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Call files are perhaps one of the coolest things you can do with Asterisk. Just literally dump the file in a particular directory and voila, you can make a call. Past few days, I’ve been playing around with it quite a bit and would like … “Using Asterisk call files with FreePBX (using Local channel)”
Read MoreAssuming you have 2 FreePBX servers across two location that are connected via a trunk and the trunk dialling does work fine. Meaning you can already call SiteA and SiteB and vice-versa. SiteA: Extensions 1000 and on SiteB: Extensions 2000 and on With the default … “FreePBX IVR direct dial across multiple locations/asterisk servers/FreePBX servers”
Read MoreThis weekend, i had a chance to present to Microsoft guests at their office here in Malaysia about cloud computing and focusing my talk on cloud technology security. It was clear after a while jiving with those techies and seeing their responses and also doing … “The 4th Cloud Service? – VoIP As a Service (VaaS)”
Read MoreSInce FreePBX does not honour the proxy settings via the bash export, you need to tell Apache instead to use a proxy. This would apply for FreePBX as well. Here’s a how to for Debians. 1) #nano /etc/apache2/envvars 2) Add the following codes at the … “How to make FreePBX updates through Proxy”
Read MoreIn some of our migrations to Asterisk, users keep asking about this feature where the secretary can pickup calls from the boss using a function key in their phones that support them. Here’s the challenge, the secretary asked us to setup in such a way … “Asterisk | FreePBX boss secretary module (updated)”
Read MoreWe at Astiostech use Asternic (www.asternic.biz) quite extensively for basic call centres that require a simple interface for wallboards, reports and recordings. Asternic also provides some capabilities to monitor outbound callcenters where agents make random calls to introduce new services or businesses. In this guide, … “Asternic Stats Outbound Tracking with FreePBX”
Read MoreBack sometime we wrote a guide on how to dynamically read and display searchable directory information straight out of a Yealink phone here. Currently, we have a customer that migrated from Cisco Callmanager to Asterisk! (YAY) and a little bit of research with my colleague … “Cisco SIP IP Phone corporate directory integrated into FreePBX”
Read MoreI had responded to a thread on the FreePBX forum about how to restrict calling without a user first logging in on a device/user mode in FreePBX. Here’s a simple dialplan which you can then use for your implementation. For FreePBX users, put these lines … “FreePBX Device User Mode – Enforce login”
Read MoreGoogle’s awesome quality Voice service which lets you make free calls to US and Canada is now extended to 2011. There was news that it will only be for 2010 ,but now, in their blog statement they offer this all the way through 2011. Use … “Google Voice extends free calls to US and Canada for whole of 2011”
Read MoreUpdated: 04-11-2013 This guide attempts to walk you through installing a faxing solution on top of Asterisk that has FreePBX as it’s frontend GUI/dialplan generator. So for it to work, you need to be 1) Using Debian (this is a Debian guide btw). Tested working … “[UPDATED] Asterisk & FreePBX Faxing Solution with IAXModem + Hylafax + AvantFax”
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