Re: [asterisk-users] alwaysauthreject=yes not working as expected

2012-08-21 Thread CB
  Asterisk 1.4.42
 
  Set alwaysauthreject=yes in [general] section of sip.conf.
  Restarted asterisk
 
  However when I attempt to register I still get:
  [2012-08-08 21:11:34] NOTICE[15689] chan_sip.c: Registration from
  'sip:000333082261...@domain.com' failed for '121.98.1.1' -
 Wrong
  password
  [2012-08-08 21:12:42] NOTICE[15689] chan_sip.c: Registration from
  'sip:00033308226...@domain.com' failed for '121.98.1.1' - No
  matching peer found
 
  Based on the Asterisk security advisory
  (http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-011.html) I
 would
  have expected 1.4.42 to respond the same in both cases (since the
  issue was fixed in 1.4.41.2). Am I missing something obvious?
 
 Yes.
 
 Those are log messages for the administrator's benefit.  They are not
 SIP messages sent in response to the REGISTER request.  The SIP
 messages sent are supposed to be the same not the logging messages.
 
Yes I agree they are supposed to be the same but they are not. Below is the
dialog when a wrong password is provided with alwaysauthreject=yes:

U 121.98.1.1:1025 - 203.89.1.1:5060
REGISTER sip:domain.com SIP/2.0..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-d88996fba8b1fd8c-1---d8754z-
;rport..Max-Forwards: 70..C
ontact: 
sip:1232261336@192.168.1.103:5060;rinstance=da68419a02006162.
.To: sip:1232261...@domain.com..From: 
sip:123
2261...@domain.com;tag=f910aa53..Call-ID: 
ZmM4YTU4NTg2MWNhYzVkYTBhN2Q2MjA1YmUyMmYzY2E...CSeq: 1 REGISTER..Expires: 
3600..Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANC
EL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, NOTIFY, MESSAGE, SUBSCRIBE, INFO..User-Agent: 
X-Lite release 5.0.0 stamp 67284..Content-Length: 0

U 203.89.1.1:5060 - 121.98.1.1:1025
SIP/2.0 100 Trying..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-d88996fba8b1fd8c-1---d8754z-
;received=121.98.1.1;rport=1025..From: sip:000333
082261...@domain.com;tag=f910aa53..To: 
sip:1232261...@domain.com..Call-ID: 
ZmM4YTU4NTg2MWNhYzVkYTBhN2Q2MjA1YmUyMmYzY
2E...CSeq: 1 REGISTER..User-Agent: Asterisk PBX..Allow: INVITE, ACK, 
CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, INFO..Supported: 
replaces..Content-Length:
0

U 203.89.1.1:5060 - 121.98.1.1:1025
SIP/2.0 401 Unauthorized..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-d88996fba8b1fd8c-1---d8754z-
;received=121.98.1.1;rport=1025..From: sip:
1232261...@domain.com;tag=f910aa53..To: 
sip:1232261...@domain.com;tag=as16fea110..Call-
ID: ZmM4YTU4NTg2MWNhYzVk
YTBhN2Q2MjA1YmUyMmYzY2E...CSeq: 1 REGISTER..User-Agent: Asterisk 
PBX..Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, 
INFO..Supported: repla
ces..WWW-Authenticate: Digest algorithm=MD5, realm=domain.com, 
nonce=2f48b121..Content-Length: 0

U 121.98.1.1:1025 - 203.89.1.1:5060
REGISTER sip:domain.com SIP/2.0..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-5c88940128ede618-1---d8754z-
;rport..Max-Forwards: 70..C
ontact: 
sip:1232261336@192.168.1.103:5060;rinstance=da68419a02006162.
.To: sip:1232261...@domain.com..From: 
sip:123
2261...@domain.com;tag=f910aa53..Call-ID: 
ZmM4YTU4NTg2MWNhYzVkYTBhN2Q2MjA1YmUyMmYzY2E...CSeq: 2 REGISTER..Expires: 
3600..Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANC
EL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, NOTIFY, MESSAGE, SUBSCRIBE, INFO..User-Agent: 
X-Lite release 5.0.0 stamp 67284..Authorization: Digest 
username=1232261336,re
alm=domain.com,nonce=2f48b121,uri=sip:c-vm-
02.domain.com,response=cb74a7805412a3ac198800aeede3c06e,algorit
hm=MD5..Content-Length: 0

U 203.89.1.1:5060 - 121.98.1.1:1025
SIP/2.0 100 Trying..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-5c88940128ede618-1---d8754z-
;received=121.98.1.1;rport=1025..From: sip:000333
082261...@domain.com;tag=f910aa53..To: 
sip:1232261...@domain.com..Call-ID: 
ZmM4YTU4NTg2MWNhYzVkYTBhN2Q2MjA1YmUyMmYzY
2E...CSeq: 2 REGISTER..User-Agent: Asterisk PBX..Allow: INVITE, ACK, 
CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, INFO..Supported: 
replaces..Content-Length:
0

SIP/2.0 403 Forbidden (Bad auth)..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-5c88940128ede618-1---d8754z-
;received=121.98.1.1;rport=1025..Fro
m: sip:1232261...@domain.com;tag=f910aa53..To:
sip:1232261...@domain.com;tag=as16fea110..Call-ID: ZmM4YTU4NTg2
MWNhYzVkYTBhN2Q2MjA1YmUyMmYzY2E...CSeq: 2 REGISTER..User-Agent: 
Asterisk PBX..Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, 
SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, INFO..Supporte
d: replaces..Content-Length: 0

Is this a bug or am I missing something obvious?


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[asterisk-users] alwaysauthreject=yes not working as expected

2012-08-08 Thread CB
Asterisk 1.4.42

Set alwaysauthreject=yes in [general] section of sip.conf.
Restarted asterisk

However when I attempt to register I still get:
[2012-08-08 21:11:34] NOTICE[15689] chan_sip.c: Registration from
'sip:000333082261...@domain.com' failed for '121.98.1.1' - Wrong
password
[2012-08-08 21:12:42] NOTICE[15689] chan_sip.c: Registration from
'sip:00033308226...@domain.com' failed for '121.98.1.1' - No matching
peer found

Based on the Asterisk security advisory
(http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-011.html) I would have
expected 1.4.42 to respond the same in both cases (since the issue was fixed
in 1.4.41.2). Am I missing something obvious?


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Re: [asterisk-users] Block outbound calls based on IP address

2012-08-08 Thread CB
Thanks for the reply however it is not possible to get the public IP address
using the SIP_HEADER function (see my original post).

We have many devices connecting from hundreds of dynamic external IPs.



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Re: [asterisk-users] Block outbound calls based on IP address

2012-08-07 Thread CB
Thanks. 

exten = s,n,Set(foo=${CHANNEL(peerip)}) ; Doesn't return anything
exten = s,n,Set(foo=${CHANNEL(recvip)}) ; Doesn't return anything
exten = s,n,Set(foo=${SIPCHANINFO(peerip)}) ; Returns public IP when
calling from a SIP device

Strange that CHANNEL doesn't return anything.


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[asterisk-users] Block outbound calls based on IP address

2012-08-06 Thread CB
We are looking to further secure our Asterisk installation by inspecting the
IP address that a SIP INVITE comes from and performing some logic to
determine whether the call should proceed. The purpose of this is to prevent
calls to certain expensive destinations if the SIP message is coming from a
foreign IP that we don't expect.

