Without Tears
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The
Dumb-Me Guide
(Australianised for AU&NZ brethren)
Incorporating elements of versions 1.x and 2.x up to
v2.7 using AMP
(From version
2.8 onwards, AMP has been replaced by FreePBX)
(Version 2.8 Draft 4c)
by
Ben Sharif
Last
updated on May 30, 2006
Please
send comment or suggestions to me at the address below
Please do not
send questions directly to me. Instead post all questions in the Whirlpool
Forum below so others may also benefit from it.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=107
First Published on 15th
June 2005
This document is released under the Creative Commons
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Table of Content
2.1 What is it going to cost ?
2.2
What will the Quality of the phone calls be?
3.1.3 Change IP Address (set IP address to Static)
3.2 Connect to AMP (or FreePBX) from Web Browser
3.2.1 Log in to Asterisk Management Portal (AMP)
3.3.1 General
Settings for AAH 2.7 or Earlier
3.3.2 General
Settings for AAH 2.8 or Later
3.5 Follow Me (AAH 2.8 with freePBX)
3.6.1 Now it’s a good time to set up your
softphone.
4.1 Incoming Calls (Prior to AAH 2.8 with
FreePBX)
4.2 Incoming Calls (AAH 2.8 with FreePBX)
5.4.1 What is an Outbound Route?
5.5.2 Setting up ENUM Outbound Route
5.6 Inbound Route (DID Routes A@H version 1.x)
5.6.1 Inbound Route (AAH version 2.7 with AMP and
earlier)
5.6.2 Inbound Route (AAH version 2.8 with freePBX)
6.1 Setting Up Digital Receptionist
6.2 Customising Individual Extension
9 Interfacing
Asterisk to PSTN
9.1 Digium Wildcard X100P FXO PCI Card
9.1.3 modules.conf (modprobe.conf for AAH 2.x)
9.2 Digium TDM400P FXO/FXS Card
9.2.2 modules.conf (modprobe.conf for AAH 2.x)
9.4 Sipura SPA3000 as a PSTN Interface
9.4.4 SPA3000 as an outbound PSTN Trunk
11.1 DISA prior to AAH version 2.8 using AMP
11.2 DISA – AAH version 2.8 using FreePBX
13.1.2 Setting the Admin Password
13.1.6 Barge in or Create a Conference
13.1.7 Alternative Flash Operator Panel.
14.5 Filter Your Incoming Calls - Only Accept
Known Calls
16 Voicemail Email Notification
17 Fax through AAH (fax to e-mail)
17.1 Installing Fax in AAH version 2.3/2.4
17.2 Installing Fax in AAH version 2.8 with
FreePBX
18.1 Configure Weather Report – On Demand.
18.1.1 Create Extension codes.
18.2 Configure Weather Report – Background
Method.
18.2.1 Create Extension codes.
18.3 Now put it in your Digital Receptionist
20 How to set up
a Remote Extension
20.4 The correct softphone for IAX
20.4.1 First the general options
23 Dialing
through MS Outlook®
23.3 Configure Outlook Address Book
25 How to use
Window Messenger® 5.x
26 How to
interconnect 2 boxes
26.1 Method 1 - With the Peer Asterisk box as
Extensions
26.2 Method 2 - In a Peer/User Arrangement
27.1 Creating a Backup using the console
27.2 Restoring a Backup using the console
27.3 Maintaining multiple backups
28 Customised
Voice (prior to AAH 2.8 with freePBX)
28.2 Installing Other Languages
29 My Asterisk®
IP PBX Network
30 Publications
and References
30.1 The future of Telephony by O’Reilly
Publishing
30.2 Voice over IP – Per call bandwidth
consumption
30.3 Other Asterisk@Home Forums, Tutorials and
Wikis
32.2 Conflict between ZAP Card and FAX Module
32.3 Editing email notification message
32.4 Endless Loop during Directory search (v2.0)
32.5 Flash Operator Panel (Bug Detected in version
1.3)
32.6.1 Corrected in version 2.8
32.7 Ring Group Hunt Syntax Bug (v2.2 and v2.5)
32.7.1 Corrected in version 2.8
32.8 Securing Asterisk@Home console Alt+F9
32.9 Sound Directory Permission (v2.6)
32.10.1 Corrected in version 2.4
33.1 Asterisk Feature Codes not working
33.2 Asterisk Drops Calls after a few seconds
33.3 Pennytel Asterisk Problem
33.4 Unable to receive Incoming Calls
A.3
Asterisk Special Extensions
B.2 Related Links – (for vsp TRUNK settings)
B.2.1 Trunk and Route Settings
B.2.3 Setting up FaktorTel for Asterisk@Home
C.1 Voice for Asterisk Messages
C.2 Australian Voice and Language Set for
Asterisk
C.3 More Australian Voice for Asterisk
D.1 Alcatel SpeedTouch 510/530 ADSL Router
D.3 Linksys PAP2 and Sipura SPA2000
Appendix E (Users’ suggestions)
E.1 Suggestions for Dial Plan and configuration
E.1.1 Astratel on Asterisk@Home
E.1.2 Further .conf modifications by Colin
E.2 MeetMe – Teleconferencing without Zaptel
Card
E.3 Multiple TDM400P Installation
E.4 Eliminating Echo Problems in SPA-3000
E.5 Immediate Answer of PSTN Calls
E.6 RAID 1 and Asterisk@Home 2.6
E.7 Rebuild Zaptel Driver (Users’ Suggestions)
E.7.1 As experienced by marner – a Whirlpool Forum
participant.
E.7.2 As suggested by Rob Thomas (the FreePBX
guru)
E.8 Zaptel card configuration for Australia
Setup A2Billing
in Asterisk@home 2.2
Extension Numbers
to avoid using
Giving Priority
to Emergency Numbers (E.g. 000)