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 left VM_DUR The duration, […]
Category Archives: Asterisk
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 […]
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, […]
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 LAN phones and a group […]
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: kartookpbx*CLI> sip show registry Host Username […]
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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 […]