I can see that it's possible to use the SIP_HEADER function however that may
not contain the public IP address. For example here is an invite from the
external IP address 58.28.1.1 but that information is not contained in the
SIP header:
U 58.28.1.1:5060 - 203.89.1.1:5060
  INVITE sip:1...@domain.com SIP/2.0..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP
192.168.1.103:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-d8754z-fc116e03a80ef774-1---d8754z-;rport.
.Max-Forwards: 70
  ..Contact: sip:000333082261336@192.168.1.103:5060..To:
sip:1...@domain.com..From: sip:000333082261...@domain.com;tag=7
  dcb1e4d..Call-ID: NDMyZmRhY2Q4ZjNhMjAxMDJhOTA3OTU0MzMyNTkzNjI...CSeq: 1
INVITE..Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, NOTIFY, MESSAGE,
SUBSCRIBE, INF
  O..Content-Type: application/sdp..Supported: replaces..User-Agent: X-Lite
release 5.0.0 stamp 67284..Content-Length: 217v=0..o=- 12988751314362048
1 IN IP4
  192.168.1.103..s=CounterPath X-Lite 5.0.0..c=IN IP4
192.168.1.103..b=AS:1638..t=0 0..m=audio 5062 RTP/AVP 0 8 3
101..a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000..a=fmtp:1
  01 0-15..a=sendrecv..

Is it possible to determine the public IP address from the dialplan?

Any advice appreciated.
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[asterisk-users] No progress tones on transferred call

2012-06-05 Thread CB
Asterisk 1.4
We are experiencing an issue on transfers where no progress tones are heard
by the caller:
1. Call from 1593 (SPA525G 0026998D2) to 1595 (SPA922 000B820AF).
1595 answers
2. From 1593 initiate transfer to 1597 (SPA508G 1CDF0F4A). 1595 hears
MoH. 
3. 1597 starts ringing and 1593 presses transfer again. MoH stops but 1595
hears no ringing
When xfer is pressed and the extension is dialled:
U 203.89.001.001:5060 - 121.98.001.001:1034
INVITE sip:1CDF0F4A@192.168.1.72:5060 SIP/2.0..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP
203.89.001.001:5060;branch=z9hG4bK5286810e;rport..From: C Allerid
sip:1593@203.89.001.001;tag=as72616c50..To:
sip:1CDF0F4A@192.168.1.72:5060..Contact:
sip:1593@203.89.001.001..Call-ID:
59ba10300b9b8cb5684eba2368c90...@203.89.001.001..cseq: 102
INVITE..User-Agent: Asterisk PBX..Max-Forwards: 70..Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012
08:05:02 GMT..Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE,
NOTIFY, INFO..Supported: replaces..Content-Type:
application/sdp..Content-Length: 262v=0..o=root 3031 3031 IN IP4
203.89.001.001..s=session..c=IN IP4 203.89.001.001..t=0 0..m=audio 13728
RTP/AVP 0 3 8 101..a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000..a=rtpmap:3 GSM/8000..a=rtpmap:8
PCMA/8000..a=rtpmap:101
telephone-event/8000..a=fmtp:1010-16..a=ptime:20..a=sendrecv..
U 121.98.001.001:1034 - 203.89.001.001:5060
SIP/2.0 100 Trying..To: sip:1CDF0F4A@192.168.1.72:5060..From: C
Allerid sip:1593@203.89.001.001;tag=as72616c50..Call-ID:
59ba10300b9b8cb5684eba2368c90...@203.89.001.001..cseq: 102 INVITE..Via:
SIP/2.0/UDP 203.89.001.001:5060;branch=z9hG4bK5286810e..Server:
Cisco/SPA508G-7.4.9c..Content-Length: 0
U 121.98.001.001:1034 - 203.89.001.001:5060
SIP/2.0 180 Ringing..To:
sip:1CDF0F4A@192.168.1.72:5060;tag=53e23c5265d60f06i0..From: C
Allerid
sip:1593@203.89.001.001;tag=as72616c50..Call-ID:59ba10300b9b8cb5684eba2368
c90...@203.89.001.001..cseq: 102 INVITE..Via: SIP/2.0/UDP
203.89.001.001:5060;branch=z9hG4bK5286810e..Contact: $USER
sip:1CDF0F4A@192.168.1.72:5060..Server:
Cisco/SPA508G-7.4.9c..Content-Length: 0
After transfer is pressed the second time there is no further SIP messages
with 

Asterisk CLI
-- Executing [s@macro-dial:12] Dial(SIP/000B820AF-2d0a, 
SIP/000E08D6SIP/1CDF0F4ASIP/000E08D61|20|tTwWr) in new 
stack
-- Called 1CDF0F4A
-- SIP/1CDF0F4A-2d0b is ringing
-- Stopped music on hold on SIP/0026998D2-2d08

Updated sip.conf
progressinband=yes 

This didn't make any difference

I've tried calls in different directions in case it is to do with the
particular phone firmware but the direction is irrelevant.

Any suggestions appreciated or if you require further information please
ask.


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Re: [asterisk-users] No call progress sounds

2011-11-09 Thread cb

On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:55 AM, isr...@gmail.com wrote:

There is a bug which blocks call progress message 8  which was fixed  
but I don't remember in which version


Try upgrading to latest 1.6 version



Before we opened for the day today I updated to 1.6.2.20 and that  
seems to have solved the call progress problem.


Thanks

-chris
www.mythtech.net



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[asterisk-users] No call progress sounds

2011-11-08 Thread cb
I recently switched to a PRI from analog lines. For reasons out of my  
control, my vendor had problems getting the PRI to interface so they  
set it to use T1-CAS instead. The lines are working just fine for  
inbound and outbound calls, except I get no call progress sounds. So  
no ring, busy, etc. When you place an outbound call, you just have  
dead air until the called party picks up. If it is a busy number, you  
have no way to know as it just sits with dead air until you give up  
and hang up.


I have two lines for faxing stripped out of the T1 from the router and  
those have all proper audio, so this may very well be something  
misconfigured on my end, but I can't figure out what. I am using a  
Sangoma A101 card for the interface and running Asterisk 1.6.2.13.


Anyone have any idea what I need to change to get the call progress  
audio?


Thanks!

-chris
www.mythtech.net



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Re: [asterisk-users] ISAC and Asterisk

2011-08-01 Thread CB
 On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 06:29:38AM +1200, CB wrote:
  Are there any plans to include the ISAC codec in Asterisk? Is it
 possible or
  even desirable? Is ISAC open source (nothing indicates it is from the
 WebRTC
  website http://www.webrtc.org)?
 
 What do you need it for?
 
The possibility of having a web-based softphone without requiring any
plug-in is interesting. The adaptive nature of the ISAC codec could also
prove useful. I see lots of possibilities in the mobile device space.

I guess the lack of responses gives me the answer anyway!


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[asterisk-users] 64 pickup groups

2011-07-20 Thread CB
We have multiple customers running on a single Asterisk 1.4 installation and
therefore require a large number of pickup groups. There seems to be a
limitation of 64 call groups. Can anyone suggest how we work around this?
For example is this limitation removed in a later version, is there a patch,
are we approaching this in the wrong way?

Any advice appreciated.
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[asterisk-users] ISAC and Asterisk

2011-07-20 Thread CB
Are there any plans to include the ISAC codec in Asterisk? Is it possible or
even desirable? Is ISAC open source (nothing indicates it is from the WebRTC
website http://www.webrtc.org)?


