Re: [Asterisk-Users] Explain ring tones (was Schools/Districts using asterisk?)
On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 15:38, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: snip Can anyone explain why the hell it seems impossible to find a VOIP phone with a good selection of NORMAL (5 years ago) cell-style ringtones? Not tunes, not a POTS ringback tone, but a good selection of shrill, easy to identify and businesslike ringing tones???!?!?!?? Regards, Andrew Jeff Pulver himself said at the Autumn VON Don't trust a product manager over 30! This is to say if what you want isn't trendy and hot, it ain't happnin' Pass the bromo-seltzer... Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] System freeze
On Thursday 12 February 2004 16:34, you wrote: On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 12:28, B. J. Bomar wrote: I too have seen a couple of system freezes for no apparent reason. I am * on a RH9 box with kernel 2.4.20-28.9. Without wanting to sound like a RH basher that I normally am, could this be a RH issue since I haven't noticed(maybe foggy memory) any other distros mentioned as freezing? RH is known for having their custom patches to the kernel that may or may not make it to the official tree. Rarely, but it does happen, one patch could be wrong or broken. Steven, You know me well enough to know that I am not defending RedHat :) We have had random system lockups on our Mandrake 9.1 / TE410P system over the past couple of weeks - since this Dual PIII sever was put on line. We have not had anything jump out at us as a probable cause. Tilghman asked if we should put our prior server back in service and I told him no because we had already sold the T400P out of it :/ Memo to Digium, some of us are pining for another run of T400Ps Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] The future of VoIP regulation (in the US)
Listers, Some of you may find this link of interest http://www.phoneplusmag.com/hotnews/41h3083829.html It was pointed out to me by one of our clients. Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] zapbarge w/o the mute
bottom response = on On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 13:31, john lawler wrote: I've got a couple of different situations where I'd like to do something like zapbarge into a specific channel but I'd like to be able to actually talk to the party or parties on the channels, not just listen like w/ zapbarge. There are two scenarios I can think of right now where it'd be very handy. a) when the outside line is ringing and Asterisk is waiting to answer or Asterisk has just answered and is playing some greeting or w/e, I'd like to be able to dial an extension and be connected to the person [i.e., bridge the call] (and preferably have the rest of the dialplan exit as if they had dialed my extension). b) there's a current conversation going on between two parties and I'd like to be conferenced into it, but I'd like to initiate the conference, not have to wait for one of the parties to three-way me in. I'm sure there's already a way to do this, I just haven't come across it yet. Thanks guys, jl Hi John, Funny you should mention this as I talked with Tilghman the other morning pining for just this capability. Suffer me a minute. My home system is *; each phone is its own extension. My five year old son is much quicker than I at getting to the phone (no I am not toting a [EMAIL PROTECTED] cordless around with me). When he answers a call, _he_ has the call! It'll probably be a few years before he understands transferring the call to the conference room or parking the call and giving us the park number :) _I_ need to be able to snipe (to borrow the eBay term) the call from my son - er, a given channel. So far, we haven't had any major calamities. Five year olds are great for dealing with telemarketing (long ago fodder for comedians). Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Configuring new system for a non-profit organization
bottom response = on On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 11:36, Michael Welter wrote: Hi, The PBX at the Colorado Organization for Victims' Assistance fried as a result of the building power being cycled. I'm now in the process of building an * system to replace the failed PBX. Minimum cost is the priority. I have a T100P card installed in the new system, and I am about to order integrated T1 services from the CBeyond company. They will require eight voice channels and at least eight data (they presently have DSL.) The rep. says that for the same cost ($520/mo) they will get all 24 channels as data--the channels are dynamically allocated. As each voice call is initiated, a channel will be pulled from data and used for voice. Can the T100P handle this dynamic allocation? Or must the channels be fixed? Thank for your help, Michael Welter Hi Mike, The magic question to ask CBeyond is whether the T1 they provide you is Primary Rate Interface (PRI) or Basic Rate Interface (BRI). Their web site is too heavy on pretty marketing and wy short on technical details. PRI gives you _23_ channels with a digital control channel whereas BRI gives you 24 channels but with more basic (primative) control. Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] VOIP phonesets vs. cheap Analog touch-tone sets with Asterisk
