[asterisk-users] 1.6.2 ConfBridge suggestion

2010-07-16 Thread Steve Johnson
A very nice feature of another conferencing system that I've used is that the admin/moderator can press a star code to MUTE ALL OTHER USERS on the conference. This is great if you have several people on the call and one of the people puts the call on hold (and so the music/advertisement/your call

Re: [asterisk-users] Where should I look for MWI settings if Aastra phones don't do it?

2010-07-14 Thread Steve Johnson
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:04 AM, bruce bruce bruceb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys, Running Asterisk v1.4.26 (Elastix flavour) and have Aastra 9480i, 6757i, and 6730i, but none of them indicate the voic-email. Where should I look for trouble to find the root issue for MWI? (1) Check from the

[asterisk-users] Logging codec used in CDR

2010-07-09 Thread Steve Johnson
Happy Friday everyone, Is there a way to log the negotiated codec that was used for each call in CDR or in a separate log file? This is for SIP-based calls, if that matters. Perhaps there is some variable that can be queried as part of the dialing script; Or is it possible to grab the codec

[asterisk-users] GoogleTalk to Asterisk - choosing voice menu options

2010-05-27 Thread Steve Johnson
GoogleTalk connects ok to Asterisk 1.6.2.7 but how can you choose voice menu options (press 1 for Bob, press 2 for Betty, ...) from the GT client? (There is no dial pad in the Windows GT client, but what you type in the message box does show up on the console as an incoming Jabber message.) Is

[asterisk-users] How to get ConfBridge user count

2010-05-25 Thread Steve Johnson
I want to set up a conference call to be recorded automatically, so I'd like the recording to start when the second caller joins the conference (one caller already there). The recording would continue until the last user hangs up. How can you determine how many are already in the conference

[asterisk-users] [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk transfer to a conference using feature code?

2010-05-20 Thread Steve Johnson
Is it possible to use an Asterisk feature code to transfer a call to a specific extension? For instance, if you take a call, and the caller wants to go to a conference, it would be nice to use a feature code for this, rather than going through a longer transfer sequence. e.g.: - You have a

[asterisk-users] Asterisk Call Recording *1 Status Indication

2010-05-13 Thread Steve Johnson
When you press *1 in Asterisk (1.6.2.7) to start/stop call recording, the console CLI shows: User hit '*1' to record call. filename: wav,auto-1273791789-103-5551212,m Is it possible to play a sound to back to the person who pressed *1 to indicate to them that recording has actually started or

[asterisk-users] 1.6.2 No soft hangup?

2010-04-20 Thread Steve Johnson
Hello asteriskers, I wanted to force a hangup of a SIP to SIP call from the Asterisk CLI prompt, and found references on using the command soft hangup SIP/channel, but as you can see below, the soft hangup command does not seem to exist, and there is no mention about it in the UPGRADE*.txt

[asterisk-users] Improving CLI Help - was [Re: 1.6.2 No soft hangup?]

2010-04-20 Thread Steve Johnson
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.com wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Tilghman Lesher wrote: On Tuesday 20 April 2010 11:05:07 Steve Johnson wrote: I wanted to force a hangup of a SIP to SIP call from the Asterisk CLI prompt, and found references on using

Re: [asterisk-users] Inquiry:Asterisk Dictate?

2009-12-30 Thread Steve Johnson
Google is your friend. You should use it. Search for: asterisk extensions.conf dictate or asterisk extensions.conf dictate example Some results: http://www.asteriskguru.com/tutorials/dictate.html and http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Dictate On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at

Re: [asterisk-users] Ringing for incoming call

2009-12-18 Thread Steve Johnson
Try putting the wait before the Answer. ... exten = s,n,Wait(10) exten = s,n,Answer ... On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Bob Smither smit...@c-c-i.com wrote: Dear All, I am using Asterisk 1.4 on CentOS 5.  I have an incoming DID provided by Vitelity.  When the number is called it goes to my