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[asterisk-users] Invalid use of undefined type when make dahdi

2011-05-04 Thread CB
I am attempting to install Dahdi on a virtual machine running Centos 5.5 and 
having various problems.

yum install kernel-devel gcc make gcc-c++ libxml2-devel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.optus.net
* extras: mirror.optus.net
* rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
* updates: mirror.optus.net
Setting up Install Process
Package kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64 already installed and
latest version
Package gcc-4.1.2-50.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package 1:make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package gcc-c++-4.1.2-50.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.x86_64 already installed
and latest version
Package libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.i386 already installed and
latest version
Nothing to do

[root@atlantis dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2]# make
make -C drivers/dahdi/firmware firmware-loaders
make[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
You do not appear to have the sources for the 2.6.18-238.el5 kernel
installed.

So we're running a different kernel...

uname -r
2.6.18-238.el5

Downloaded kernel sources for 2.6.18-238.el5

[user@atlantis ~]$ mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
[user@atlantis ~]$ echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' 
~/.rpmmacros
[user@atlantis ~]$cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
[user@atlantis ~]$rpmbuild -bp --target=`uname -m` kernel-2.6.spec
2 prep-err.log | tee prep-out.log

[root@atlantis kernel-2.6.18]# cp
/home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-238.el5-x86_64 -R

[root@atlantis dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1]# make all

/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1/linux/drivers/dahdi/dahdi-base.c:8652:
error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct module’
/usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1/linux/drivers/dahdi/dahdi-base.c:8652:
error: ‘struct dahdi_chan’ has no member named ‘pulsecount’
etc etc

This article 
(http://asteriskfaqs.org/2011/01/30/asterisk-users/invalid-use-of-undefined-type-struct-module.html)
 indicates that those errors are the result of not having CONFIG_MODULES set in 
the kernel config. 

cd /home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
make menuconfig
[*] Enable loadable module support

Legend: [*] built-in

Any advice appreciated.


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Re: [asterisk-users] Invalid use of undefined type when make dahdi

2011-05-04 Thread CB
 
 On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 09:56:40PM +1200, CB wrote:
  I am attempting to install Dahdi on a virtual machine running Centos
 5.5 and
  having various problems.
 
  yum install kernel-devel gcc make gcc-c++ libxml2-devel
  Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
  Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
  * base: mirror.optus.net
  * extras: mirror.optus.net
  * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
  * updates: mirror.optus.net
  Setting up Install Process
  Package kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64 already installed and
  latest version
  Package gcc-4.1.2-50.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
  Package 1:make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
  Package gcc-c++-4.1.2-50.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest
 version
  Package libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.x86_64 already installed
  and latest version
  Package libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.i386 already installed
 and
  latest version
  Nothing to do
 
  [root@atlantis dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2]# make
  make -C drivers/dahdi/firmware firmware-loaders
  make[1]: Entering directory
  `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
  make[1]: Leaving directory
  `/usr/src/dahdi-linux-2.4.1.2/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
  You do not appear to have the sources for the 2.6.18-238.el5 kernel
  installed.
 
  So we're running a different kernel...
 
  uname -r
  2.6.18-238.el5
 
  Downloaded kernel sources for 2.6.18-238.el5
 
  [user@atlantis ~]$ mkdir -p
 ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
  [user@atlantis ~]$ echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' 
  ~/.rpmmacros
  [user@atlantis ~]$cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
  [user@atlantis ~]$rpmbuild -bp --target=`uname -m` kernel-2.6.spec
  2 prep-err.log | tee prep-out.log
 
  [root@atlantis kernel-2.6.18]# cp
  /home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
  /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-238.el5-x86_64 -R
 
  [root@atlantis dahdi-linux-complete-2.4.1.2+2.4.1]# make all
 
  /usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-
 2.4.1.2+2.4.1/linux/drivers/dahdi/dahdi-base.c:8652:
  error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct module’
  /usr/src/dahdi-linux-complete-
 2.4.1.2+2.4.1/linux/drivers/dahdi/dahdi-base.c:8652:
  error: ‘struct dahdi_chan’ has no member named ‘pulsecount’
  etc etc
 
  This article (http://asteriskfaqs.org/2011/01/30/asterisk-
 users/invalid-use-of-undefined-type-struct-module.html) indicates that
 those errors are the result of not having CONFIG_MODULES set in the
 kernel config.
 
  cd /home/user/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.x86_64
  make menuconfig
  [*] Enable loadable module support
 
  Legend: [*] built-in
 
  Any advice appreciated.
 
 It still looks like the kernel that is running doesn't match the kernel
 that
 you prepped.
 
 Can you yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r` after cleaning up the
 /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-238.el5-x86_64 directory and then build?
 
mv 2.6.18-238.el5-x86_64 /tmp
yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`
make clean
make all
make install
service dahdi start
Loading DAHDI hardware modules:

No hardware timing source found in /proc/dahdi, loading dahdi_dummy
Running dahdi_cfg: [  OK  ]

Nice!

Thanks very much.


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Re: [asterisk-users] sangoma card rx/tx gain level

2011-04-15 Thread cb

On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:50 PM, satish patel wrote:

We had echo issue before so we replaced old PRI card with Sangoma  
A102D HWEC. Now my question is i set rx/txgain level 0.0 default do  
i need to touch this value or default is best. I have read on google  
and people say it should around 14844 on ztmonitor for rx/tx level  
same.


I just use milliwatt and test my default 0.0 rx/tx level and it come  
around 4600.  Do you think i need to make it around 14844 ?



I have some Sangoma cards I've been running for several years at two  
different locations and never had to touch the gain levels. They run  
beautifully at the default of 0.0.


I also have some running at one location that I had to change the  
levels quite a bit. In that instance, I found the recommended 14844  
was off by about a factor of 10. If I tried to get those levels,  
things were obviously way out of line, all sorts of distortion would  
happen. I ended up using ztmonitor, but I just watched the gauge and  
tuned it like audio recording equipment. I targeted about 2/3 to 3/4  
up the graph as the average level. I didn't find a reliable milliwatt  
number to test on, so I just watched a bunch of normal calls.


Once I had things working at the best level testing by ear and  
watching the graph, I found the value ztmonitor reported was about  
4500-5000, or about 10 times lower than the info I found via google  
(I'm guessing I saw the same page you saw with the 14844 value).


-chris
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[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.8 and Realtime

2010-12-23 Thread CB
Could anyone recommend some documentation regarding Asterisk 1.8 and the
realtime architecture? Specifically I want to know if it is possible to set
a priority label or to use n as a priority for realtime extensions in
Asterisk 1.8? My understanding is that is not possible with Asterisk 1.4 and
I wonder if it's changed?
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Re: [asterisk-users] Echo on Sangoma A400 and background noise

2010-09-15 Thread cb
On Sep 15, 2010, at 6:10 PM, Al lists wrote:

 we tried to use fxtune but looks like it wont work with Sangoma  
 card, ( please correct me if i'm wrong)
 Echo is really bad and also we have  background noise on all lines.
 We tried both mg2 and oslec echo canceler.


I've only used Sangoma with hardware echo cancelation, but I did find  
I had to manually tune my cards. In my case using a test tone number  
was of no help, rather I just listened in on calls in progress and  
used ztmonitor to see where the levels were and adjusted things until  
I had a good level and the sound quality was acceptable.

Until I did the manual tuning I had serious issues of static and  
background noise on several lines, but not all. I don't blame this on  
the Sangoma card, but rather on the line quality as I run Sangomas in  
other locations and have never had to do any tuning there, they have  
just worked.

