Re: [asterisk-users] My spa has a mind of its own

2007-10-19 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
I had a similar issue a while ago. Check your dial plan. Are you forwarding to your cell phone's V-Mail as fallback? I had the issue where I was getting callbacks from asterisk if one phone was on DnD and the calll wasn't answered. Becarefull of your dial() commands and the delays you use.

Re: [asterisk-users] Patent issues, what features we can't use?

2007-08-15 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Zeeshan, First off, if your fear of being sued is what stops you from doing business then get out of the industry or get over it. Its a risk we all take everyday (not just in VoIP). You build up a core of Insurance and Defensive Patents to protect yourself. Risk is just part of doing

Re: [asterisk-users] Teliax Quality of Service

2007-08-07 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Steve Totaro wrote: What if a train derails and slices through the main fiber connections. OK, so you have XO, Global Crossing, Verizon, and UCN all for redundancy. Well guess what? They are all most likely running over those strands of fiber. You better have a VSAT connection too!

Re: [asterisk-users] Teliax Quality of Service

2007-08-07 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Stephen Bosch wrote: Of course not -- but how many hundreds of millions have been invested in their infrastructure? You missed the point. The standard formula I use is 5 days out or more precisely 2% of gross revenues each year. For google its still a kings ransom, but for a small

Re: [asterisk-users] Teliax Quality of Service

2007-08-07 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Steve Totaro wrote: Setup those cell phones to use chan_mobile and you have a very nice solution. Unless the phones are assigned to people who use them as their own. You could possibly add some lines on a family plan $10/mo extra w/T-Mobile and use those strictly as PSTN fialover lines.

[asterisk-users] CDR Log analizer software

2007-06-28 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Hello all, I'm looking for software for my asterisk logs that will compile the information into nice web-based charts and graphs. Something that works similar to webalizer for apache. I want to be able to spot trends of usage, call volume levels, disconnect/failure levels, and basically

Re: [asterisk-users] RF to IP bridge

2007-05-31 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Per Jessen wrote: Radio-amateurs have done phone-patching for decades (where allowed) - there must be someone who can point you in the direction of an easy solution. /Per Jessen, Zürich The BIG problem here is that most Radio Amateur software and hardware operate in a half-duplex

Re: [asterisk-users] *End Of Life ASTERISK 1.2.X Was: INSTRUCTIONSFOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASEREAD NOW *

2007-05-29 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote: Michael Collins wro Except that for some users 1.2.18 is NOT stable. I've had to roll back to 1.2.15 on my production servers in order to prevent core dumps at least once per day. No, I am not willing to turn my production servers into testing servers to solve

Re: [asterisk-users] Scaling Asterisk: Dual-Core CPUs not yielding gains at high call volumes

2007-05-26 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Matthew J. Roth wrote: In fact, it seems that somewhere between 200 and 300 calls, the two servers start to exhibit similar idle times despite one of them having twice as many cores. Sounds like you are running into the hardware limitations of your systems PCI or Front Side Bus (FSB)

Re: [asterisk-users] Starting Asterisk on Ubuntu 7.04

2007-05-07 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: What I say is that you have the worse of both worlds: - downtime of at ~1/2 a minute (avarage, if a cron runs every minute). In the case a restart is all it take. - A bigger downtime in case a restart is not what it takes. Because your logs will be flooded. - And a

Re: [asterisk-users] Starting Asterisk on Ubuntu 7.04

2007-05-05 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
http://www.psh-inc.com Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 01:59:41PM -1000, Mark Coccimiglio wrote: What I do is add an entry in the crontab file as such: * * * * * if [ ! `/bin/pidof -s asterisk` ] ; then /usr/sbin/asterisk; fi Its simple and it works. Additionally if asterisk

Re: [asterisk-users] Starting Asterisk on Ubuntu 7.04

2007-05-04 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
What I do is add an entry in the crontab file as such: * * * * * if [ ! `/bin/pidof -s asterisk` ] ; then /usr/sbin/asterisk; fi Its simple and it works. Additionally if asterisk crashes then cron restarts the server in about a minute. Just be careful with your configs. Mark Coccimiglio

