From: JimMH <jsk...@sb...> - 2011-08-31 11:16:54
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I am getting started with Asterisk and see there are a number of variations that add better GUIs and extra things. I am doing this under Fedora 14 and was thinking I would just use the package available with yum (which is 1.6). I have noticed some guides assume other variations (asterisk@home, etc). A few just note the extra packages you need to install to make everything work. I would like to keep this fairly simple for now and learn some of the basics and think I can upgrade later if desired. Does that seem reasonable? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/which-variation-of-asterisk-is-recommended--tp32371224p32371224.html Sent from the Misterhouse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Raleigh A. <tw...@mu...> - 2011-08-31 12:11:19
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I recommend using 1.8 because it gives you the option of registering google voice trunks. r On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:16 AM, JimMH <jsk...@sb...> wrote: > > I am getting started with Asterisk and see there are a number of variations > that add better GUIs and extra things. I am doing this under Fedora 14 and > was thinking I would just use the package available with yum (which is > 1.6). > I have noticed some guides assume other variations (asterisk@home, etc). > A > few just note the extra packages you need to install to make everything > work. I would like to keep this fairly simple for now and learn some of > the > basics and think I can upgrade later if desired. Does that seem > reasonable? > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/which-variation-of-asterisk-is-recommended--tp32371224p32371224.html > Sent from the Misterhouse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > -- Raleigh Apple tw...@mu... 404/446-0777 Microsoft is to operating systems & security .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking |
From: JimMH <jsk...@sb...> - 2011-08-31 13:01:17
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Good to know about GV and asterisk 1.8. I probably should have included a bit more information. I have: POTS line Googlevoice number Obi110 I think the Obi110 can handle the googlevoice line for earlier versions of asterisk. Eventually it might be good to move this from the OBI110 and go directly from Asterisk to GV if possible but I doubt the Obi110 will be a limitation for a long time. Initial interest is caller id lookup/translation for incoming calls and voicemail with email notifications. Eventually I want reporting of some events via email, status of various automation stuff through an IVR and TTS and also to control things in a similar way. I want to retain standard POTS phones. One of the things I am trying to figure out is the difference between plain asterisk and PBX in a flash, asterisk@home (now trixbox), freepbx, etc. I don't want a version that includes the OS so that eliminates some of them (unless that makes sense just to get started). Raleigh Apple wrote: > > I recommend using 1.8 because it gives you the option of registering > google > voice trunks. > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/which-variation-of-asterisk-is-recommended--tp32371224p32371890.html Sent from the Misterhouse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Raleigh A. <tw...@mu...> - 2011-08-31 13:52:27
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PBX in a flash, Trixbox, Elastix are distributions built on Centos-5, FreePBX is a GUI that rides on top with all 3, and can be added to vanilla asterisk config easily. To maintain your standard analog phones you will need some sort of FXS adapter (ie: PAP2T, ATA-186, HandyTone-286) if you are intending to use with POTs interconnect to PSTN then you will also need and FXO adapter. IVR's are relatively easy to build once you get your head wrapped around the extensions.conf file. TTS can be done using Cepstral or Festival. Hope that helps some. r On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:01 AM, JimMH <jsk...@sb...> wrote: > > Good to know about GV and asterisk 1.8. I probably should have included a > bit more information. I have: > > POTS line > Googlevoice number > Obi110 > > I think the Obi110 can handle the googlevoice line for earlier versions of > asterisk. Eventually it might be good to move this from the OBI110 and go > directly from Asterisk to GV if possible but I doubt the Obi110 will be a > limitation for a long time. > > Initial interest is caller id lookup/translation for incoming calls and > voicemail with email notifications. Eventually I want reporting of some > events via email, status of various automation stuff through an IVR and TTS > and also to control things in a similar way. > > I want to retain standard POTS phones. > > One of the things I am trying to figure out is the difference between plain > asterisk and PBX in a flash, asterisk@home (now trixbox), freepbx, etc. I > don't want a version that includes the OS so that eliminates some of them > (unless that makes sense just to get started). > > > Raleigh Apple wrote: > > > > I recommend using 1.8 because it gives you the option of registering > > google > > voice trunks. > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/which-variation-of-asterisk-is-recommended--tp32371224p32371890.html > Sent from the Misterhouse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > -- Raleigh Apple tw...@mu... |
From: Terry W. <ter...@gm...> - 2011-08-31 14:11:46
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Jim I use Asterisk 1.8 + freePBX on the same box as MH. With a analog card with 3 FXO (basically POTS lines to provider) and 1 FXS (for older analog telephones, DECT phones ...etc) line. I use my FXS for my SKY (Digital TV in the UK) box. I have GV working as well as registering to a SIP provider, SIPGate UK. Trixbox was a complete packaged solution using Asterisk as the VoIP PBX software. They also used a forked version of FreePBX with some added bits and bobs. Was a perfect solution for home users, but since Fonality kicked the original developer off, development has slowed (from what i can gather with the chatter online). I think they are more focused on their Appliance devices now. FreePBX is a web based GUI frontend to Asterisk. Great product and works really well. Only issue i have with it is it does rewrite the .conf files in the asterisk directory. So any custom edits of the files themselves does not survive a power cycle. All changes made in the GUI are stored in the MySQL DB and "refreshed" when the system is rebooted. There are however _custom.conf files that you are able to add all your customizations to. Asterisk Live is a complete system, with a built in GUI that was originally started by one of the developers, but last time i checked, you could run various GUI front ends at install time. HTH Terry On 31/08/11 14:01, JimMH wrote: > Good to know about GV and asterisk 1.8. I probably should have included a > bit more information. I have: > > POTS line > Googlevoice number > Obi110 > > I think the Obi110 can handle the googlevoice line for earlier versions of > asterisk. Eventually it might be good to move this from the OBI110 and go > directly from Asterisk to GV if possible but I doubt the Obi110 will be a > limitation for a long time. > > Initial interest is caller id lookup/translation for incoming calls and > voicemail with email notifications. Eventually I want reporting of some > events via email, status of various automation stuff through an IVR and TTS > and also to control things in a similar way. > > I want to retain standard POTS phones. > > One of the things I am trying to figure out is the difference between plain > asterisk and PBX in a flash, asterisk@home (now trixbox), freepbx, etc. I > don't want a version that includes the OS so that eliminates some of them > (unless that makes sense just to get started). > > > Raleigh Apple wrote: >> I recommend using 1.8 because it gives you the option of registering >> google >> voice trunks. >> >> |