[Freeswitch-users] Freeswitch and Openser

2008-04-11 Thread Pete Kay
Hi all, I am currently evaluating either using Freeswitch or Openser for my SIP server. I am trying to look for information that can tell me the difference between the two in terms of ease-of-maintain, ease-of-implement, and scalability. If you have such kind of information, would you please

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Freeswitch and Openser

2008-04-11 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, The application is a IP-PBX with incoming calls through T1 and VOIP carriers. Asterisk will be used for Voicemail and IVR. I have written some AGI script to route calls based on user preference which is stored in the database. Users may connect through softphone or call in through PSTN.

[Freeswitch-users] Asterisk vs. Freeswitch

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, This question may have come up a few times already. I am working on a application to provide IVR, voicemail, and tailored call routing services. The SIP registration will be handled by Openser, and Asterisk is only doing the media function. We are talking about over 100 users. Is

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Asterisk vs. Freeswitch - what about functionality

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I have been seeing quite a few articles that mention Freeswitch is much more efficient than Asterisk. What about in terms of functionality? Can Freeswitch perform the same kind of functionality provided by Asterisk such as Queue, Conf call, MOH, Voicemail Main, etc? Can anyone give some

[Freeswitch-users] What is Freeswitch equivalent of Asterisk AMI and Realtime

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I have studied the Freeswitch doc and can't find any info related to setting up the sip users, queue, ans voicemail as a realtime DB, like Asterisk does. Is this feature available? If not, would it be a bit too much work to write to the XML all the times? Also, is there an Asterisk

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Asterisk vs. Freeswitch - added question

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, One scalability question: Can someone provide input to the following options? Option A: Asterisk ( for IVR, Voicemail, Conference) + Openser ( for SIP registration ) Option B: Freeswitch + Openser Option C: Freeswitch So, it is definite that Asterisk is not as scalable as Freeswitch. Among

Re: [Freeswitch-users] What is Freeswitch equivalent of Asterisk AMI and Realtime

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
-time does? Thanks alot for your inputs. Regards, Pete On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Brian West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Pete Kay wrote: Hi, I have studied the Freeswitch doc and can't find any info related to setting up the sip users, queue, ans

[Freeswitch-users] Freeswitch with Hylafax and Freeswitch with E1

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, Two more questions about Freeswitch. I have some application written to send and receive fax using Hylafax and IAXModem, will I be able to port that to Freeswitch? What is the best way to connect Freeswitch to an E1? Does anyone has experience with any easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain

[Freeswitch-users] Question about installing freeswitch

2008-04-16 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I followed the online installation but when I executed, make sure or make moh, I am getting the following errors: ser:/usr/src/freeswitch-1.0.rc2/build# make moh-install make: *** No rule to make target `moh-install'. Stop. ser:/usr/src/freeswitch-1.0.rc2/build# What could be the problem?

[Freeswitch-users] newbie dialplan question

2008-04-17 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I am working on some test on seeing how I can port my exist Asterisk stuff to Freeswitch. I am just getting started and I am hoping someone can give me some help to get started. I installed with all the default config and xml setting. Then, I bring up two SiP clients - one in the same

[Freeswitch-users] Need help with a gateway problem

2008-04-17 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I am still not yet able to get one sip phone to call the other due to the problem I posted. So, I used the working sip client to try to call an outside number by setting up a gateway. I tried to set up fastswitch to route call to my voip provider, I am getting channel error but can't know

Re: [Freeswitch-users] newbie dialplan question

2008-04-17 Thread Pete Kay
it should actually be: anti-action application=bridge data=sofia/default/$ {dialed_ext}%$${domain}/ Check http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Sofia#Call_a_locally_registered_endpoint Cheers, UV From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Pete Kay Sent

Re: [Freeswitch-users] newbie dialplan question

2008-04-17 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I comment the line at default.xml !--anti-action application=set data=sip_exclude_contact=${network_addr}/ -- But, it still does not work. 2008-04-18 07:38:32 [INFO] mod_dialplan_xml.c:223 dialplan_hunt() Processing 1002-[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-04-18 07:38:32 [INFO]

