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Features Password protected Separate away and unavailable greetings Default or custom greetings Multiple mail folders Web interface for checking of voicemail E-mail notification of voicemail with audio file attachment Voicemail forwarding Visual message waiting indicator (MWI) Message waiting…

Synopsis Leave a voicemail message in one or more mailboxes. Description VoiceMail([flags]boxnumber[@context][&boxnumber2[@context]][&boxnumber3]) or VoiceMail(boxnumber[@context][&boxnumber2[@context]][&boxnumber3],[flags]) Deprecation in 1.4-trunk As of 1.4-trunk, flags must be passed after the | (pipe). The ability to pass the flags after a comma or…

Asterisk can store CDR records in a Mysql database, as an alternative to CSV text files and other database formats. How to download cdr_mysql it’s an integral part of Asterisk 1.8 and higher You must have mysql and…

asterisk-addons http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=download asterisk-addons – An addons package, which includes MySQL support for call detail records and MP3 support for MOH Installation You must have MySQL installed and the development package prior to installing the app_addon_sql_mysql module. You must…

chan_skinny is an asterisk module handling the skinny protocol, to connect natively to the cisco 7900 Series phones. Some of them do not support other voice protocols. chan_skinny is included in the asterisk distribution, whereas some other modules…

Introduction The existing phone service in many homes is analog Plain Old Telephone Service POTS for incoming lines from the phone company, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network connected to regular analog phones. (Note: In the…

Voicemail.conf Setup ::(Move voicemail.conf to some other directory. Create an empty voicemail.conf in its place.) Attention: Doesn’t seem to work with asterisk 1.2.10, had to add at least the following in voicemail.conf: [general] searchcontexts=yes Extconfig.conf Setup Add the…

Page Contents Asterisk Configuration Alternative Methods of Configuration Configuration Reference Add on modules, not in standard source distribution General hints about configuration files Configuration Examples Version notes See also Asterisk Configuration Guide You’ve Asterisk installation tips and verified…

Here’s the sample file from CVS-HEAD 2005-08-24. At least this is a start: [settings] ; ; Static configuration files: ; ; file.conf => driver,database[,table] ; ; maps a particular configuration file to the given ; database driver, database…

Asterisk and door phones An FAQ on the Asterisk mailing list is how to setup a door phone with Asterisk. The best current solution seems to be using an SIP based VoIP door phone. You can also use…

Existing implementations h323 The Asterisk H.323 channel is included in the Asterisk source distribution in the channels/h323 directory in the source tree. The chan_h323 only acts like a H.323 Gateway not a gatekeeper, although it appears that the…

Asterisk Call Files Asterisk Call Files are structured files that, when moved to the appropriate directory, are able to automatically place calls using Asterisk. Call files are a great way to place calls automatically without using more complex…

sip_notify.conf Typically used to remotely reboot SIP phones (like Aastra, Polycom or Snom) Introduced with Asterisk 1.1, not in Asterisk 1.0.x Example Aastra reboot [aastra-check-cfg] Event=>check-sync Content-Length=>0 Then from the asterisk console you can type “sip notify aastra-check-cfg…

Command Examples Command – Execute an Asterisk CLI command in an Asterisk manager session Login – Establish a new Asterisk manager session. Originate – Place a call from a device to an extension. Redirect – with ExtraChannel Transfer…