump?

2009-03-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Asterisk segfaulted on me the other day; how do I tell it to generate a core file so -- if it happens again -- I can attempt to debug? I looked in the obvious places in make menuconfig and didn't see anything appropriate. Thanks, -Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and

[asterisk-users] WiFi SIP phone w/VPN?

2009-02-12 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. My subject line says it all: is there a WiFi SIP phone with VPN abilities? Failing that, a WiFi phone that runs Linux? I already know one phone that does meet my requirements -- the iPhone. The new software comes with a Cisco VPN client, and a SIP client can be had from third-party

[asterisk-users] app_rxfax.c: Channel T30 DONE 0 -- incommplete fax reception.

2009-02-03 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I'm getting a lot of [Feb 3 13:56:36] WARNING[3721] /usr/src/asterisk/spandsp/agx-ast-addons/app_rxfax.c: Channel T30 DONE 0. in my log file, and incomplete fax reception. Any idea what might be going on? I've googled a fair bit, but haven't seen anything leap out at me. Thanks,

[asterisk-users] Dumb question: retrieve values from OS-level commands?

2009-01-22 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I want to execute a script, and return the value of said (Python) script to the dialplan. I thought something like exten = 1,1,Set(MyWorkingDir=System(/bin/pwd)) might work, but apparently not. I also looked into AGI stuff, but that doesn't quite seem to be the right approach.

[asterisk-users] extensions.conf -- what to do when command throws errors?

2009-01-20 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've got app_rxfax going and nicely receiving a fax, which I then throw to a script, and have it convert it to a PDF and mail it. Works great... a lot of the time. But a fair bit of the time, rxfax throws errors, and extensions.conf seems never to invoke my script. Here are the

[asterisk-users] Playing MP3s...

2009-01-08 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
For no reason other than it would be cool, I'd like to be able to dial an extension and have it play a random MP3. Since, however, MP3s are kinda-sorta weird due to patents, I'm not sure what the right approach for this is. Any pointers on how to go about this? Thanks! -Ken

[asterisk-users] app_rxfax and app_txfax with Ubuntu?

2009-01-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I just tried to fire up app_txfax and app_rxfax, only to find that I can't seem to compile them. The problem appears to be that my libtiff library is wrong. Only problem is that, according to the README, I need libtiff =3.8 and 4.0, which is all well and good... except that there is no

Re: [asterisk-users] app_rxfax and app_txfax with Ubuntu?

2009-01-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
What version of spandsp do you use? Based on the fact that you asked that question, I suddenly got suspicious that, despite his warnings, it might have worked for you with libtiff-4. So I went and re-tried (using spandsp 0.0.4-pre16), and it failed *differently*. So then I got suspicious that

[asterisk-users] Setting up to reveive faxes.

2008-11-21 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. When I last was heavily into Asterisk (1.0.x), setting up to receive faxes was, well, a PITA, what with having to patch the Asterisk install with various driver patches and this, that, and the other. Is that still true? Is there a fax HOWTO out there that reflects Asterisk 1.4.x?

[asterisk-users] International calls/pridialplan from a legacy PBX.

2008-10-16 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. This e-mail is a follow-up to an exchange I had several weeks ago. I've got an Asterisk box with a dual-span T1 card. I want to place it between the PSTN and my company's legacy PBX. I actually did do that, but international calls from the legacy PBX were having the 011 stripped off

[asterisk-users] PoE switch recommendations?

2008-10-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. We're rolling out VoIP, and I'm wondering about PoE recommendations, as we're going to have to replace our current network equipment. My first inclination would be to just plunk down the cash and do a Cisco system, but I'm relatively certain that would get shot down by finance. Any

Re: [asterisk-users] Bizarre international call problem.

2008-09-29 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
the provider may be tagging it on. have you checked pridialplan, or prilocaldialplan settings and playing around with that in zapata.conf ? Oooh. That makes sense. I've poked around, but don't really see much documentation on this. 'Cause going outbound is easy, but how do I check to see if

Re: [asterisk-users] Bizarre international call problem.

2008-09-27 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
You have handsets connected to your proprietary PBX. Most domestic things you dial on your proprietary PBX handsets get passed directly through to your asterisk box without getting mangled by your proprietary PBX. International calls that are prefixed by 011 are getting mangled by your

[asterisk-users] Bizarre international call problem.