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Re: [asterisk-users] Phones won't stop ringing

2010-03-10 Thread cb
On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Chris Owen wrote:

 This normally works fine but occasionally when someone picks up the  
 call other phones don't seem to realize the call has been answered  
 and will continue to ring.   On at least once occasion I saw a call  
 that went to voicemail and all the phones continued to ring.   When  
 this happens the phones will continue to ring forever.   The only  
 way to stop them from ringing is to pickup the handset at which  
 time they realize there is no call and reset.

 What kind of phones?

 All Aastra 6755i


I've been seeing this lately on Cisco 7940, seems to happen on two of  
the three at a location I deal with. They worked fine for years and  
then all of a sudden this just started happening. Rebooting the phone  
will cure it for a period of time, but it always comes back, and  
always to the same two phones (although not always at the same time).  
I don't think anything changed when it started happening, but I can't  
say for sure.

It may also happen on a Polycom at that location as well, reports on  
that one have been sketchy, so I can't be sure it really is versus  
they are hearing a 2nd call ringing and just think the phone is stuck  
ringing. (I do know for a fact it happens with the Cisco and is not  
simply a 2nd call).

I had figured it was the old version of Asterisk I'm running and the  
fact that the server has had several power failures so who knows the  
health of the machine and install. But if it is happening to others,  
my assumption may be wrong.

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Re: [asterisk-users] Snom vs Polycom

2010-01-24 Thread cb
On Jan 24, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Karl Fife wrote:

 --I can adjust the volume easily without looking AND without fat- 
 fingering
 some DTMF tones--very good haptics.  With the Snom you have to look  
 and
 guide your fingers to the volume buttons or you'll inadvertently  
 beep some
 DTMF's.  Dumb.  So too the MUTE button.


I use the Snom 370 all day long at work. I have never had a problem  
adjusting the volume. I change it multiple times a day as I keep my  
handset on one volume and my headset on another, so I'm always going  
up and down and I've never accidentally pressed any other key.

I will however agree with you on the Mute button, any time I want to  
mute a call, I have to stop and look at the buttons and figure out  
which one of the tiny ones is mute. Maybe that is because I don't mute  
very often, but it is still a very small button mixed in with other  
small buttons. However, there is probably nothing stopping me from  
programming one of the 12 programmable buttons as a Mute button giving  
me a larger more convenient target. I've never tried as like I said, I  
don't use mute very often.

 --With the Snom it's very easy to leave DND ON accidentally.  The  
 indicator
 is tiny.  Imaging leaving yoru phone on DND all morning :-).

I have done this several times. I've found the DND, being as it is on  
the bottom corner of a row of buttons, is easy to accidentally hit if  
your hand hits the phone when reaching for something else or when  
going to hit another button. And like you said, it is a tiny symbol on  
the display and not easy to notice. Usually I figure it out when I  
someone specifically tells me they are transferring a call to me and  
then it doesn't come thru. I  average probably about one a month that  
I do this. I know others have done it as well as they call me when  
their phone isn't receiving any inbound calls and when I check sure  
enough, they too have turned on DND.

Again, the Snom allows pretty liberal programming so it would likely  
be possibly to disable that button from doing DND and change to  
something else less likely to accidentally be hit. However that won't  
resolve the issue of the display icon being so small allowing you to  
easily forget you turned it on in the first place.

 --Another DUMB charactaristic of the Snom is that you can't 'hang  
 up' NOR
 change SIP registrations without actually placing the receiver back  
 in the
 cradle.  WTF?

I've never tried to change registrations with the handset off hook,  
but I do hang up the phone all the time without putting the handset  
back. Press the X button, it will hang up the phone regardless of  
handset hook state. When you are ready to make another call, the Check  
button will take the phone back off hook (or in the case of how mine  
are set up, I just dial the next number and when it matches my dial  
plan it goes off hook automatically and dials).

This is also how I take the phone and and off hook for my headset or  
for speaker phone. I leave the handset on hook and use the Check and X  
buttons to toggle the hook state to answer and hang up calls.

 Furthermore if you
 'end call' it will play dial tone again immediately, and there's no  
 way to
 shut it up without replacing the handset.

I'm guessing you are talking about using the X button here. Weird that  
yours plays the dial tone again right away as mine does not. If I  
press X with the handset off hook it hangs up the phone and leaves it  
hung up until I either press Check or manually depress and release the  
handset hook switch (or dial something matching my dial plan or  
anything else that should specifically trigger the phone going off  
hook).

I wonder if this could be a difference in firmware versions. I believe  
I am currently running 7.3.24 although I could be wrong (but it should  
be one around there).


One thing that does drive me nuts about my Snom, if I am on a call,  
and have another ringing, I can't change to a different talk method  
(handset/headset/speaker) until the ringing call on call waiting  
stops. If I try, it will automatically put the first call on hold and  
answer the 2nd call. I've had this happen several times as I change  
from handset to headset mid call and find myself suddenly talking to a  
different caller.

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Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about static

2009-11-25 Thread cb
On Nov 25, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Dovey Forman wrote:

 Would be a cause of static for inbound/outbound and ext to ext calls?

 Its voip both in and out.

 We swapped, phones, cordes, switches etc…..

 Typically a reboot of the phone resolves the problem…person also  
 swears there is nothing on or near their desk to cause interference  
 (microwave, cell phone is purse).

Only one user? Did you check to see if it is a bad handset cord?

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[asterisk-users] Clarifying RX and TX gains

2009-08-31 Thread cb
I've done gain tuning as per the info I've found online. I've got my  
RXGain set so my volumes list as about 14,800 (using a milliwatt test  
number and ztmonitor -vv). However listening to the line now, this  
sounds too loud to me. The person speaking sounds fine, but I've now  
got a large amount of background hiss coming thru. In order to get the  
recommended levels, most of my lines are in the range of +12.5, so  
I'm wondering if I'm just exceeding the ability of my Sangoma card to  
amplify the audio.

My TXGain's are all still at 0.0 as the Sangoma card didn't seem to  
want to let me adjust the gains. My levels are listing in the 5,000  
range, but it seemed no matter what I changed the values to, there was  
virtually no difference made to the audio levels. Listening to the  
transmit levels everything sounds fine.

What I am still getting is occasional static on the lines. Pops,  
squeaks, that kind of stuff. Sounds exactly like a handset cord is  
going bad, but it happens on any phone (and all have brand new handset  
cords). The person on the far end says they hear nothing wrong with  
the call. However, when I have asterisk record the call, the static is  
present on the recording. I also get the occasional robotic voice  
echoing back on anything said by the local person. That sounds like it  
should be typical echo on the line (I'm using a Sangoma A400DE with  
hardware echo cancellation). Everything I can find on echo and static  
tells me I should adjust my RX and TX gains.

So that brings me to my confusion/clarification. I've got my RXGain  
set to the recommended level, and my TXGain doesn't seem to be very  
adjustable upwards as it would appear to need based on the recommended  
levels. Could my static and echo be caused by my TXGain being too low,  
or possibly RX or TX actually being too high (since listening to the  
RX reveals lots of background hiss)?

I'm trying to work out this last little bit on my system as I'm  
getting grief that these calls have audio issues. I'm running out of  
things to check, so I'm looking for clarification on where exactly my  
RX and TX gains should be and which directions they will impact static  
and echo.

Thanks!

