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Learn how to create the Asterisk dial plan On this page you will find the series of video tutorials and real-world dial plan examples that will help you to learn the basic concepts of Asterisk dial plan development…

Page Contents Fail2Ban Fail2Ban With Asterisk Easy Install Script for Fail2ban version 0.8.4 / Red Hat Installing Configure Fail2Ban Generic (without using /var/log/asterisk/security) Using new /var/log/asterisk/security Generic (without using /var/log/asterisk/security) Using new /var/log/asterisk/security Don’t Ban Yourself Asterisk Logging…

The problem: you get error messages from Asterisk when it tries to play a sound file: Sep 22 09:23:59 WARNING[25263] file.c: File agent-pass does not exist in any format Sep 22 09:23:59 WARNING[25263] file.c: Unable to open agent-pass…

With the advent of VoIP and computer telephony integration, one feature that have popped up is Click2Call. Its a convenient way to initiate a call with people whom you want to talk to by just clicking on their…

General usage The dial command can be used at the Asterisk CLI to place a call from the console. Having the following syntax: dial [<extension>] If an <extension> follows “dial”, and there is presently no call on the console,…

The alsa.conf Asterisk configuration file allows configuration of ALSA channels within Asterisk. ALSA channels allow calls to be placed to/from ALSA devices, using ALSA audio input/output devices as telephony devices. This allows a headphone and microphone plugged into…

This script use the AGI to lookup a telephone number in a mysql database created by the user to set the name of the caller Requires phpagi (phpagi-asmanager.php phpagi-fastagi.php phpagi.php in script folder), php and mysql extensions.conf: exten…

Typically needs to be set to ‘yes’ in Asterisk 1.4 or 1.6.0.x in order for hints/sip subscriptions/BLF to work as expected. note: it is limitonpeer, without s! Description Default is ‘no’; this setting applies to the [general] section…

Synopsis Gets or sets the shared variable specified Introduced with Asterisk 1.6.1 Description SHARED(<varname>[,<channel>]) Implements a shared variable area, in which you may share variables between channels. If channel is unspecified, defaults to the current channel. Note that…

This article describes setting up T38modem for calls between two T38modems. For information on connecting to a SIP provider, see notes below. I have just completed an article on connecting t38modem directly to Callcentric (a US-based SIP provider)…

Function HASH New in Asterisk 1.6.x (?): The primary intended use is in conjunction with func_odbc, to allow you to retrieve multiple values and reference them without having to assign each field to an individual variable. Think ‘SELECT…

See Asterisk embedded systems for more current information News Affordable 19″ Asterisk appliance based on ALIX boards (January 2008) Equipped with asteriskGUI on 2Gb Industrial Compact Flash. AstBoxLinux (January 2008) linux with “Bristuffed” Asterisk, Zaptel, Libpri, zaphfc and…