2008-09-26 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. We've got a PoS legacy PBX at my company that doesn't have call accounting. I figured, Hey, why not stick a dual-span T1 Asterisk-based system in the middle? Then, I just passively pass in-bound calls to the PBX, and outbound calls to the PSTN. I can then have Asterisk do all the call

[asterisk-users] extensions.conf programming?

2008-09-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I haven't really gotten deep into Asterisk since 1.0.x, and I'm afraid I've forgotten a fair bit. One big thing that I've forgotten is the syntax, etc., for extensions.conf. Where do I find that? I'm looking for stuff about commands, syntax for commands, variables, etc. Is there a

[asterisk-users] Selectively disable echo cancellation?

2008-09-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I have a Sangoma A104D (on-board, DSP-based echo can); I'm currently passing through some of my in-bound calls to a legacy PBX (which I hope to eventually replace). That being said, until I do, I'd like to kill echo cancellation for the passed-through calls -- I don't want to mess with

[asterisk-users] Asterisk end-user GUI?

2008-08-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy, is it going to be expensive! One major component of the eye candy was an end-user interface that allowed

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk end-user GUI?

2008-08-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
http://www.youtube.com/user/voiceroute Ming On 8/7/08, Ken D'Ambrosio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I badly want to roll out Asterisk at my job. Unfortunately, my boss is dazzled by shiny objects. We had a vendor in today who showed us their system which, honestly, didn't suck -- but boy

[asterisk-users] Bad recorded audio quality (upgrade).

2008-08-03 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I'm doing an upgrade from an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Asterisk 1.x) system to stock Asterisk 1.4. Everything's working great, except that all the prompts (both stock system prompts on the new system and people's old recorded VM prompts) sound HORRIBLE. Call quality is great, both internal

[asterisk-users] *#%! Polycom...

2008-05-23 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I used to do lots of Asterisk, but got an offer I couldn't refuse, and went SysAdmin. Well, now I'm trying to bring Asterisk in-house, and want to set up a test system. One thing I'd really like to get my hands on is recent firmware, etc., for SoundPoint IP 430's. Freedomphones.net, my old

[asterisk-users] Looking for a cheap SIP termination point.

2008-03-14 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I'm trying to do some rudimentary testing of an Asterisk system, but, for various reasons, I have to do this covertly, which means I'm paying out-of-pocket. So I'm looking for somewhere that will do *cheap* SIP and/or IAX termination, preferably with at least two simultaneous calls, and

[asterisk-users] Polycom IP 330 w/VLAN?

2008-03-11 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I see that the Polycom SoundPoint IP 330 supports VLAN... but I don't quite see how that works. Do you point a non-VLAN'd segment at it (akin to when you uplink a VLAN_enabled switch), and have the phone implement the VLAN? Or...? *puzzled* Thanks much, -Ken

[asterisk-users] Emagen (a Telrad VM solution) -- any way to replace with *?

2008-02-14 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've got a PoS Emagen VM system tied in with our Telrad PBX. I hate 'em both, but I'm stuck with the Telrad for the time being. That being said, does anyone know of a way to replace the VM solution with Asterisk? I'd -love- to get an Asterisk box in the loop, here. Thanks, -Ken

[asterisk-users] Real API for Perl?

2008-02-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've used the perl/AGI interface, and... well, I found it kind of hokey. Granted, this was in 1.2 days -- perhaps things have changed. Regardless, I guess I have two questions: 1) Has the Perl/AGI binding improved since then? 2) Is there any chance of a real API for Perl? Thanks much!

[asterisk-users] Your favorite Asterisk application.

2008-01-23 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've done some Asterisk recelling, but recently got roped into a Sr. SysAdmin position. Our PBX is c. 1823, and -- well, as pretty much all circuit-based systems do, it sucks. It sucks to administer, moves suck... you know the drill. So, I'd love change to an Asterisk system. My

[asterisk-users] German SIP and/or IAX providers?

2007-10-11 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. My company is setting up a branch office in Germany, and I'm very interested in a VoIP provider over thataway. However, I'd need a few things: - Reliability. Can't have my branch office's DID's just going down. A company with a proven track record would be very, very good. - English.

