Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 07:05:45PM -0400, Thomas Perron wrote: This may be an obvious reflection of my Asterisk/Linux/Windows weaknesses but I want to know in any case! Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? Only on Windows (practically). If I were to build a call file script (described in this link http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+auto-dial+out ) then how does it work if my Asterisk machine is running on Centos 5.5? I simply want to execute a script that helps me automate the voice broadcasting/IVR of up to 1 phone numbers. I assume you know what you're doing and this is for a good cause. Use the Asterisk Manager Interface. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+manager+API Specifically, the Originate command. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
I would rather write a new bash script for text and file handing. I think you can install MONO and run windows stuff... from .net to vbs On 23 May 2011 08:09, Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com wrote: On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 07:05:45PM -0400, Thomas Perron wrote: This may be an obvious reflection of my Asterisk/Linux/Windows weaknesses but I want to know in any case! Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? Only on Windows (practically). If I were to build a call file script (described in this link http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+auto-dial+out ) then how does it work if my Asterisk machine is running on Centos 5.5? I simply want to execute a script that helps me automate the voice broadcasting/IVR of up to 1 phone numbers. I assume you know what you're doing and this is for a good cause. Use the Asterisk Manager Interface. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+manager+API Specifically, the Originate command. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
On Monday 23 May 2011, Thomas Perron wrote: This may be an obvious reflection of my Asterisk/Linux/Windows weaknesses but I want to know in any case! Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? AFAIK there is no Linux interpreter for VBS :( But the format of the callfile is independent of the language used to create it -- anything else would violate the Principle of Equivalence. Just learn Perl or Python instead. Both these interpreters are installed by default on every modern Linux system. Python is for the young and trendy, and I can't get to grips with it myself. Perl is the rusty old Ford Transit van of programming languages: it may not be much to look at, but it gets the job done. And its regular expression handling is second to none. If I were to build a call file script (described in this link http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+auto-dial+out ) then how does it work if my Asterisk machine is running on Centos 5.5? I simply want to execute a script that helps me automate the voice broadcasting/IVR of up to 1 phone numbers. You have to write a program, in whatever language you like (bash even, if you're feeling sufficiently masochistic), which generates a callfile to establish the call you want to set up. (It's also best if you generate the file in some temporary location, then move it to the intended destination directory.) -- AJS Answers come *after* questions. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] call files .vbs
This may be an obvious reflection of my Asterisk/Linux/Windows weaknesses but I want to know in any case! Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? If I were to build a call file script (described in this link http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+auto-dial+out ) then how does it work if my Asterisk machine is running on Centos 5.5? I simply want to execute a script that helps me automate the voice broadcasting/IVR of up to 1 phone numbers. Thank you Thomas -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
Thomas Perron wrote: Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? Visual Basic is Windows specific. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
Hi Doug, Yes. I have sorted that part out. Also, it seems like the pscp function is the way that I can tie together the vb script with the logic of the Asterisk call files learning curve!! Thanks On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Doug Lytle supp...@drdos.info wrote: Thomas Perron wrote: Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? Visual Basic is Windows specific. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
On Sun, 22 May 2011, Thomas Perron wrote: Can a vb script run somehow on a Linux machine or does it only work on Windows? Virtual machines or Wine may have some possibilities. I simply want to execute a script that helps me automate the voice broadcasting/IVR of up to 1 phone numbers. Write a script that executes on the Asterisk box. Where do the 10,000 numbers come from? Executing a script on the Asterisk box will enable you to monitor the status of the process better. Like only dumping xxx scripts at a time into the spool directory and sending you an email if Asterisk stops processing them for some reason. -- Thanks in advance, - Steve Edwards sedwa...@sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
On Sun, 22 May 2011, Thomas Perron wrote: Also, it seems like the pscp function is the way that I can tie together the vb script with the logic of the Asterisk call files learning curve!! pscp is a program, not a function. Part of or related to putty as I remember. Not a good idea. One of the 'bugaboos' of call files is that you are supposed to create the files in a temporary directory and move them into the spool directory. Also, you will have limited error detection ability if you are only dumping files 'willy-nilly.' Much better to do it all on the Asterisk host. -- Thanks in advance, - Steve Edwards sedwa...@sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] call files .vbs
I'm the original author of said VB Script. Steve is right, I had lots of errors - related to the fact that asterisk watches it too closely and reads the files even before they are complete - and have since updated it that it first dumps it to a temp directory, then use a bash script on the linux machine that moves all files from the temp directory to the call directory using plink. Both pscp and plink are windoz programs that utilize ssh for their functions. Pscp xfers files, and plink executes any remote commands. In the newer version pscp in the VB Script dumps it to /root/calltemps/ and /root/mvcallfiles.sh moves the files from /root/calltemps/* to /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/ change this line: strcmd=C:\pscp -pw password c:\direcotry\strcnt\* root@asterisk:/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing to: strcmd=C:\pscp -pw password c:\directory\strcnt\* root@asterisk:/root/calltemps make sure the dir exists then add: Set objShell2 = CreateObject(WScript.Shell) strcmd2=C:\plink -pw password root@asterisk /root/mvcallfiles.sh objShell2.Run strcmd2 /root/movcallfiles.sh: #/bin/bash mv /root/calltemps/* /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/ Hope this helps. On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.com wrote: On Sun, 22 May 2011, Thomas Perron wrote: Also, it seems like the pscp function is the way that I can tie together the vb script with the logic of the Asterisk call files learning curve!! pscp is a program, not a function. Part of or related to putty as I remember. Not a good idea. One of the 'bugaboos' of call files is that you are supposed to create the files in a temporary directory and move them into the spool directory. Also, you will have limited error detection ability if you are only dumping files 'willy-nilly.' Much better to do it all on the Asterisk host. -- Thanks in advance, - Steve Edwards sedwa...@sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