-chris
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[asterisk-users] Audio distorted local side only

2009-06-26 Thread cb
I'm not sure where to check next, so I'm reaching out to those that  
know this stuff better than I.

I've got Asterisk up and running, but I've still got an occasional  
audio issue. Once in a while (maybe 1 out of every 20-30 calls), the  
audio becomes heavily distorted, but only on the local side. The party  
on the other end says the audio is fine. We can hear them, although on  
these calls the remote party is quieter than usual. They can hear us  
just fine. But when we speak, our side becomes heavily distorted. It  
only happens when we speak. As long as we are not talking, the audio  
is fine other than the remote party is not as loud as normal.

The distortion sounds a lot like what a speaker sounds like when it is  
blown. Not quite static, not quite feedback, but very crackly and  
metallic with pops and squeals. It drowns out all other sound on the  
call. We hear it very loud, almost painfully and you have to hold the  
handset away from your ear as you talk. The remote party says they  
hear nothing at all wrong. It happens on both handset and speaker  
phone, so it shouldn't be a speaker issue.

This never seems to happen on interoffice calls, only on calls going  
out over our POTS lines. Also, if we put the call on hold or transfer  
the call, usually the distortion is gone once the call is picked back  
up (although it may come back, but not as bad). Flip side, sometimes a  
good call that gets put on hold or transfered will have the issue when  
the call is picked up again.

I've done rxgain tuning, although I can't be 100% sure I've done it  
right. I followed the advice from 
http://www.mattgwatson.ca/2008/05/howto-tune-zaptel-dahdi-fxo-interfaces-on-asterisk-pbx/
 
 , but the levels he said to aim for cause me to need to raise my  
lines to between +12 and +20 and when listening to the tone on a phone  
sound as if they are starting to clip (although that could be correct  
for all I know). I had been doing txgain tuning, but in my testing, I  
found that either the values I was setting made no difference in the  
audio levels or topped out the audio levels around 9000 instead of the  
article's recommended 14844. As such, my txgain is currently set to 0  
for all lines. Also it is worth noting that I was not able to turn up  
a milliwatt test number for my local CO (I even asked a Verizon tech  
who claimed they didn't have one in my CO and he didn't know the  
number for one in the area, although he may have just been BSing me to  
not give it out). The number I used is several states away, so I don't  
know how much (if any) audio loss is present on the tone, thus it is  
possible my rxgain may be too high for my lines. If anyone knows of a  
milliwatt test number for northern NJ I'd be happy to repeat my tuning.

I am using Snom 370 phones (running the latest 7.3.23 firmware, but it  
was happening with the 7.3.14 firmware as well). My Analog lines are  
connected via a Sangoma A400DE. This is their 12 port card with  
hardware echo cancel and PCI-E. The network is a dedicated network,  
only the phones are on it, and all are connected to a netgear  
10/100/1000 POE switch. The phones are using POE. The only devices on  
the network that are not phones are the Asterisk server, a router to  
get the network access to the internet (currently outbound only, I've  
not yet allowed inbound access to the server) and my laptop for  
configuring the server (although the issue happens even without my  
laptop connected). So this likely is not caused by traffic killing the  
network (won't rule it out, but it doesn't seem like a first  guess).

Anyone know what is going on or can tell me where to go next to figure  
it out?

Thanks for any
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Re: [asterisk-users] Sangoma FXS dialmap

2009-05-14 Thread cb
On May 13, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Doug Lytle wrote:

 I have a Sangoma A400 card with two FXS ports. They work fine,
 however as I have analog phones connected, I have no way of telling
 the phone I am done dialing. Pressing # works fine, but then Asterisk


 That's what the digit and response timeouts are for.  I have:

 ; 
 ; Set Timeouts
 ; 

 exten = s,n,Set(TIMEOUT(response)=8)
 exten = s,n,Set(TIMEOUT(digit)=2)



I'm sorry to be really thick here, but where exactly would I place  
these lines. This is probably due to my misunderstanding of the  
sequence of things, so it may be obvious and I'm just not getting it.

I have my FXS extensions defined in my zapata.conf file, but that  
doesn't seem like the right place to put what looks like dialplan  
commands. My sip phones are likewise all configured in sip.conf (and  
not really an issue here as those have their own dialmaps and handle  
all this without a problem).

The above lines look like they belong in the extensions.conf, but I  
thought that was only called once a phone sent the dial string to  
asterisk. Thus my confusion of setting timeout values for a phone  
connected to an FXS port in an area that I though it didn't look at  
until after the FXS port sent the dialing (and naturally I'm trying  
to get the phone/FXS port to send the dialing).

Again, this is probably due to my misunderstanding of how, when, and  
where things are called, so the answer as to where to put the above  
commands may be obvious to others. But I didn't want to just take a  
guess and risk screwing things up.

Where is the correct place to put those two commands so my analog  
phones connected to the FXS ports will use them to decide when  
dialing has completed.

Thanks again!

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Re: [asterisk-users] Sangoma FXS dialmap

2009-05-14 Thread cb
On May 14, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Doug Lytle wrote:

 SIP phones send a completed dial string, analog phones send 1 digit  
 at a
 time.  With the timeout values, it no more digits are recieved by  
 the 2
 second timeout, the dial plan continues.


Ok, that was the part I didn't understand that makes it all make  
sense now. I thought analog (FXS) ports held the dialing until told  
it was complete as well. Now knowing they send one digit at a time  
makes it all clear.

Thanks for the help!

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[asterisk-users] Sangoma FXS dialmap

2009-05-13 Thread cb
I have a Sangoma A400 card with two FXS ports. They work fine,  
however as I have analog phones connected, I have no way of telling  
the phone I am done dialing. Pressing # works fine, but then Asterisk  
passes that # over to the POTS line, and about every 5th call, for  
some reason that is causing the call on the POTS line to fail. The  
suspect the trailing # is also going to get in the way of  
transferring to another extension (or any other dial codes that might  
need to be used from these analog phones).

Is their either a way to strip the # off the end of the dialing so it  
isn't passed thru, or is there a place I can specify a dialmap for  
the FXS ports so when my dial pattern is matched it just dials right  
away (or set a dial timeout as right now there doesn't appear to be  
one, it just waits forever for you to finish dialing).

Or is none of this possible with FXS ports on Sangoma cards and I  
should look at getting an external ATA where I can set these things.


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Re: [asterisk-users] Mystery phone!

2007-10-29 Thread cb
On Oct 29, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Kyle Sexton wrote:

 Does anyone know who really makes this phone:

 http://www.hybsys.bg/Products/VoIP/IP/Phones/5000/

 Large pictures are at the bottom:

 http://www.hybsys.bg/img/ipph/IP5000_1.jpg
 http://www.hybsys.bg/img/ipph/IP5000_2.jpg

I don't know who makes the above phone, but physically, it looks  
nearly identical to the SBC 125 or SBC 225 http:// 
www.sbcphonestore.com/SBC-Corded-Telephones/1-Line-Multifunction- 
Caller-ID-Speakerphone-SBC-125-ii_2.html

I have no idea if SBC makes their phone themselves or contract it out  
to someone else. But going just off look, I'd think the SBC phone and  
your mystery phone clearly have some part of the manufacturing  
process in common, because it is definitely using the same shell.

I have access to a few of the SBC 120 (also the same case, but lacks  
the little side panel for speed dial info), so if you really need to  
know more, I can look for FCC numbers or other info to try to  
determine who the ultimate manufacturer is for the SBC phone.