Re: [Freeswitch-users] newbie dialplan question

2008-04-17 Thread Pete Kay
Hi Brian, Here is the full log. Please kindly take a look: 2008-04-18 08:51:44 [DEBUG] switch_core_session.c:730 switch_core_session_thread() Session 14 (sofia/default/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5061) Locked, Waiting on external entities 2008-04-18 08:51:44 [NOTICE] switch_core_session.c:748

[Freeswitch-users] Question with curl_xml

2008-04-18 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I place my xml response generator directory.php under /var/www/fs/directory.php In my xml_curl_conf.xml, I have binding name=directory fetcher param name=gateway-url value=http://localhost/fs/; bindings=directory.php/ /binding 2008-04-18 22:23:17 [ERR] mod_xml_curl.c:251

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Question with curl_xml

2008-04-18 Thread Pete Kay
. Thanks, Pete On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Pete Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I place my xml response generator directory.php under /var/www/fs/directory.php In my xml_curl_conf.xml, I have binding name=directory fetcher param name=gateway-url value=http://localhost/fs

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Question with curl_xml

2008-04-18 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, It seems like the reloadxml function in fs still requires the server to restart to take effect of new update. Is it the case or it is just my set up problem? Sorry to ask again. I am getting a bit frustrated. I can login now, but the user_context info does not get set. The following user

[Freeswitch-users] few problems when running the sample voicemail.js

2008-04-18 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I am encountering a number of problems when trying to run the voicemail.js provided as one of the samples: 1. the etpan module is not available and I can't find the etpan module in the module.conf, so I have to comment out the below line. use(etpan); So, what is the usage of the etpan?

Re: [Freeswitch-users] few problems when running the sample voicemail.js

2008-04-18 Thread Pete Kay
? Will the voicemail.js work without it? Is etpan needed and how to get it to work? I can't find the module etpan. Thanks alot. Pete On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Brian West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a huge clue.. check permissions. /b On Apr 18, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Pete Kay wrote: 2008

[Freeswitch-users] Hangup and sound question

2008-04-20 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I two a few questions about hangup and sounds: 1. In my dialplan, I have extension name=catchall condition field=destination_number expression=^(.*)$ action application=set data=default_language=zh/ action application=phrase data=call-back-later/ action

[Freeswitch-users] storing voicemessage and greeting in DB

2008-04-20 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I am wondering if storing and retrieving voicemaessage / greeting from DB makes sense especially for a load balancing environment. Is there anyway to do it in freeswitch? If not, is there any way of using some ftp-style storing and retrieving? How is it done typically to have voicemail

[Freeswitch-users] seek suggestion on TTS option

2008-04-21 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I have a question about TTS efficiency. I have some text that I need to read out when someone calls in and these texts do change. Here are two options I am thinking about: In my configuration, I would have DB and FS on different servers. DB server is SCSI. Option 1:Store the text in DB

[Freeswitch-users] voicemail problem

2008-04-23 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I am having a voicemail problem: Problem 1 In the wiki, it says that with the below line, the user can check vm without needing to authenticate: action application=voicemail data=auth default 1005/ Instead, it goes to the mailbox asking user to record message:

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Help Creating an Inbound Profile for DIDWW

2008-05-28 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, Have you tried the acl function in freeswitch. For example, setup the DIDWW domain as an acl so no need to use username/password from that domain. In the default profile, you can specify the default context for that incoming call to go to in the dialplan. If my solution works for you,

[Freeswitch-users] deploying freeswitch

2008-06-22 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, I am hoping to get some deployment insights from people who have implement freeswitch on a large-scale. I have followed the wiki in setting up Xen and Ultramonkey to load balance two freeswitch. But since freeswitch is stateful and two freeswitch can't share info such as fifo, I am

Re: [Freeswitch-users] clustered freeswitch

2008-06-23 Thread Pete Kay
Hi If you use a sofia profile with ODBC on multiple machines, if you register to any machine all of them will resolve the correct contact address when trying to make an outbound call. Presence, however such as subscriptions must still go to the original box because there is an open SIP

Re: [Freeswitch-users] Playback loop and Playback on Parked Call

2008-08-26 Thread Pete Kay
Hi, If I have different audio tracks that I would like to loop through, does it mean I need different folder for each? Moreover, if I loop through different folders, does it mean freeswitch would start multiple player and consume resources ineffectively as the audio is probably played only for a