[asterisk-users] Useful GUI? [Was: Why does everyone seem to dislike *now?]

2007-09-17 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Mon, September 17, 2007 7:21 pm, Matt Riddell wrote: In the past, you could help someone sort a problem, only for the config files to be overwritten the next time the user did something in the GUI. Are there any Asterisk GUIs out there that actually parse the data files, themselves, instead

[asterisk-users] Voicemail in 1.4?

2007-09-13 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I got dragged away from Asterisk (somebody made me an offer I couldn't refuse for system administration), but I'm thinking about seeing if I can't get it deployed at my new employer. Regardless, there are two things about older voicemail that used to annoy me: - Dial by name. Has anyone made it

[asterisk-users] Volume (gain?) on VoIP-only system.

2007-05-02 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've got a customer who's complaining of low volume, especially for conference calls. If this were a Zap system, I'd just bump up txgain in their zaptel.conf file... but it isn't. Should I crank the volume of the phones (they're Polycoms), or is there some other, more graceful,

[asterisk-users] Polycom: warble on registration?

2007-03-12 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I just upgraded my sip.cfg for my Polycoms, and that damn warble on registration(? -- maybe it's on acquiring an IP?) has started again. I still have the old sip.cfg, but can't figure out which option it is. Any help? Thanks! -Ken D'Ambrosio -- This message has been scanned

[asterisk-users] Disappearing voicemail?

2006-11-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. Today, our receptionist got an e-mail saying she had a 55-second voicemail... but the attachment was 0 bytes. Turns out, so was the message when accessed via the phone. A quick purview of the logs turned up this: VERBOSE[14836] logger.c: -- Playing 'vm-savefolder' (language 'en')

[asterisk-users] IAX phones?

2006-09-27 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Just wondering if there are any IAX phones worthy of the name phone out there -- looking for hard phones, but I suppose a Linux-based softphone wouldn't, you know, hurt. ;-) Thanks! -Ken ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --

[asterisk-users] does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist? -- but Asterisk *is* running.

2006-09-25 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I've set up a bunch of plain-jane Asterisk systems, but had heard good things about the more recent incarnations of [EMAIL PROTECTED] errr, Trixbox. So I installed it, and fired it up, and it works fine. Until I try to do an asterisk -r. I get the does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist? question,

[asterisk-users] Polycom SoundPoint 2.0.1 SIP firmware?

2006-09-18 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all -- since the new 2.x firmware seems to support NAT -- and, since I'm not an authorized dealer -- I'm kind of wondering if anyone knows where I can get it. freedomphones.net/polycom/files/ only goes up to 1.6.7. If anyone can either mail it to me, or mail me a link, I'd certainly be

[asterisk-users] Sipura 3000 dialplan strings.

2006-08-22 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I'm trying to set up a dialplan that dials via PSTN for: All eight-digit calls that start with 9 All 911 calls All calls that start with 424 (the local exchange) I haven't tested 911 -- for obvious reasons. I may do so after I feel more confident. I've got the starts-with-9 working fine. But

[asterisk-users] Analog-to-VoIP: blade?

2006-08-20 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I've seen analog-to-VoIP gateways such as the Audiocodes one -- which, truthfully, looks very, very nice -- but I've got several hundreds of analog phones to deal with, and I was wondering if anyone has seen something with even higher concentrations than the Audiocodes 24-ports-per-rack-unit.

[asterisk-users] No zap command?

2006-08-16 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've just set up an Asterisk box -- to the best of my knowledge, no differently than any of the others that I've set up. Only one minor caveat: there's no zap command. Huh? Glancing at the startup, there's no mention of chan_zap, which I assume is partially the reason. However, I'm

[asterisk-users] Hotels...

2006-08-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I have to bid on a hotel contract, but there are some things I don't know how to do -- but clearly Asterisk has been used by hotels before, so I figure someone on here must have some answers: 1) While the majority of the phones will be SIP, there will be a couple hundred analogs (due to wiring

[Asterisk-Users] How to find out which line in extensions.conf?

2006-06-14 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
with timestamp, it mentioned either a line number, or -- more likely -- a context/extension/priority triplet. Is there anything like that? Thanks, Ken D'Ambrosio ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list

[Asterisk-Users] Reception softphone suggestions?