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[asterisk-users] Set up two PSTN calls and then join them

2007-10-13 Thread CB
I wish to set up two PSTN calls and then connect them similar to Jajah (is
this called 3pcc?). The PSTN interconnect is handled by a third party SIP
provider.

 

I can do this using the manager or call files. An example (using php) would
be:

fputs($oSocket, Action: login\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Events: off\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Username: $strUser\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Secret: $strSecret\r\n\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Action: originate\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Channel: $strChannel\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, WaitTime: $strWaitTime\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, CallerId: $strCallerId\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Exten: $strExten\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Context: $strContext\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Priority: $strPriority\r\n\r\n);

fputs($oSocket, Action: Logoff\r\n\r\n);

 

This simulates one extension calling another and has some limitations e.g.
the CDR records show one call which doesn't meet my requirements for billing
purposes.

 

What's the best way to achieve this join up two calls scenario? Any
suggestions appreciated.

 

Cameron

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Re: [asterisk-users] Grandstream GXP2020 / 2000

2007-09-26 Thread cb
On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Ricardo Carvalho wrote:

 All phones have firmware version 1.1.1.14; we are testing new  
 stable version 1.1.4.18 but by now we found that some phones freeze  
 sometimes - version 1.1.1.14 seems more stable.

I'm not sure which firmware I'm running on my GXP2000 (I only have  
one at current), but I did find that it does not like my DHCP server.  
If I set the phone to use DHCP it would freeze periodically when it  
tried to renew the DHCP lease. I'd have to yank the power to get it  
to reset.

Changing to static IP fixed the problem and I haven't had any  
freezing with it since (6 months+ now).

I can't say if this is specifically a Grandstream issue with the DHCP  
as I also know that Windows 98 doesn't like my DHCP server either and  
fails to renew leases properly as well. So I could just have a crappy  
DHCP server in place at that location and it may be the true source  
of the Grandstream's DHCP problems.

Figured I'd let you know in case you are using DHCP you may want to  
try static and see if the freezing stops for you as well.

-chris
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Re: [asterisk-users] How to stack Sangoma Remora cards

2007-08-06 Thread cb
On Aug 7, 2007, at 1:28 AM, Olivier wrote:

 How can can you stack sangoma cards such as http://www.sangoma.com/ 
 datasheets/p_a200-specs in a given PC enclosure ?
 It seems to me that it introduces mechanical constraints that seem  
 difficult to comply with as space between cards is set by Remora  
 expansion card.

The space between the cards (as dictated by the Remora expansion  
card), works out to keep the additional stacked cards in the correct  
spacing for standard PCI or ISA slot distances.

So basically, each stacked card you install, takes up the next slot  
over in your PC's case. So although they don't actually use the slot  
itself (minimizing IRQ and similar issues), they do occupy the  
physical space of the slot they hover over (and use that slot's  
opening to give access to the line jacks).

If you have other expansion cards already in your PC that use the  
slot space, then you would not be able to use the Sangoma Remora  
expansion setup (unless you can rearrange the other cards to allow  
for enough consecutive open slots for the Remora backed cards).

Hopefully that is the info you were looking for.

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Re: [asterisk-users] Suing Dell||Dull Computers for CID abuse

2007-07-04 Thread cb
On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Steve Kennedy wrote:

  Oh, so anyway, who was guy Eng you named the country after?

 And who was America named after ?

Amerigo Vespucci

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Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco remote reboot

2007-05-27 Thread cb

On May 27, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Paul Aviles wrote:

Is there a way to remote reboot a Cisco 7940 or 7960 phone via some  
kind of command? The idea is to force a reboot automatically after  
changing one of the configuration files.


As long as you have telnet access turned on in the config file, you  
can telnet to them and issue a reboot from there.


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Re: [asterisk-users] 10 FXS - Channel Bank or PCI Card?

2007-05-09 Thread cb

On May 9, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Gavin Henry wrote:

http://www.voipon.co.uk/sangoma-a200-fxo-fxs-analogue-card-pci- 
express-p-393.html


But it will be 3 PCI slots.


Just to clarify in case you didn't already realize it. It doesn't  
actually *use* 3 PCI slots, it just occupies the physical space of 3.  
The board only connects to one slot, then has its own backplane that  
the additional daughter cards sit on.


An important distinction if your concern with the use of 3 slots  
wasn't due to physical space, but rather was with dealing with IRQ  
and timing issues of having multiple slots in use.


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Re: [asterisk-users] Feedback on Linksys SPA-921 and GrandStream GXP-2000

2007-04-18 Thread cb

On Apr 18, 2007, at 6:50 AM, Rob Hillis wrote:

We've had the very occasional problem with the phone locking up,  
but nothing overly serious.


Are you using DHCP on the GXPs that are locking up?

I have one and it would lock up almost every night requiring the  
power to be pulled in the morning. Knowing my DHCP server can  
sometimes be a PITA and not renew leases properly, I on a hunch  
changed my GXP to a static IP address and so far it has yet to lock  
up again.


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Re: [asterisk-users] Loudspeaker

2007-04-15 Thread cb

On Apr 15, 2007, at 9:53 PM, Klaverstyn, David C wrote:

When a call comes in I want to ring an extension that happens to be  
loud speaker.   The users can the press *8 to answer the call.  Is  
there a SIP device that I can connect to Asterisk as an extension  
that can accomplish something like this?
Do you already have the loud speaker? If not, I know there are  
various vendors of extension phone bells that do nothing more than  
plug into an analog line and ring the nice loud bell when a ring  
signal is received.


You could easily combine one of those with a cheap ATA with FXS port.

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Re: [asterisk-users] voip-info.org status update

2007-03-14 Thread cb

On Mar 15, 2007, at 12:32 AM, shadowym wrote:

Hard to expect the business community to take Asterisk seriously  
when this sort of stuff happens IMHO.  I can't understand how 3 of  
4 hard drives could just suddenly fail simultaneously.  There must  
be more too it.


It is drifting off topic, but if all the drives in the array where  
bought from the same batch, and it was a bad batch, they could all  
fail at about the same time.


I've seen it happen in non-raid drives, I had a batch of drives all  
bought at the same time, that all went bad within about a week of  
each other. Each was in a different PC so they had slightly different  
up times and usage.


I could see if those drives had been in a RAID array and were being  
stressed equally, they may have all failed within hours or even  
minutes of each other.


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Re: [asterisk-users] OT Vonage V-Phone Adapter (Possible Hack)

2007-03-07 Thread cb

On Mar 7, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:


Might as well since it is free after rebate.


Just as a heads up, that rebate, like most of the others for Vonage  
based items, requires Vonage activation in order to actually get the  
rebate.


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[asterisk-users] seeing DTMF passed to Voicemail

2007-02-28 Thread cb
I'm having a strange issue. My voicemail is working fine, however,  
any time I try to access it via one of my analog phones that are  
connecting to Asterisk via a Mediatrix 1124... the voicemail system  
complains I've entered the wrong password.


There is about a 15 second pause between when I finish dialing in the  
password, and it complains it is wrong.


This ONLY happens with phones connected via the Mediatrix. My IP  
phones, and soft phones all work fine and have no problems accessing  
voicemail. And I know the VM accounts related to the Mediatrix based  
phones are ok, as I can access them via an IP phone dialing into  
general VM access (and then specifying the box and password from there).


I'm guessing that the Mediatrix is failing to send the DTMF tones  
correctly, or possibly send them at all. I have it set to use  
RFC-2833, same as my IP phones.


