Asterisk PBX Integration Zimlet

The main focus of this Zimlet is dial-on-click for Phone numbers inside Contacts and Emails. If the phone number is recognized you will see a popup. Just click the phone number to dial. There is also a context menu with more options.
Features

* Uses Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI)
* Dial on-click in Contacts and Emails
* Edit Phone [...]

Asterisk -Configuring a queue

The following queue works as following:

star all calls are monitored, i.e. saved to disk
star if after 60 seconds on the queue the call is unanswered, the call is routed to voicemail
star there are two levels of agents: agents 4000 and 4001 will answer the queue (level 1); only if none of them is available the [...]

Asterisk :Customize the email notification message

The template for the notification email is stored in the ${emailbody} variable, defined in voicemail.conf or one of its includes. You just have to define it. Feel free to mix in any of these system variables while you’re at it:

VM_NAME

The name of the subscriber for whom the message was [...]

Asterisk – Basics

Dial Plans:

The dialplan is the meat and bones of any Asterisk system, because it defines how Asterisk handles inbound and outbound calls. Basically, it consists of a list of instructions or steps that Asterisk will follow. Differing from traditional phone systems, Asterisk’s dialplan is fully customizable. To successfully run your own Asterisk system, you [...]

Asterisk – Terminology Recap

Terminology Recap

POTS

Plain old telephone service, the basic analog phone line most folks have in their homes.

Fax

Facsimile, a method of sending a copy of a paper document over an analog telephone line.

Modem

Modulator/demodulator, a device that connects computer systems or fax machines by transmitting signals using analog signals.

CO

Central office, the [...]

Controlling Codec Selection in Asterisk SIP Peers

Asterisk’s sip.conf file, in /etc/asterisk, contains entries for each SIP endpoint or trunk that can communicate with the Asterisk SIP server agent. Each entry can have multiple allow and disallow keywords, which indicate what codecs are to be used for each peer. The following configuration sets up a group of [...]

Asterisk – Monitoring registrations

When you set up VoIP trunks from the Asterisk server to various providers, what you’re really doing is registering Asterisk as a VoIP client. To monitor the status of each trunk’s registration, use the sip show registry and iax2 show registry commands. Here’s a SIP trunk registration in progress:

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Asterisk Documentation Project

We’re currently working on a complete website re-design that has been slow in the making, but some related technologies that were required to keep the information up to date have been progressing nicely. We hope to have a new website up and running sometime in 2009. For now, you can obtain the most recent version [...]

LINKSYS- PAP2 Unlocking– How to

Basic Firmware Update Instructions

Follow these steps and your Linksys PAP2 will be unlocked. Provider settings do not get erased.

Several assumptions:
1. you can get to the WEB interface and set the USER password.
2. Ideally, the device has never downloaded updates, or talked to the provider.
3. You have a TFTP server setup on your network

For this [...]