Asterisk

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Contents 1 Asterisk Download Links 2 Asterisk SVN Links 3 Asterisk Related Links 4 Telephony Related Links 5 Hacks and Patches 6 Converting audio files for use in Asterisk 7 Upgrading asterisk 1.4 to 1.6 8 Faxing 9 Building 10 Simplify Asterisk 1.6 Dialplan Extensions 11 Sipura Distinctive Ring

Asterisk Download Links

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux/

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-tools/

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/

Asterisk SVN Links

http://svnview.digium.com/svn

http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk/

Asterisk Related Links

• Asterisk snmp
• Asterisk 1.4 app_page.c added device state
• Asterisk & rtcp
• Asterisk :: The Open Source Telephony Platform
• Building asterisk

Telephony Related Links

• Analog Voice Fundamentals
• Polycom
• T1 Channel Numbering

Hacks and Patches

• Logrotate configuration
• Music on hold
• Voicemail VM_ALTEXT Patch

Converting audio files for use in Asterisk

Resample a stereo wav into a mono 8000Hz 16 bit wav:
sox infile.wav -c mono -r 8000 -b 16 outfile.wav

Convert a properly formatted wav (8000Hz, 16bit mono) file to gsm:
sox infile.wav outfile.gsm

Upgrading asterisk 1.4 to 1.6

NoOp updates

/NoOp

:%s/\(NoOp,\)\(.*\)$/NoOp(\2)/
sed -e 's/\(NoOp,\)\(.*\)$/NoOp(\2)/'

pipe character to comma

:%s/|/,/g

ExecIf updates

/ExecIf

:%s/\(ExecIf(\)\(\$\[.*\]\),\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\1\2?\3(\4)/
sed -e 's/\(ExecIf(\)\(\$\[.*\]\),\(.*\),\(.*\)$/\1\2?\3(\4)/'

Deprecated stuff - dialplan
grep -ir \
-e SetCallerPres \
-e WaitMusicOnHold \
-e SetMusicOnHold \
-e QUEUE_MEMBER_COUNT \
-e Local \
*

Faxing

Changes that can be made on the Brother MFC-8860DN to better optimize for using with VOIP.

Resolution press MENU/SET, 2, 2, 2, choose standard. Press MENU/SET, STOP,EXIT.

Baud (baud rate)/ECM press MENU/SET, 2, 0, 1, which is compatiability. Press up or down arrow to choose basic. Press MENU/SET, STOP/EXIT. This sets baud to 9600 and disables ECM.

Building

cd /usr/src/asterisk/mpg123-0.59r-gpl
make linux-x86_64 ; make install ; cd ..

cd /usr/src/asterisk/1.6.2.4

cd spandsp-0.0.6
./configure ; make install ; ldconfig ; cd ..

cd corosync-1.2.0
./configure ; make install ; cd ..

cd openais-1.1.2
./configure ; make install ; cd ..

cd dahdi-linux-2.2.1
make install ; cd ..

cd dahdi-tools-2.2.1
./configure ; make menuconfig ; make install ; make config ; make samples ; cd ..

cd libpri-1.4.10.2
make install ; cd ..

cd asterisk-1.6.2.4
./configure ; make menuconfig ; make install ; make samples ; make config ; cd ..

cd asterisk-addons-1.6.2.0
./configure ; make menuconfig ; make install ; make samples ; cd ..

cd ..

Simplify Asterisk 1.6 Dialplan Extensions

:%s/exten => .*,n/same => n/g

Sipura Distinctive Ring

exten => s,n,SIPAddHeader(Alert-Info: info=<Bellcore-r2>)

Available Distinctive Ring Patterns:

Pattern Name   Distinctive Ring Patterns
============   =========================
Bellcore-r1    60(2/4)
Bellcore-r2    60(.8/.4,.8/4)
Bellcore-r3    60(.4/.2,.4/.2,.8/4)
Bellcore-r4    60(.3/.2,1/.2,.3/4)
Bellcore-r5    1(.5/.5)
Bellcore-r6    60(.2/.4,.2/.4,.2/4)
Bellcore-r7    60(.4/.2,.4/.2,.4/4)
Bellcore-r8    60(0.25/9.75)

Available Distinctive Call Waiting Tone Patterns:

Pattern Name   Tone Pattern
============   ============
Bellcore-r1    30(.3/9.7)
Bellcore-r2    30(.1/.1, .1/9.7)
Bellcore-r3    30(.1/.1, .1/.1, .1/9.7)
Bellcore-r4    30(.1/.1,.3/.1,.1/9.3)
Bellcore-r5    1(.5/.5)
Bellcore-r6    30(.1/.1,.3/.2,.3/9.1)
Bellcore-r7    30(.3/.1,.3/.1,.1/9.1)
Bellcore-r8    2.3(.3/2)