Is there somewhere or someway to see in Asterisk either via a debug  
command, or in some log somewhere, what the VoiceMail system thinks  
is being entered? Or, has anyone else run into something similar and  
knows why it keeps rejecting passwords sent via the Mediatrix?


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Re: [asterisk-users] Best FXO Gateway

2007-02-15 Thread cb

On Feb 15, 2007, at 1:12 AM, jameson asterisk wrote:


Can anyone provide a recommendation based on user experience?
Feel free to suggest an alternative gateway if one stands out.


I've been working with the Grandstream GXW-4108 (the 8 port version  
of the 4108), and it was a rough start, but I *think* all my issues  
have been worked out.


Initial setup wasn't too bad, it helped that I found someone else's  
notes on it on the Trixbox forum. It it hadn't been for two problems,  
I'd have probably been up and running with it in just a few hours.


The two issues I had were 1: I had major logging problems that I  
originally blamed on the GXW, but turned out to by my syslog server.  
When I changed to a different syslog server, the GXW's logs started  
working fantastically. I needed that logging to debug the 2nd issue.


The 2nd problem was more involved, the GXW didn't like my PSTN  
connection. It worked wonderfully when connected to my VoIP ATA, but  
when I went to PSTN, it had all sorts of problems. I had some back  
and forth dialog with Grandstream and they think they found the  
problem and fixed it, and sent me a beta test firmware to try out. I  
put that online yesterday, and so far it has been working fine, but  
yesterday my office was closed due to snow, so I wasn't able to  
really stress test it (but I also was not able to reproduce my PSTN  
connection problem, which previously I could do with ease, so it  
gives me hope that the problem is indeed fixed).


I'll know better today when the office is open and I expect the 8  
lines to be in use for a good part of the day with a solid mix of  
inbound and outbound calling. If all goes well, then I might be able  
to recommend the GXW-410x as a viable unit.


However, it does have one feature that might be a show stopper for  
some. It selects the next outbound FXO port in a round robin manner.  
There does not appear to be port level control over which FXO port is  
used on a given outbound call. This is probably fine for most of the  
targeted users (going on price, I'd say they are aiming at the SoHo  
market, which is likely to have a single bank of numbers in a single  
hunt group, so round robin would work fine). But for some, this could  
be a show stopper and prevent them from being able to use the unit. I  
personally have to see if it is going to work for me as I actually  
have two different hunt groups in my 8 lines, so round robin is less  
than ideal for me as it can cause one group to busy out from outbound  
calls, while the other has no calls at all. I do plan to send a  
feature request to Grandstream to give better control over selecting  
outbound ports.



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Re: [asterisk-users] Adding 4 more POTS lines

2007-01-26 Thread cb

On Jan 26, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Drew Gibson wrote:

You can get the option numbers and values from the source html of  
the web page. (I am assuming the GXW-4108 works the same as other  
Grandstream products)


I'll try that out, thanks!

I did see a thread on another forum mentioning the HTML source for  
other products would yield the info needed, but without some kind of  
an example, I didn't know how exactly to turn that into what was needed.


I'd assume, since the 4108 web setup looks and acts exactly like my  
Grandstream GXP-2000 phone, that the same trick would work for all  
their products. I'm certainly going to give it a try.


Someone from Grandstream reached out to me last night after seeing my  
review post about the 4108, so when I give him a call in a little  
while, I'll double check that their config tool will in fact work  
with it as well.


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Re: [asterisk-users] Adding 4 more POTS lines

2007-01-25 Thread cb

On Jan 25, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Leif Neland wrote:

A Grandstream GXW-4108 with 8FXO cost $400, almost the same as a  
TDM404B fully populated 4FXO card.


I'm currently testing a GXW-4108... my verdict is still out. I've had  
some problems, some minor, some major.


In the minor department, it does not always reboot when instructed to  
via the web interface. I think I've tracked it to the reboot button  
on a regular screen is ignored, but the reboot from the post update  
screen goes thru. This is likely a minor bug in the firmware.


Next into the minor-ish... the documentation isn't great. It it  
written assuming you know a lot more about this stuff than I did when  
I started. The more I've played and learned, when I go back and  
reread parts of the docs, they then make more sense to me.


Heading into the not so minor, but not really major... the logging  
sucks. It only supports a syslog server, which isn't a huge deal, but  
having a web interface to read the logs would have been nice. But,  
the logging doesn't seem to give much info (even in Debug mode), and  
seems to randomly stop working entirely. Sometimes it will start  
again when you power cycle the unit (not just a software reboot, but  
physically turn it off and back on), other times it needs to be  
defaulted to factory settings to get the logging going again, which  
is totally unacceptable.


Also in the not so minor category, there doesn't appear to be any  
easy way of backing up the config files. When it polls the tftp  
server on boot, it does look for a config file, but since there  
doesn't appear to be any way to save one out of the unit, and no  
documentation or otherwise (that I've found) to create one from  
scratch... it makes it very difficult to save settings and then  
easily restore them.


And then into the potentially major catagory... I've run into a  
problem that I *think* I've tracked to the unit doesn't recognize the  
dial-tone issued by my PSTN provider (Verizon). It works inbound and  
outbound just fine at my house, where it is connected to a LinkSys  
PAP that interfaces with Verizon's VoiceWing service. But when I move  
it to a real POTS line, it works inbound, but outbound single stage  
dialing stalls. This is a problem that I only just identified last  
night, and have been working on it today and as I said I *think* it  
may be that it isn't accepting the dial-tone. There is an option to  
ignore the dial-tone and not wait, but I haven't tested that yet (at  
3am I gave up at the office I was connecting it to and brought it  
back to my house where it promptly started working again... I'm  
hoping to retest on POTS tonight or tomorrow).



All of the above are probably fixable via a firmware update. I'm  
currently running the latest that Grandstream has on their web site,  
but I have not yet contacted them to see if they have a newer beta  
version available that hasn't been publicly posted. My guess is, all  
the issues will be worked out in due time.


With the only show stopper appearing to be the dial-tone issue (or  
whatever is causing it to fail on the POTS lines), it may be a good  
buy if you can either verify that it works with your PSTN provider  
first, or have the ability to return it if it doesn't (in my case, I  
could probably return it to the dealer, but A: it has been over a  
month since I bought it, and B: I'm not done playing with it to see  
what might or might not be wrong, and since for me price is the  
single most important factor, I'm willing to keep at this one to see  
if I can get it all working correctly.)


-chris
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Re: [asterisk-users] how to transfer calls when analog phone has no transfer button

2007-01-05 Thread cb

On Jan 5, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Erick Perez wrote:


When you have a bunch of analog phones that you want to connect to
asterisk, but those analog phones have no transfer button, what are
the options to allow the phones to transfer a call?


You can setup a dial rule to do transfering based on keypresses. I  
can't give you specifics on how as I'm still using Trixbox which  
handles some of that stuff for you. But in my setup, I was able to  
turn on ## as a lead in for a transfer (ie: ##205 to transfer the  
call to extension 205). This worked fine for softphones.


When I got my Mediatrix box working correctly and connected actual  
analog phones, I planned to do the same, but the Mediatrix seems to  
override something and instead reads a hook flash as the transfer  
key, so on my actual analog phones, I just flash and then dial the  
extension and it transfers.