Re: [asterisk-users] Ringing for incoming call

2009-12-18 Thread Steve Johnson
by the provider. If wait ... answer doesn't work for you, you'll have to provide more output from the CLI and tell us more about your configuration. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Bob Smither smit...@c-c-i.com wrote: On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 19:58 -0600, Steve Johnson wrote: Try putting

Re: [asterisk-users] Rewrite calling number of incoming call

2009-12-15 Thread Steve Johnson
How about: exten = 977,1,ExecIf($[${CALLERID(num)} = 733025975]?Set(CALLERID(num)=0317998975)) exten = 977,n,ExecIf($[${CALLERID(num)} = 1234]?Set(CALLERID(num)=317998977)) exten = 977,n,ExecIf($[${CALLERID(num)} = 5678]?Set(CALLERID(num)=317998978)) [..] exten = 977,n,Dial(SIP/0317998977) On

Re: [asterisk-users] G729 with IAX

2009-12-08 Thread Steve Johnson
Of course, as long as your endpoints support it. Read more about it and purchase G.729 channel licenses for Asterisk from Digium: http://www.digium.com/en/products/g729codec.php Once you have the codec properly installed, enable it for your peer in your iax.conf file allow=g729. Restart

[asterisk-users] Automon - Voicemail

2009-12-07 Thread Steve Johnson
Hi all, What's the best method to send automon call recordings (*1) to the voicemail box of the Asterisk user? Do you have to trap hangups, etc, or is there some global variable that can be set? Thanks! S. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Automon - Voicemail

2009-12-07 Thread Steve Johnson
, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Doug Lytle supp...@drdos.info wrote: Steve Johnson wrote: Hi all, What's the best method to send automon call recordings (*1) to the voicemail box of the Asterisk user? I've picked up the following off the list a while ago.  Works pretty good.  I do a mysql lookup to see

Re: [asterisk-users] local channels

2009-11-09 Thread Steve Johnson
My Dial() command is Dial($LOCAL_DIAL) Perhaps you should be using: Dial(${LOCAL_DIAL}) ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:

[asterisk-users] Determining extension's sip.conf default mailbox

2009-10-31 Thread Steve Johnson
Hello list, How can you obtain the default mailbox for a SIP extension (as stored in sip.conf and shown with sip show peer ext)? Is there a function to extract it? Why? Some extensions have shared mailboxes and others do not and I don't want to duplicate logic, just use the extension's default

Re: [asterisk-users] Maximum cable length for analog phone from FXS port

2009-05-26 Thread Steve Johnson
For long distances, a wireless point-to-point might be more economical than trenching. e.g: Carlson Wideband CDMA Spread Spectrum Phone Line Extender http://www.oksolar.com/communications/phone_line_ext.htm ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Where are 2 letter language values defined?

2009-05-06 Thread Steve Johnson
They are 2-letter ISO country codes. http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.com wrote: I've googled for way too long, where are the 2 letter language values defined? I know: en = English es =

Re: [asterisk-users] Where are 2 letter language values defined?

2009-05-06 Thread Steve Johnson
Also check out: http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-2or3.en.php On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Steve Johnson stevej...@gmail.com wrote: They are 2-letter ISO country codes. http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Steve

[asterisk-users] one-button call parking/pickup on Asterisk with Polycom phones?

