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Typical questions asked on the mailing asterisk-users are: How fast/big must my machine be in order to serve my needs? How many simultaneous calls can Asterisk handle? The only rule of thumb we appear to be able to…

Asterisk Manager API Action: Command Action: CommandParameters: Command (Asterisk CLI command, not an application command), ActionID Example (Show Channels) via Asterisk 1.0.9:SEND: ACTION: COMMANDcommand: Show Channels RECEIVE: Response: FollowsChannel (Context Extension Pri ) State Appl. Data0 active channel(s)–END…

Synopsis SetGroup(groupname[@category]) Description Sets the channel group to the specified value. Equivalent to SetVar(GROUP=group). Use categories to sort specifc groupnames into super-groups, which is equivalent to SetVar(GROUP_category=group). Each channel = call leg can have its own group. Also…

Asterisk Configuration Notes for Specific Phones These pages document how to configure Asterisk for specific telephony devices. Asterisk Configuration Notes for Specific Hard Phones and ATAs Aastra / Sayson phones: Asterisk and Aastra Phones Atcom IP Phone:AT-510/AT530:iax2/sip support…

Synopsis: CALLERID(<item>) Description: CALLERID(<item>) The allowed values for <item> are: name: alphanumeric string num or number: number at which caller prefers to be called back (digits only in the POTS/ISDN world) all: a Caller*ID string with the number…

As of October 2009, it is possible for new languages to be added to Asterisk if you or your company is willing to have the recordings made and then contribute them under the Creative Commons license. They will…

Lista dei consulenti Asterisk in Italia, suddivisi per regione e provincia, che forniscono consulenze per l’installazione e l’amministrazione di centralini telefonici basati su Asterisk. E’ possibile avere supporto online in italiano attraverso la rete IRC freenode, canale #asterisk-it…

Asterisk Dialplan Commands Here is a list of all the commands that you can use in your Dialplan (extensions.conf). Obtaining a List of Available Applications in the CLI Asterisk 1.4 or earlier: Type “show applications” or “show application…

Pickup Asterisk now comes with its own directed Pickup application, see bug 4865. This will conflict with the bristuff app_pickup. Therefore the current version of bristuff (0.3) changed the name of this application to DPickup. Synopsis Pickup(extension[@context]) Be…

Automon for a Single Call Asterisk 1.2 now comes with the new “automon” setting in features.conf that permits a user to turn on/off call recording during an active conversation. Example by Mojo If you have httpd with php…

Description Monitor(ext,basename) Monitor(ext,basename,flags) — New feature added to CVS 2004-06-0 The Monitor command starts recording a channel. The channel’s input and output voice packets are saved to separate sound files. You may change filenames during a recording by…

Synopsis: CUT(varname,delimiter,fieldspec) at least on asterisk 1.2.8 the parameters must be separated by “|” and not “,” Description: CUT(varname,delimiter,fieldspec) varname: variable you want cut (and not a string – see PASSTHRU of Asterisk 1.8) delimiter: defaults to –…

Synopsis: No operation Description: NoOp() – No-operation; Does nothing. … Well not quite. It can be used as a printf, or echo for the console, if your verbose level is set to 3 or higher. For example, Zap…