Comment: I don't see anything on echo cancellation. That's a big enough and common enough issue that it deserves some discussion.
--Ernest
At 10:46 AM 11/21/2003, you wrote:
Hi Steven,
I think this is a great idea and the best way to make users more familiar with Asterisk and its configuration and usage. I can and will provide input for all H.323 related sections.
Michael.
Steven Sokol wrote: > Asterisk Users > > In an attempt to help Asterisk move forward, a number of us have decided > to create a book. It would initially be released as an "ebook" that > could be sent to newbies to help them up the rather steep learning > curve. Ultimately I would like to see it published and sold in > bookstores (preferably by O'Reilly & Co.). > > Below is the outline for the book. We REALLY need as much input as we > can get. I would like to completely flesh-out the outline, then I would > like to start accepting submissions from the user community for each of > the sections/chapters/topics covered in the outline. > > I have to stress here that I AM NOT AN ASTERISK GURU. I need help from > the real gurus (especially: Steven Critchfield, John Todd, Tilghman > Lesher, Olle Johansson, and where possible/necessary Mark and Martin). > > If this works, it will help Asterisk achieve the same kind of global > success as Apache, Samba, and other Linux staples. If you want to chat, > I am lurking in the #asterisk-doc channel on Freenode IRC. I'm > 'ssokol'. Others on this project (so far) are Jared Smith and Leif > Madson. > > A "living" copy of this outline can be found at: > http://www.sokol-associates.com/outline.htm . I will try to update it > daily with your suggestions. It will also be the basis for the project > outline (completion %, assignments, etc.). > > Thanks, > > Steve Sokol > Sokol & Associates, LLC > > [Outline Guide] > The following outline describes the layout for the book. > > 1. <- Section > a. <- Chapter > 1) <- Sub-Chapter > i. <- Topic Heading > *. <- Sidebar Heading > 1} <- Graphic or Chart > 1> <- Table > > [Outline] > 1. Introduction to Asterisk > a. Introductory letter from Mark Spencer > 1) Whatever Mark has to say... > 2) Digium Reference Information > i. Web Site > ii. Phone Number > b. The Business Case For Asterisk > [Somebody From The Business Side Writes This] > c. General concept of asterisk > 1) Asterisk: Swiss Army Knife of Telephony > 2) PBX, IVR, ACD > 3) What To Expect > i. Asterisk Is Not A Turnkey System > ii. Don't Like It? Change It Yourself. > iii. Opensource, GPL and LGPL Licensing > d. Asterisk architecture > 1) The Big Picture > 2) Channels > 3) Codec Conversions > 4) Etc. > e. Key components > 1) Asterisk software > i. Asterisk (Main PBX & Channels) > ii. Zaptel (Drivers for Zaptel Hardware) > iii. Libpri (ISDN PRI Drivers for Zaptel) > 2) Zaptel Hardware > i. Overview > ii. X100P - Single Port FXO Line Interface > iii. S100U - Single Port FXS USB Interface > iv. TDM400P - 4 Port FXS Analog Interface > v. T100P - Single Span T1/E1 Interface > vi. TE410P - Quad-Span T1/E1 Interface > 3) Channels > i. Zaptel Devices/Channels > ii. The IAX Protocol > iii. SIP > iv. MGCP > v. Skinny > vi. H323 > 4) Applications > i. Dial and Other Basics > ii. Voicemail > iii. Dial-Plan Scripting > 5) Extensibility > i. AGI > ii. Custom Applications > f. Add-On/Optional Components > 1) Software > i. Gnophone > ii. VoIP Soft Phones > iii. DIAX > iv. Gastman > v. Open H.323 > 2) Hardware > i. VoIP Hard-Phones > ii. VoIP Gateways > ii. Channel Banks > > 2. Installing Asterisk > *. Asterisk Quickstart > 1) Install PC Hardware > 2) Download Asterisk Software > 3) Build Asterisk > 4) Install Asterisk > 5) Configure Autostart > > a. Requirements > *) Picking A Solid System > 1) PC Hardware Requirements > i. SOHO/Residential System > ii. Small Business System > iii. Medium Business/Small Call-Center System > iv. Enterprise System > v. VoIP Carrier System > 2) Linux Requirements > *. Linux Installation Is Not Covered > i. Tested Distributions > ii. Minimum Kernel Version > iii. Required Packages > *. Other Operating Systems > - Free BSD > - Mac OS-X > - BeOS? > - Win32/Win64? > b. Hardware Installation > 1) IRQ Sharing Issues > 2) Digium Wildcard Cards > 3) LineJack and PhoneJack Cards > 4) Other Cards (ISDN, VoiceTronix, Etc.) > c. Downloading Asterisk from CVS > 1) What is CVS? > 2) The Asterisk "Versioning" Issues > 3) Your Initial Download > 4) Updates > *. Adding Custom Patches (patch/diff) > d. Compiling