2009-04-10 Thread Steve Johnson
Anyone want to talk briefly about one-button call parking/pickup on Asterisk with Polycom phones? Does anyone use it or know to do it? On many phone systems there are 2 or 3 park buttons, and you can park a call onto an unlit park button, and then the light flashes. You can go to any other

[asterisk-users] Patch to dahdi Chans.pm

2009-02-02 Thread Steve Johnson
Software: dahdi-linux-complete-2.1.0.3+2.1.0.2.tar.gz asterisk-1.6.1-rc1.tar.gz Hardware: 4-port fxs card Example: # /etc/init.d/dahdi status ### Span 1: WRTDM/0 wrtdm Board 1 (MASTER) 1 FXSFXSKS (In use) 2 FXSFXSKS (In use) 3 FXSFXSKS (In use)

[asterisk-users] Voicemail message is dialtone

2009-01-16 Thread Steve Johnson
Hello all, I have one Asterisk 1.4.21 system connected to a North American POTS line. Normally hangup detection works fine, and Asterisk hangs up properly if you are talking to a caller and they hang up; but occasionally a call comes in (typically from a US telemarketer) where the caller hangs

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail message is dialtone

2009-01-16 Thread Steve Johnson
automatically stopped after a silence of 10 seconds [07:46:42] -- Zap/1-1 Playing 'auth-thankyou' (language 'en') [07:46:43] == Auto fallthrough, channel 'Zap/1-1' status is 'NOANSWER' [07:46:43] -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1' On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Steve Johnson stevej...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: [asterisk-users] Variables for dial plan

2008-12-15 Thread Steve Johnson
One of these methods will work: exten = s,n,ExecIf($[${dialplan} = NZ]|Set|NAT=0) exten = s,n,ExecIf($[${dialplan} = NZ]|Set|INT=00) -or- exten = s,n,GotoIf($[${dialplan} != NZ]?not-nz) exten = s,n,Set(NAT=0) exten = s,n,Set(INT=00) exten = s,n(not-nz),more_dialplan_stuff On Mon, Dec 15, 2008

[asterisk-users] Park buttons on Polycom IP501/601

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Johnson
Is anyone using fixed Park buttons (some of the ones on the left side of the screen) on a Polycom phone? Here's what I mean: - Call is received and parked, by the user pressing an unlit park button (e.g. 701) and the call is parked there. - The call can be picked up at any other extension by

[asterisk-users] Alternate names in Directory (dial-by-name)

2008-05-16 Thread Steve Johnson
Hi everyone, What creative methods are used to support dial-by-name functionality for people who go by more than one name? e.g.: Rebecca/Becky, Margaret/Peggy, William/Bill, Liz/Elizabeth, etc. We'd like to use the f first name option of the Directory function, as the particular phone system

Re: [asterisk-users] Newbie Polycom: DHCP/boot server supporting 2 models of phones

2008-03-28 Thread Steve Johnson
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Paul Hales [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't you just use the same bootrom for all your polycom phones? PaulH On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 15:38 +1100, Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: I have a question about DHCP and boot server supporting more than 1 model of

Re: [asterisk-users] is encrypted iax safe and secure?

2008-02-15 Thread Steve Johnson
Of course *it would be nice if* the IAX2 authentication parameters were also encrypted, so that there was no danger of a 3rd party hijacking your connection and generating a bunch of extra charges. S. On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Kevin P. Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Panton wrote:

Re: [asterisk-users] Help: dtmf mode

2008-01-24 Thread Steve Johnson
Please post your sip.conf entry for your phone and also describe your calling path. Are you having a problem with internal calls (e.g.: to voicemailmain) on the same switch, or are you referring to calls to PSTN destinations via pots/pri/sip/? Also, which versions of Asterisk, Zaptel, linux,

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom-SIP response 500

2008-01-22 Thread Steve Johnson
I am using Polycom's SIP 2.2.0047 (the current release) and am seeing this. It seems to occur less often with extensions reload rather than just reload, but it would be nice to fix this. Tx. On Jan 22, 2008 8:30 AM, Steve Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/22/08, Steve Johnson [EMAIL

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom-SIP response 500

2008-01-22 Thread Steve Johnson
, Steve Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Polycom's SIP 2.2.0047 (the current release) and am seeing this. It seems to occur less often with extensions reload rather than just reload, but it would be nice to fix this. Tx. On Jan 22, 2008 8:30 AM, Steve Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[asterisk-users] Polycom-SIP response 500