Re: [asterisk-users] Loudspeaker

2007-04-16 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Just run down to your local Radio Shack...and KISS. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062696 Mark C. Klaverstyn, David C wrote: This is what I want. Do you have any URLs to such a device as I cannot find any. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [asterisk-users] Verizon-Vonage Lawsuit

2007-04-10 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
These are the patent numbers in the lawsuit (Thanks Pat and Sal) 6,137,869 6,430,275 6,104,711 6,282,574 6,359,880 6,128,304 6,298,062 Mark C. Yuan LIU wrote: From: Kenneth Padgett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:49:31 -0400 [good stuff sniffed] I'm not doubting that

[asterisk-users] Linux Kernel Timer Frequency and Asterisk

2007-02-07 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Ok here is a real geek question, I building my own linux kernel for my asterisk system and came across the kernel setting for the timer frequency. I have one of 3 hardcode choices 100Hz, 250 Hz and 1000Hz. From what I understand the default Freq was changed from 100Hz in kernel 2.4 to

[asterisk-users] WellTech 380x Gateway

2007-01-26 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Ok this is a simple question... What has been your experience with the WellTech 38xx series (I'm looking specifically at the 3802) VoIP gateway? I'm looking for a good (and hopefully not too expensive) VoIP/T.38 gateway for my office. Asterisk intergration is not a major factor at this time

Re: [asterisk-users] SPA3K to SPA3K DTMF issue

2007-01-25 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
My experience has been to be consistant. The only time I have had problems with DTMF is when I am not using the same DTMF encoding technique on all hardware. Your choices are: INFO, RFC2833 or INBAND. Some equipment also has an AUTO option but I would not recomend it. Stick with INFO or

Re: [asterisk-users] Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?

2007-01-10 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
M.Hockings wrote: I don't really know the name of what I want to look for but maybe someone could tell me if it would be available. I have a number of old analogue cell phones laying about here and I was thinking it would be useful if I could set up a short range base station for them

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

2007-01-10 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Catalyst 3500 series for something like that. Be carefull and look closely some systems only support 2 ports on 1000baseT and the rest are 100BaseT. Good luck and happy hunting, Mark Coccimiglio ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router forVoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

2007-01-10 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
shadowym wrote: Regardless of the 1600's spec's which are outdated in many ways by todays standards, ANY cheap 1600 or PIX etc. you buy on Ebay will likely have MANY MANY hours on it. Sure, they are built to last but they do not last forever. I would consider ANY of these boxes as somewhat

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router forVoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

2007-01-10 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Jon Pounder wrote: you should take your own advice - an acre is 200ft x 200ft - what idiot would pay a consultant $7000 to tell them they need one access point in the middle. I have a BA in Electronic Engineering, a Masters in Computer Science and I'm an FCC licensed radio operator.

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

2007-01-07 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
. Not even a blink. Finally, untill everyone is using 10Mps FTTH the broad band link is still the slowest part of the connection. Not to shabby for antiquated technology. Mark C Martin Joseph wrote: On 2007-01-06 00:48:11 -0800, Mark Coccimiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Mike I'm using

Re: [asterisk-users] Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP (QoS with maybe PoE)

2007-01-06 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Mike I'm using a Cisco 1605R [running IOS 12.3(5a)] small office router with Fair-Weight queueing enabled. Works great. The nice thing about Fair-Weight queueing is that it dynamically adapts to lower the priority of higher demand traffic (e.g. large downloads). If you want quality stick

Re: [asterisk-users] ONE WAY VOICE ONLY IN ASTERISK

2006-12-28 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Try setting in sip.conf: nat=route This tells asterisk to send all responses back to where the inquiry came from rather then from the info contained in the sip packet. Good luck, Mark Coccimiglio IS Director Payroll Services Hawaii, Inc. http://www.psh-inc.com Elpidio Ramos wrote

[asterisk-users] Colomachine TE405P

2006-12-18 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
I was wonder if anyone is rumming this combination of hardware: Colomachine.com: CM62 Digium Card: TE405P I need a rackmount to send to a data center and this combination fits my budget. Has anyone else used colomachine with asterisk? how has it performed? I plan to run the latest

