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Asterisk CDR records over the manager API With a driver added to Asterisk in july 2004 (it is present in Asterisk 1.0.x), you can get CDR events over the manager API in Asterisk. To enable CDR over the…

Synopsis: Look up CallerID Name from local database Description: LookupCIDName Looks up the Caller*ID number on the active channel in the Asterisk database (family ‘cidname’) and sets the Caller*ID name. Does nothing if no Caller*ID was received on…

Asterisk sip mailbox= Configure mailbox to check for message waiting indication (MWI) for this peer. Syntax: mailbox=1234 or mailbox=1234@context or mailbox=1234, 1235 to check multiple mailboxes. Use the 1234@context notation if your mailbox is not located in the…

Synopsis Play a sound file while awaiting extension Description Background(filename1[&filename2…][|options[|langoverride][|context]]) This application will play the given list of files while waiting for an extension to be dialed by the calling channel. To continue waiting for digits after this…

General comments Once you’ve decided on your hardware, you need to choose your OS. This page links to OS and distro specific instructions. It is worth pointing out that as Asterisk changes pretty frequently, these instructions will become…

IAX2 Bandwidth Study John Todd (jtodd @loligo.com) 2003-06-28 <- Notice how old this is. Purpose: To obtain a better chart of actual bandwidth usage per codec as seen “on-the-wire” when using IAX2 trunking between two Asterisk telephony servers….

lf configured as a normal sip phone with Asterisk, Linphone will only be able to call out, it will not accept incoming calls. It can also be fussy about the format of the caller ID string, mis-formatted strings…

The IAX revision 2 protocol was developed by Asterisk team as an alternative to SIP, H.323, etc. when connecting to other devices that support IAX (a limited list at the moment, but growing very rapidly). However, meanwhile, other…

Amaflags AMA = Automated Message Accounting. default: Sets the system default. omit: Do not record calls. billing: Mark the entry for billing documentation: Mark the entry for documentation. See also Asterisk billing Asterisk sip amaflags: Setting AMAFLAGS in…

Asterisk 1.4 has both the older adaptive jitterbuffer for IAX channels or those that use RTP, and the newer generic jitterbuffer only for channels that use RTP available for you to choose from. The adaptive jitterbuffer is in…

features.conf Formerly known as parking.conf, renamed to features.conf as of July 17, 2004. Configuration of Asterisk call parking ; What ext. to dial to park: parkext => 700 ; What extensions to park calls on: parkpos => 701-720…

I hope this can help others, so this is it.Use it at your own risk. I have test it on 3 separate systems without any problem. Take care to edit the following files taking into consideration your own…

‘logger rotate’ and logrotate Asterisk logs files (typically under /var/log/asterisk) need some attention because they can get quite large. You can do “logger rotate” from the asterisk command line or /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx ‘logger rotate’ from a bash prompt …..

Configuration for the Asterisk H323 channels The NuFone Network’sOpen H.323 driver configuration;[general]port = 1720bindaddr = 0.0.0.0;tos=lowdelay; You may specify a global default AMA flag for iaxtel calls. It must be one of ‘default’, ‘omit’, ‘billing’, or ‘documentation’. These…