2008-01-21 Thread Steve Johnson
Hi list, There are many Polycom experts on this list -- hopefully someone has a solution. With *several* versions of Asterisk 1.4.x, doing a reload of Asterisk causes the Polycom 601 phones to start dumping these messages to the CLI. -- Incoming call: Got SIP response 500 Internal Server

[asterisk-users] SIPAddHeader in .call file

2008-01-19 Thread Steve Johnson
Hi everyone, How can I add the equivalent of: exten = s,n,SIPAddHeader(Alert-Info: Ring Answer) in a .call file? This is to support paging to Polycom phones... Thanks for all info! Steve ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] SIPAddHeader in .call file

2008-01-19 Thread Steve Johnson
,NoOp(Paging Ext ${EXTEN}) exten = _1XX,n,SIPAddHeader(Alert-Info: Ring Answer) exten = _1XX,n,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},20,L(6)) exten = _1XX,n,Hangup Steve Johnson wrote: Hi everyone, How can I add the equivalent of: exten = s,n,SIPAddHeader(Alert-Info: Ring Answer) in a .call file

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4 Call Recording

2008-01-14 Thread Steve Johnson
You might take a few ideas from this combine.sh script which works for me. It uses the combine_wave program from http://panteltje.com/panteltje/dvd/combine_wave-0.3.tgz and the lame program to convert to mp3. It converts the entire directory /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/*-in.wav files to mp3

Re: [asterisk-users] Voicemail check

2008-01-14 Thread Steve Johnson
The user will receive email notification if you have configured the user's email address in /etc/asterisk/voicemail.conf . See: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+config+voicemail.conf Also check the externnotify option which lets you run an external script when new voicemail

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4 Call Recording

2008-01-14 Thread Steve Johnson
PM, Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does what I have in the dialplan look right or am I way off base with being able to use that script? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Steve Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 330 beep on new VM

2007-12-21 Thread Steve Johnson
This is pretty easy to suppress using the configuration files. Check: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Polycom+SoundPoint+IP+MWI+audio On Dec 21, 2007 11:55 AM, Ugo Bellavance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a Polycom 330 that emits a beep every 30s or so when there is a

[asterisk-users] DNS broken for www.voip-info.org ??

2007-12-15 Thread Steve Johnson
The DNS for www.voip-info.org seems to be non-responsive. Is there a mirror of this invaluable resource site? Tx, Steve dig www.voip-info.org ;; Got SERVFAIL reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, trying next server ; DiG 9.4.1-P1 www.voip-info.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;;

[asterisk-users] [Asterisk-users] Show calls in progress

2007-12-07 Thread Steve Johnson
Is there an Asterisk CLI command to show a list of calls in progress (for all channels: Zap/SIP/IAX2 etc). Restart when convenient waits until the system is idle, but is there an obvious way of seeing what's going on at the moment? Thanks, Steve ___

[asterisk-users] Asterisk server and DSCP QOS

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Johnson
Can anyone comment on the DSCP quality of service settings on your Asterisk server? The network we're setting up has data on the default VLAN, Asterisk server and phones on VLAN 4, and we're using Polycom phones with a PC hooked up to the phone's pass-thru port. What iptables settings are you

[asterisk-users] Re: Asterisk server and DSCP QOS

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Johnson
Thanks, Darryl, To clarify: in /etc/asterisk/sip.conf you have the lines: tos_sip=cs3; Sets TOS for SIP packets. tos_audio=ef ; Sets TOS for RTP audio packets. and in your Polycom configuration [I'm using Polycom's sip 2.2.0] you have something like (this

[asterisk-users] Requiring a login to a phone

2007-12-01 Thread Steve Johnson
Hi List, We have a remote asterisk SIP phone at the cottage. I'd like it to have minimal privileges when it first registers with Asterisk. Ideally it should be in a restricted context. Dialing any number would intercept the call and tell the person to log on. This way, if the phone was stolen