Re: [asterisk-users] GXP2000, Linksys RV082 Firewall / NAT, Registrations

2006-12-18 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Do you have STUN Enabled? I had similar when I had STUN turned on. I found it better to turn off stun and place in sip.conf nat=route. Also use NAT Keep-Alive on the ATA that is NAT Timeout on the Router. Good Luck, Mark Coccimiglio IS Director Payroll Services Hawaii, Inc. http

Re: [asterisk-users] GXP2000, Linksys RV082 Firewall / NAT, Registrations

2006-12-18 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
: Mark Coccimiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, December 18, 2006 2:27 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] GXP2000, Linksys RV082 Firewall / NAT,Registrations Do you have STUN Enabled? I

Re: [asterisk-users] connect Sipura with Asterisk - both behind NAT

2006-11-09 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
have the SPA3000 on UDP 5070 and RTP 16399-16401. I don't use STUN (tends to cause more problems then it solves). On the Server side I have the NAT firewall/gateway forwarding UDP port 5060 and RTP 16393-16401 to *. In sip.conf set nat=route for each NAT client. Hope this Helps, Mark

Re: [Asterisk-Users] TigerJet PCI PPG FXO Card

2006-06-15 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
I bought one over a year ago along with the USB phone. Was never able to get the card to work properly with anything (even the software it came with). For less money I got am X100P clone on ebay and that works great. Leo Ann Boon wrote: Anyone has any experience with these cards? Looks

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quad BRI card

2006-05-17 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
From what I understand the B410P us intended for use OUTSIDE North America. I contacted them a little over a month ago looking for a USA compatable card and was told that there isn't sufficient market for the hardware. Oh well, so if you are in Europe or most other places you will have a

[Asterisk-Users] 911 @ Zap Channel Breakin

2006-05-14 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Ok here is one for you. I know we all do the this for 911: exten = _911,1,Dial(Zap/1/911) exten = _9911,1,Dial(Zap/1/911) And this probably is more then acceptable for most of us. However I have a system setup that uses SIP for most calls and 1 POTS line. We use a least cost routing that

[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA - Episode 2 The Phantom Sales Rep

2006-05-12 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Hey all here's an update. I do care to thank everyone for your information on BRI interfaces that operate in USA/NA. I know the responses are were limited, but the selection of hardware is also limited. (Shame because BRI would fit my needs perfectly). To continue, it's now been over 4

Re: [Asterisk-Users] www.SavaJe.com

2006-05-06 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Sounds like Propaganda to me. Dean Collins wrote: While not strictly on topic I think this could be an interesting opportunity for the Asterisk development community. As some of you might already know JavaOne will be happening in San Francisco in 2 weeks time

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Can I recreate a Fax from a recorded file?

2006-05-05 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
Ok, I have to agree here. IF my simple fax server log/tiff archive is not enough to satisfy a client that the fax is genuine I would not want them as my customer. I don't care how much money they spend. Business is business and what I do is what I do. There has to be at least a little bit of

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Huawei EP201S

2006-05-03 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
I have 2 of the Sipura SPA-841 (now Linksys/Cisco) and they work great once I got the latest firmware. They cost ~$100 each. Tomislav Parčina wrote: Has anybody used Huawei EP201S IP phone? I need 9 SIP phones that cost around 100USD, and those phones are one of options. Can anybody

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

2006-04-13 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
on my extra DiD's? Any one what a phone number in Hawaii? :) Its such a shame I can't leave well enough alone and suck it up on POTS (eck). I'll keep you informed as to my progress (or lack there of). Mark Coccimiglio n3whx @amsat.org sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Walt Reed wrote: I'm in a similar

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

2006-04-12 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
such as my own. VoIP may be an option, but I would need a ITSP that would allow calls to transfer from my asterisk box to the remote phone set. My link to the internet is fast, but its pointless to route a call into the office just to stream it back out. More work more work more work. Mark

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

2006-04-11 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
. Mark Coccimiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: Mark, I was in the same situation. Our current system uses BRI for almost all lines. I looked for some kind of solution and finally gave up. The BRI products here just seemed way too expensive for me. I

[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk BRI in the USA

2006-04-10 Thread Mark Coccimiglio
, Broadvoice, etc...) but before I commit either way I'm exploring all my options. Your opnion matter here to please let me know. Mark Coccimiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature