Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-24 Thread A J Stiles
On Wednesday 23 Apr 2014, Steve Edwards wrote: On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, A J Stiles wrote: ...so absolutely *do not* pay money for a solution, and *do* insist on the Source Code and Modification Rights. Even an obvious and simple solution has value if it exceeds the OP's skill set or the value

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread James Sharp
On 4/23/2014 12:20 AM, Nick Cameo wrote: That's about as simple as it gets. A call file that goes to the dialplan. A dialplan that consists of Read (which would play the message) followed a GotoIf into a mailbox (either voicemail or Dial() to an external number). One

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Josh Metzger
I agree that ODBC is the way to go here. It's trivially easy to setup, and equally simple to push database updates via the dialplan. I've used ODBC connectivity with Asterisk in a large and VERY busy call center, and performance was never remotely an issue (call recording is a different story,

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Steve Edwards
On 4/23/2014 12:20 AM, Nick Cameo wrote: I have a strong Java, PHP and SQL background. Will probably need to make a call using AGI or such? On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, James Sharp wrote: You can go AGI, but there are direct ODBC handles available in the dialplan if you build Asterisk properly with

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Doug Lytle
I tried database access in the dialplan using the mysql() application years ago, just to confirm I was right and I was :) What an ugly, messy, fragile dialplan. With FuncODBC this is no longer an issue. All of the query logic is handled outside of the dial plan. Doug --

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Josh Metzger
I've always done my DB access via func_odbc and not with the mysql package. While we ran a MySQL db, I was more comfortable with the odbc stuff because it was part of Asterisk core and not an addon package. I can't speak to the simplicity of using the mysql stuff vs the odbc stuff, but there

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Steve Edwards
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, A J Stiles wrote: ...so absolutely *do not* pay money for a solution, and *do* insist on the Source Code and Modification Rights. Even an obvious and simple solution has value if it exceeds the OP's skill set or the value of his time to implement. -- Thanks in advance,

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Steve Edwards
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Steve Edwards wrote: I tried database access in the dialplan using the mysql() application years ago, just to confirm I was right and I was :) What an ugly, messy, fragile dialplan. On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Doug Lytle wrote: With FuncODBC this is no longer an issue. All of

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-23 Thread Josh Metzger
I think it's all a matter of personal taste. I think the logic for add to DNC is extremely trivial and would be more complicated with an AGI. You have your prompt playback/read, if they hit 1, head to the queue, if they hit 2, it's a single dialplan line to put the info into the database and

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread A J Stiles
On Monday 21 Apr 2014, Nick Cameo wrote: Hello Everyone, We are looking for a simple open source auto dialer with polling capabilities. What we would like is a program that we can upload leads to, and have asterisk: i) Dial numbers ii) Play pre-recorded iii) If user presses one, forward

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread Mohammad Emran
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Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread Chris Bagnall
On 22/4/14 11:44 am, A J Stiles wrote: Firstly, be warned: Are you sure that is even legal to do in your jurisdiction? You could be setting yourself up for a hefty fine! Check applicable local laws before proceeding. This. I'm glad someone else thought it worth mentioning as well :-) Even

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread Lenz Emilitri
Our Wombat is not open source but is free to use for small systems and will be very trivial to set up for such a task. And if you ever need to grow up, you're covered. :) l. 2014-04-21 19:45 GMT+02:00 Nick Cameo sym...@gmail.com: Hello Everyone, We are looking for a simple open source auto

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread Nick Cameo
Hello Everyone, Thank you all for your response. The people I am doing it for run a non-profit charity, and are legally able to reach out to their customers. I will wire it up to the DNC however, for starters, I would like to get asterisk to: i) Iterate through a list of numbers ii) Play a

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread Jai Rangi
I can vouch for newfies, but its not asterisk and there is some learning curve, but comes with lots of features. -Jai www.didforsale.com SIP Trunking Simplified On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Nick Cameo sym...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you all for your response. The people I

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread James Sharp
On 4/22/2014 5:54 PM, Nick Cameo wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you all for your response. The people I am doing it for run a non-profit charity, and are legally able to reach out to their customers. I will wire it up to the DNC however, for starters, I would like to get asterisk to: i) Iterate

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-22 Thread Nick Cameo
That's about as simple as it gets. A call file that goes to the dialplan. A dialplan that consists of Read (which would play the message) followed a GotoIf into a mailbox (either voicemail or Dial() to an external number). One hint for doing unattended dialing like this, make sure you're

[asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-21 Thread Nick Cameo
Hello Everyone, We are looking for a simple open source auto dialer with polling capabilities. What we would like is a program that we can upload leads to, and have asterisk: i) Dial numbers ii) Play pre-recorded iii) If user presses one, forward the call to an agent There are so many solutions

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-21 Thread Mitul Limbani
Use vicidial for achieving the same. Mitul On Monday, April 21, 2014, Nick Cameo sym...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, We are looking for a simple open source auto dialer with polling capabilities. What we would like is a program that we can upload leads to, and have asterisk: i) Dial

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-21 Thread James Sharp
On 4/21/2014 1:47 PM, Mitul Limbani wrote: Use vicidial for achieving the same. Or call files (or AMI originate), a short bit of dialplan logic, and maybe a call to Queue(). -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-21 Thread Nick Cameo
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:01 PM, James Sharp ja...@fivecats.org wrote: On 4/21/2014 1:47 PM, Mitul Limbani wrote: Use vicidial for achieving the same. Or call files (or AMI originate), a short bit of dialplan logic, and maybe a call to Queue(). This is a nice and easy solution however,

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-21 Thread James Sharp
On 4/21/2014 3:58 PM, Nick Cameo wrote: On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:01 PM, James Sharp ja...@fivecats.org mailto:ja...@fivecats.org wrote: On 4/21/2014 1:47 PM, Mitul Limbani wrote: Use vicidial for achieving the same. Or call files (or AMI originate), a short bit of dialplan

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Asterisk Polling Solution

2014-04-21 Thread Nick Cameo
I'll be attempting this tomorrow for a friend as a favour. Will post the end result for others in the future. Nick from Toronto. ​ -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join