Dialing outlook contacts on an elastix server
One way of keeping a little black book for all your telephone contacts is through-
Club Telco settings in Elastix
Under trunks configure the following: Outbound Caller ID: This is your national dial in number PEER Details: type=friend disallow=all allow=alaw host=sip.clubtelco.com username=09xxxxxx fromuser=09xxxxxx authuser=09xxxxxx secret=Password port=5060 maxexpirey=240 defaultexpirey=240 outboundproxy=sip.clubtelco.com fromdomain=sip.clubtelco.com context=from-trunk qualify=yes insecure=invite canreinvite=no Register String: 09XXXXXX:Password@sip.clubtelco.com/09XXXXXX Note: I didn’t have to enter anything under the user details section. Elastix version is 1.6-12 and freepbx.
DTMF tones not working on sip trunk
We normally use ivox as our voip provider where it automatically relays dtmf tones over the trunk. We now use a variety of providers where they all don’t automatically support dtmf. To get it working you need to add the following to your outbound trunk settings. dtmfmode=inband Basically this adds the dtmf tones to.
Location of where voicemail messages are stored in asterisk voip system
By default, Asterisk will store voice messages in the spool folder, at /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/<context>/<mailbox> You many note there are .WAV and .wav files of the same name e.g. unavail.wav and unavail.WAV with the .WAV file being larger – about 10 times the size. These are different quality of recordings. Here
Remove Skype quality pop up questionnaire at the end of call
If like me you get annoyed by the Skype pop-up questionnaire at end of –
How to configure a Cisco 7931 handset with Asterisk Step 1 Load SIP firmware update
Note to unlock menu items on the phone that are locked, press-
How to configure Busy Lamp Field BLF on Linksys SPA942 with asterisk to show other line status
If you are using a Linksys SPA942 and would like to enable viewing of other users status, or be able to press a button to call that extension here is how to configure Make sure you have the latest phone firmware 6.1.5(a). Connect to the web interface on the SPA942 and under the info tab.
Outbound dial pattern in asterisk for USA numbers from Australia using Anveo
I setup a US number with anveo $2.49 setup and $1.49 per month for a DID. Online chat support was helpful and they have a comprehensive call routing system including being able to accept faxes on the DID, setup voicemail etc. Call quality is good from Australia to US numbers. Incoming calls worked fine on.