Asterisk > *) Why Do I Have To Compile The Code? > 1) Using 'make' > 2) Compiling The Software > i. Zaptel > ii. Libpri > iii. Asterisk > 3) Making The Samples/Demo > 4) Making Code Documentation (Doxygen) > i. Why build code documentation? > ii. What Is Doxygen? > iii. Code Doc Layout > 5) Common Build Errors/Warnings > i. Via C3 Is NOT An i686 > ii. Building on Little-Endian Systems > iii. Etc. > e. Loading drivers (zaptel/ztdummy) > *) Read Ahead (Section 3, Chapter C1) For Zaptel Setup > 1) Linux Kernel Loadable Modules > 2) Using modprobe > 3) Adding zaptel modules to your startup file > *) RedHat Is Weird > f. Starting Asterisk > 1) Manual Starting and the CLI > 2) Starting using safe_asterisk > 3) Accessing the CLI when Asterisk Is Running > 4) Logging/Tracing and Verbose > g. Configuring Autostart w/ safe_asterisk > 1) Linux Runlevels (the init sequence) > 2) Modifying The Startup Manually > *) RedHat Is Still Weird > > 3. Basic Asterisk Configuration > *. Overview Of Asterisk Configuration > 1) System Layout > 2) Configuration Files > 3) Command Line Interface > a. File Layout (The Asterisk Directory Structure) > 1) /etc/asterisk > 2) /var/lib/asterisk > 3) /var/spool/asterisk > 4) Etc... > b. .conf files > 1) What Is A .conf File? > 2) Common File Structures > 3) Reloading Asterisk Configuration > c. Configuring Phones & Channels > 1) The zapata.conf File > [All About zaptel/tormenta configuration] > 2) The IAX.conf File > i. ?? - Anbyody Know This Well? > 3) The sip.conf File > i. The General Section > ii. Supported Codecs/Codec Order > iii. Registration of "peers" > iv. SIP Device Entries > v. Unsupported codecs/G729.a/b > vi. Common SIP Devices > a) Cisco 79XX Phones > b) Cisco ATA-186 Adapter > c) Grandstream Phones > d) SNOM Phones > e) Xten X-Lite/X-Pro > f) SoftJoy SJ-Phone > *. Asterisk and 'Reinvite' > 3) The oh323.conf File > i. ?? - Anybody Know This Well? > 4) The skinny.conf File > i. ?? - Anybody Know This Well? > 5) CAPI/ISDN? > i. ?? - Anybody Know This Well? > d. Configuring Applications > 1) Music On Hold: The moh.conf File > a) Don't Forget The Timing (Part A) > 2) Voicemail: The voicemail.conf File > a) Basic SMTP Configuration > 3) Meet-Me: The meetme.conf File > a) Don't Forget The Timing (Part B) > e. Configuring Your Dialplan > *) The Dialplan: Center Of The System > 1) Everything Is An Extension > 2) Basics Of Pattern Matching > 3) Keeping It All In Context > *) Security, Toll-Fraud and Asterisk > 4) Creating Outbound Calling "Extensions" > 5) Creating User (Station/Channel) Extensions > 6) Creating Application Extensions > f. Sample Configurations > [LOTS OF SAMPLES HERE] > > 4. Common Issues > a. Music On Hold/MP3 Playback > 1) Proper Version of MPG123 > 2) Zaptel Timer or Ztdummy > b. DTMF Over SIP > 1) Inband Only Works On G.711 MuLaw/ALaw > 2) SIP-INFO > 3) RFC___? > 4) The "Flash" > c. Internationalization of Asterisk > 1) Tones and Ringback > 2) Call Supervision > d. SIP and NAT > e. Optional/Added Codecs > 1) G.729 > 2) G.723 > f. Message Waiting Indication > g. SIP Service Provider Issues > 1) Free World Dialup (FWD) > 2) Iconnect > 3) Sipphone > 4) NuFone > h. Common Hardware Device Issues > 1) Grandstream BT100 Series > 2) Cisco ATA-186 > 3) Cisco 79XX Series Phones > 4) SNOM VoIP Phones > 5) Carrier Access Channel Banks > *. How to politely use the Asterisk-Users List > *. How to politely use the Asterisk IRC channel > > 5. Advanced Asterisk Configuration > a. Agents and the Asterisk ACD > b. Text-To-Speech: Festival > c. CLASS Features (John Todd?) > d. Fax (Software Fax) > e. Sphinx Speech Recognition (ASR) > > 6. Scripting And AGI Extensions to Asterisk > a. What Is AGI? > b. What Languages Can I Use > c. > AGI In: c, perl, php, etc. > 7. Creating Asterisk Applications In C > > 8. Appendicies > a. Sources Of Additional Information > 1) Digium Site/Asterisk Site > 2) The Asterisk WiKi > 3) The Asterisk-User and Asterisk-Dev Lists > 4) The #Asterisk IRC Channel > b. Glossary of Asterisk & Telecom Terms > [Large Glossary Of Asterisk & Telecom Terms] > c. Applications Reference > [Detailed Explanation Of All "Standard" Applications] > d. CLI Commands Reference > [Detailed Explanation Of All CLI Commands] > e. Manager Commands Reference > [Detailed Explanation Of All Manager Commands/Events] > f. The Asterisk C API Reference > [Some Detail On The ast_ functions] > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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