bottom response = on On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 08:34, Steve Murphy wrote: Hello-- I've been asked an interesting question, and I'm too ignorant to answer it authoritatively (yet). Can anyone help me? Question: If I'm going to implement a somewhat small (10-80) phone system, and I have a choice of using VOIP phoneset (like SNOM or Grandstream or Cisco, etc), vs. cheap analog touch-tone phones, exactly what features will I kiss goodbye if I use the cheap analogs? In other words, what features will a (more expensive) VOIP phoneset provide, that the analog won't? I know already that asterisk will give me these features with just plain analog phones (zaptel cards, of course): Voice mail, park retrieve MOH, transfer, agents, and a few others. And, if you get an analog with a CID built in, you could have that, too? (Haven't tried that yet). What is the justification for VOIP? just total cost reductions (if the phone is cheap enough?)? Or are there some nicenesses that only VOIPs can supply? murf Let's approach this question from economics first (tacitly assuming that the technical issues wash). This debate is central to what most of us (consultants) are facing just now. The short answer is that the mission may be accomplished either way. Start out by lining up the quantities, types and costs of the equipment required. With an analog phone deployment, anything beyond four desksets is best accomplished with T1 card(s) in the Asterisk PC and channel banks to connect the phones (and probably the PSTN). Whereas the phones could be as little as $10 each, you have to budget the price of the channel bank(s). If the customer is uncomfortable with eBay, used hardware, channel banks could be north of $3000 each. With a net-phone deployment, channel banks are out but more and better ethernet switches _may_ be chosen (specifically taking advantage of QoS/ToS) or separate voice-IP networks installed alongside data-IP networks. For ten desksets, probably not but for eighty??? I have to admit to being quite agnostic to leaning toward analog, myself. If Jeff Pulver's demand (at VON this September) that SIP phone costs be brought down to the $20 per deskset level is met, the economics change quickly. Howard White president - VCCH, Inc. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
English acronyms (was Re: [Asterisk-Users] IAX clients and the flash button)
Dan, You are doing a fine job with your DIAX project. Just in case your English is a second language and you haven't heard this colloquialism On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 12:12, Dan wrote: Hi Gary, - Original Message - From: Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] IAX clients and the flash button snip over remember the KISS principle please. I have missed that... Best regards, Dan KISS is an acronym I've heard expanded two ways: UK - Keep It Sweet and Simple USA - Keep It Simple, Stupid Howard, anti abbreviation and acronym, White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] ISDN TA
bottom response = on On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 12:41, Robert Boardman wrote: I have an ISDN TA that has 2 POTS interfases (FXS), can these be used with asterisk? Thanks in advance Robb Yes, I have two such installations. Be advised there are some gotchas. My TAs are older Ascend/Lucent/??? Pipeline 75s which have different tones for off-hook and error conditions that * is not always prepared to listen to. I get voicemail messages with four minutes of P75 off-hook every now and then. I am sure that patches could be applied to solve these issues but I choose to live with it as is. No show stoppers, you understand, just oddities every so often. Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Background Noise
bottom response = on On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 15:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone had any issues with background noise while using a TDM400 card? If so, what things did you tweak to resolve the issue? My * server has a single TDM400 card (2 ports enabled) with two X100P cards. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Jeff, Yes. How powerful is the power supply in your computer? How old? We had the problem in some Compaq Proliant PII 233s w/ 240 watt supplies but not in more recent hardware. This is a known problem to digium and the next batch of TDM400 cards are supposed to fix the problem in mid to late September. Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Some questions about a potential usagescenario for asterisk
bottom quote=on On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 11:04, Dave Wilson wrote: Hi Scott, Thanks for clarifying those few items for me. It's good to know we're not the only ones doing this kind of setup. Just one more question. You said I need at least an isdn card. So I need to have an isdn line then? forgive my ignorance, I know so little about telephony I actually feel ashamed. Thanks, Dave What we need to know to be of more assistance to you is what country, how many stations you plan to support and what kind of telco connections you have or are planning. We get into trouble once in a while because the terms we throw around, like ISDN, may mean slightly different things in different countries. Some of us resellers (blatant plug) would like to know if you are interested in more direct support :) Howard White president - VCCH, Inc. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Lost in translation (was the 'pound' and '#'are the same?)
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 00:26, Dave Cotton wrote: Which language are to translating into? I am about to start on French, pound = # = dièse Maybe one day someone will translate into English :) pound = # = hash. -- Dave Cotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry for rambling off-topic but I couldn't help remembering the futility of trying to translate sophmoric dirty jokes with a grammar school vocabulary :) Never mind double entendre... Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Proposed IAX2 Name
Mark and List: I agree with the earlier post that said keep the name IAX. No we don't need to go through a progression like Algol60 - Pascal - Modula2 - Modula3... To our multi-lingual listers - do IAX or TASTE have any non-English complications? Remember how much fun General Motors had with the Nova in Spanish (or Romance language) speaking countries? Howard White ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
