I haven't used FreePBX since it was AMP, but I found then running it on a
Soekris box, it wanted to utilize an AGI script "dialparties.AGI" which is a
perl script to detect forwarding, DnD, and other such.. that script ran slow
and ate up quite a few resources everytime you proceeded to make a call on
your system. it seemed a bit friendlier to already designed asterisk
configs than the Digium GUI.. the Digium GUI wants you to start from
scratch or perhaps create your templates through it and then you can do a
LITTLE hand editing of your configs to tweak them.. but if you break their
structure its not pretty....
The Digium GUI sets up its own set of CPU resource issues in that as you
navigate the GUI it uses the AMI commands to update the asterisk config
files as opposed to using its own mechanism for editing the files..
While this is easier, it seems to be a bit harsh on an embedded CPU..
I was thinking the pre-compiled versions of Astlinux included the Digium
GUI? Perhaps im wrong as I pretty much always custom built all my images.
Sadly last fall I had to drop using Astlinux for my new work project as it
turns out some custom software we have needs to be in a GLIBC environment.
We are writing our own GUI to handle asterisk updating as nothing out there
even commercial came close to fitting our needs. we needed an asterisk GUI
to take the "asterisk" out of asterisk for the end users.
Something that is intuitive and wont let people get in trouble with
entangled dialplans or conflictive dialing, etc.. there just doesn't seem
to be much out there yet.
Im decidedly NOT a windows guy.. however one place that 3CX in my opinion
has asterisk beat is in the GUI..
-Christopher
From: Tom Chadwin [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:06 AM
To: 'AstLinux Users Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk GUI
My only concern with GUI Asterisk editing is how nicely it sits alongside
manual editing of the files. Are any of the visual tools out there
nont-violent to the underlying files they are editing, and do they happily
read manual changes?
Tom
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From: Darryl Chandler [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 11 March 2011 12:53
To: AstLinux Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Asterisk GUI
If someone wants to point me in the direction of how to help, I would be
more than happy to - although the fact that I'm asking probably means I'm a
little out of my league.
I was even willing to download the source and do a custom build, but I don't
think that would help with this kind of project?
-Darryl
On 3/10/2011 12:20 PM, David Kerr wrote:
The astlinux interface does little to help configure the Asterisk PBX....
for dialplan, extensions, trunks, etc. it is all manual editing of the .conf
files. For power users this is great, but does make it harder than it could
be.
I have used the Asterisk GUI and it has its own set of issues. There
doesn't seem to be much investment in it by Digium either.
Astlinux does need a GUI for Asterisk PBX configuration. In my option the
astlinux team should not try and write their own, but should pick an
existing one and integrate it (as an optional package).
David
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Dan Ryson <[email protected]> wrote:
Darryl,
Of course, there's a wonderful alternative to using CLI for
configuration changes: I'm quite fond of the AstLinux web interface,
which combines oodles of capability in a far friendlier setting than a
command line.
Admittedly, I wouldn't encourage non-technical clients to use it for
dial-plan changes in a production environment, so I see your point.
However, I thought it might be helpful to clarify this point for others
who may come across this dialog while browsing through the archives.
Dan
On 3/10/2011 <tel:3%2F10%2F2011> 8:00 AM, Darryl Chandler wrote:
> Hopefully this isn't too stupid of a question, but can the FreePBX GUI
> be installed on astlinux, so clients can use that GUI to configure
> asterisk, instead of CLI ?
>
> Thanks,
> -Darryl
>
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