The ## is still active for my softphones, so I think my flash setup  
on the analogs is something being done by the Mediatrix box itself (I  
think it may be generating whatever a transfer button on an IP phone  
does)


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Re: [asterisk-users] connecting asterisk (trixbox) to traditional phone lines?

2007-01-02 Thread cb

On Jan 2, 2007, at 10:15 PM, blackwater dev wrote:

I have trixbox working how I want.  How do I now (cheaply as  
possibly) get a phone number so people can call it from any  
number?  I am just doing a prototype so just want it done cheaply  
so I can demo it to my supervisors.


I just went thru this recently. I ended up buying a compatible modem  
on Ebay. You can find them easily if you search for FXO or X100 but  
then you may also end up paying a premium to get one that is  
specifically being sold to the Asterisk community. (keep in mind  
premium being around $30, so we still aren't talking about an  
outrageous price)


What I did was checked the voip-info.org wiki on modem based FXOs and  
then searched ebay for modems listed with the correct chipsets. I  
lucked out and found one for $2.00 (with shipping I think it cost me  
$8.00 total). Mine is shows up as a Motorola X100 (or something to  
that effect). Seems to work fine, although I wasn't able to get  
Caller-ID working correctly (but I think that was a settings issue  
and I stopped pursuing it as it wasn't important for my pitching  
Asterisk).


I too did this using Trixbox.

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[asterisk-users] Grandstream GXW-4108 8 port FXO

2006-12-21 Thread cb
Has anyone used either the 8 port or 4 port FXO device from  
Grandstream? (GXW-4108 or 4104).


They seem to be the lowest cost multi port FXO devices that I can  
find, so I'm getting ready to buy the 8 port version. I just want to  
see if there are any opinions on the device before I commit to the  
purchase.


If people have not used the Grandstream, are there any issues with  
using similar devices (that is, FXO devices that connect to the  
Asterisk server via SIP over Ethernet).



I am looking to connect at least 8 PSTN lines, and as many as 12 or  
16 to Asterisk (Currently using Trixbox, but I'm also looking at  
either AsterixNow or just building from scratch on a bare linux box).  
Money is a major concern in my purchases, which is why I'm looking at  
the Grandstream (even used on ebay, I don't seem to be able to find  
8-16 port FXO devices for less than the approx $50 per port the  
Grandstream will get me... plus it has a video input for a security  
camera which is just a plus to me as installing a web capable  
surveillance camera at the location is on my to do list).


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[asterisk-users] Searchable Archives of this list

2006-12-13 Thread cb
Is there a searchable archive of this list? Did I overlook something  
obvious? I can find the archives, but short of downloading all the  
monthly gzips and building my own searchable database, it seems my  
only other option is to go month by month looking at subjects and  
hope to stumble on what I'm after.


Does anyone maintain a public searchable version of the archives?  
I've got tons of questions brewing, but I can't believe I'd be the  
first to ask any of them, so I'd really rather search thru old posts  
for answers before asking something that has likely been asked a  
dozen times before.


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Re: [asterisk-users] Searchable Archives of this list

2006-12-13 Thread cb

On Dec 13, 2006, at 7:42 PM, Hadley Rich wrote:


Google does :)

http://www.google.com/search?q=something+site:lists.digium.com


Sweet... I live off of google, and for some reason trying a site  
specific search from google just didn't cross my mind.


Thanks!

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Re: [asterisk-users] Mediatrix 1124 setup

2006-12-11 Thread cb

On Dec 11, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Tim Panton wrote:

It looks like there might be enough info on these pages to get you  
going:


Thanks for the links! Hopefully I can get somewhere with the info.


If you need a hand with the SNMP side, drop me a mail


I'm pretty new to SNMP, so I may take you up on that once I have some  
intelligent questions to ask. I'll play around with it for a while  
and see what I can learn first.



Thanks again!

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[asterisk-users] Mediatrix 1124 setup

2006-12-10 Thread cb
I recently purchased a Mediatrix 1124 from an auction of a company  
that went out of business. It came with nothing other than the unit  
itself.


In digging thru the Mediatrix web site, and various google searches,  
it looks like it only supports SNMP setup, and only with their  
software (or the correct MIB). However, Mediatrix doesn't appear to  
let you download said software or MIB from their web site.


Does anyone know where I can get the setup software or MIB needed to  
program this thing? I *think* I need the correct one for its firmware  
version, but I can't find out how to tell what version firmware it  
has. There is what appears to be the remains of a sticker marked Rev  
4 on the bottom if that is any help.


I have been able to default the unit and it properly gets a DHCP  
lease, but doesn't appear to respond to anything other than pings, a  
port scan reveals no open TCP ports on it. That is as far as I have  
gone with it so far. I figured I'd ask around for the setup software  
before I struggled too much more with it.


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[asterisk-users] Verizon VoiceWing support

2006-12-08 Thread cb
Has anyone been able to get Asterisk to work with Verizon's VoiceWing  
service? I'm in the process of testing Asterisk to see if it will fit  
the needs of my company. Since I already have Verizon's VoiceWing  
VoIP service, I figured if I can tie into it, that would let me  
evaluate service going to a VoIP provider.


I've done a bunch of searching, but didn't turn up anything about how  
to get Asterisk to talk to VoiceWing. Verizon does not seem to  
officially offer anything except use of their supplied ATA (a LinkSys  
PAP2 that is locked down just like Vonage does... and none of the  
Vonage hacks seem to work on the VoiceWing one, so I can't get in and  
see how it is configured).


I know Verizon Business offers VoIP services, including IP Trunking  
with the expectation that you will supply your own interface  
hardware. So I figured VoiceWing may be going off the same or similar  
systems and thus be able to support Asterisk if only the connection  
info was known.


So, has anyone already figured this out and can point me in the right  
direction?


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Re: [asterisk-users] any possibility of Vonage Integration

2006-12-06 Thread cb

On Dec 6, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Paul wrote:


Also, I should have mentioned that many of these providers advertise
business plans on their website. How can anyone honestly advertise
phone, fax, email hosting, web hosting, etc. to the business community
without 24/7 support?


People should also keep in mind what is the definition of 24/7  
support.


Even the big telcos only offer a limited amount of 24/7 support. I  
have dealt with business accounts with MCI (ne: WorldCom, ne: LDDS)  
for eons, as well as Verizon (ne: Bell Atlantic) and GTE (before and  
after becoming part of Verizon), and SBC (ne: PacBell). In all of the  
above cases, yes, they have a 24/7 support line, but when it comes to  
actually fixing and addressing problems, unless it was a simple  
issue, it waited until the next business day to actually be worked on  
(save for physical line problems, then Saturday was an available day  
as well).


But any after 5pm support (or often 3:30-4:00 on Friday's for  
Verizon), you could call and get your trouble ticket opened, but  
don't expect anything to be resolved until some time after 8am on the  
next day. In fact, I often could get residential non business issues  
addressed after hours faster and easier then business issues. Once  
the business office closed for the day, support for business problems  
all but stopped until they opened again.


So going with anyone over someone else because of 24/7 support, you  
need to find out what kind of support you really get after hours. If  
you are just going to get someone that can take your call, tell you  
why yes, that is a problem, here is your ticket number, they will  
work on it in the morning, then are you really gaining anything over  
going with someone that only offers 9-5 support?


Personally, my criteria for picking someone for business use isn't if  
they offer 24/7 support, but rather how reliable are they in the  
first place. I don't care that much about 24/7 support, because I  
want someone who I will never have to find out what support hours  
they offer :-)


-chris
www.mythtech.net


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