2006-06-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I've got a client who's interested in possibly using a softphone for his receptionists. While I've certainly used some softphones for single extensions, I'm not sure which one I'd suggest for a receptionist. Any favorites? Thanks, -Ken

[Asterisk-Users] In-bound faxing working ~1/3 of time.

2006-06-05 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
screws stuff up). Any ideas? Thanks, -Ken D'Ambrosio ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

[Asterisk-Users] Error on Polycom 501 601.

2006-05-25 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. Every now and then, some of my users get Error on their phones. A reboot fixes it, but it's quite annoying/inconvenient. I'm running Asterisk 1.2.4, and have the following firmware, etc.: Bootrom: 2.6.2.0032 BootBlock: 2.5.0(11500_030) SIP application: 1.6.2.0041 Any ideas as to why

[Asterisk-Users] Polycom 601 -- programming buttons.

2006-05-18 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I want to have a button on my receptionist's 601 that, when pressed, will forward her current call to a given extension. Is there any way to do that? I've tried to RTFM, but I'm coming up empty. Thanks, -Ken D'Ambrosio ___ --Bandwidth

[Asterisk-Users] CallerID/variable setting.

2006-04-24 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm trying to set my CID such that, internally, I see a four-digit extension (which is also handy when checking VM), but externally, I see the full 10-digit number. So I plugged these lines into my extensions.conf: exten = _XXX,1,GotoIf($[ ${CALLERIDNUM} != 1625]?4:2) exten =

Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: Polycom BootRom 3.1.3 and vsftpd 2.0.3

2006-03-10 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
wed that the FTP transactions were being executed properly, but the phone wasn't responding correctly. It was only when I went with ProFTPd that things got better -- for me, at least. ;-) YMMV, etc. Doug. -Original Message- From: Ken D'Ambrosio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, Ma

Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: Polycom BootRom 3.1.3 and vsftpd 2.0.3

2006-03-07 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
HTTP's nice, but FTP does the job. Check the docs for supported FTP servers -- many of the stock Linux FTP servers will give the exact problem you discussed, below. I should know -- took me almost a week before trying proftpd, and WHAMMO, worked like a champ. -Ken On Tue, March 7, 2006 12:37

[Asterisk-Users] Initiate and monitor multiple calls?

2006-03-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I'd like to set up a sort-of follow-me: on a call to a given extension, I'd like to simultaneously call several different numbers, play them all a prompt upon answering, and monitor for DTMF digit 1. I know how to get Dial() to dial multiple numbers, and I know how to play prompts and monitor for

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Polycom 501 power over ethernet

2006-03-06 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On Mon, March 6, 2006 4:19 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed several hundred polycom's, and I have never seen a 500/501 with a power jack. All with the inline cable, as you mention. Of course, if someone can provide photo evidence I will stand corrected. I think the confusion

[Asterisk-Users] No audio on PRI.

2006-03-03 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've just had my T1 re-provisioned to ISDN. Everything comes up and seems to work fine, with the minor detail that there is no audio whatsoever. So: voice prompts are played, caller ID and DID information is seen and acted on, etc., etc., etc., but at no point is any audio heard on

[Asterisk-Users] Choice One PRI?

2006-02-23 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hi, all. I've got a T1 through Choice One Communications (www.choiceonecom.com), a provider in the US northeast. I recently tried to switch to ISDN on it -- and failed miserably. I've posted my config files, and nobody's seen anything obviously wrong. Has anyone else used their ISDN T1's? If

[Asterisk-Users] No D-channels available!

2006-02-16 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I just tried to go from CAS to PRI on my T1 (Sangoma), and failed pretty badly. Seemingly everything worked -- Asterisk would see the incoming call (including CID and DID info), try to route it, and fail -- giving me a telco (not Asterisk) call failure message. My zapata.conf and zaptel.conf

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Sangoma analog cards?

2006-02-16 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Michael Graves wrote: Does anyone on-list have direct experience with the new analog cards from Sangoma? I'm thinking about FXOs with echo cans. Need 2-4 ports but don't want to go through another TDM400 style experience. First impressions (of which one should always be wary): 1) I really,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] No D-channels available!

2006-02-16 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken D'Ambrosio Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:51 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] No D-channels available! I just tried to go from CAS to PRI on my T1 (Sangoma), and failed

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