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The 'Dumb-Me' Guide.

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Contents

• Forward
• Introduction
  • The Components
  • The IP PBX
  • Phones
  • SIP Gateway
  • Home Network
  • VOIP Service Providers
• Is VOIP for You?
  • What is it going to cost ?
  • What will the Quality of the phone calls be?
• Installation
  • Change default Setting
    • To get Help
    • Change Linux Password
    • Change IP Address (set IP address to Static)
    • Set Time Zone
  • Connect to freePBX" href="/wiki/index.php?page=freePBX">FreePBX from Web Browser
    • Log in to freePBX" href="/wiki/index.php?page=freePBX">FreePBX Administration
  • General Settings
    • General Settings for AAH 2.7 or Earlier
    • General Settings for AAH 2.8 or Later added recently
    • Dial Command Options
  • Extensions
  • Follow Me (AAH 2.8 With freePBX) added recently
  • Ring Groups
    • Now it’s a good time to set up your softphone.
• Incoming Calls Handling
  • Incoming Calls (Prior to AAH 2.8 with freePBX)
  • Incoming Calls (AAH 2.8 and above with freePBX)
    • Time Conditions
• Trunks And Routes
  • What is a Dial Pattern?
  • What is a Trunk?
  • Let’s Create The Trunks
    • Pennytel
    • Oztell (SIP)
    • Oztell (IAX)
    • Astratel
  • ENUM
  • Create Outbound Routing
    • What is an Outbound Route?
    • How does it work?
    • International
    • Domestic
    • MobileAust
    • Oztellonly
    • Astratelonly
  • Inbound Routing (Was called DID Routes in A@H version 1.x)
    • Inbound Route (AAH version 2.7 with AMP and earlier)
    • Inbound Route (AAH version 2.8 with freePBX)
• Digital Receptionist
  • Setting Up Digital Receptionist
  • Customising Individual Extension
• Get Under The Bonnet
  • Editing The .conf Files
    • iax.conf
    • Indications.conf
    • enum.conf
    • extensions.conf
    • extensions_custom.conf
    • sip.conf
  • Port Forwarding – Routers
  • QOS – Routers
• Check your System
  • System Status
  • Asterisk Info
• Interfacing Asterisk to PSTN
  • Digium Wildcard X100P FXO PCI Card
    • zapata.conf
    • zaptel.conf
    • modules.conf (modprobe.conf for AAH 2.x)
  • Digium TDM400P FXO/FXS Card
    • zapata-auto.conf
    • modules.conf (modprobe.conf for AAH 2.x)
  • Rebuilding Zaptel Driver
  • Sipura SPA3000 as a PSTN Interface
    • Log in to SPA3000
    • Change the settings
    • Add SIP Trunk
• PSTN to VOIP Gateway
• DISA
  • DISA prior to AAH version 2.8 using AMP
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• Setting Up a Soft Phone
  • Profile Tab
  • Audio & Video Tab
  • Network Tab
  • STUN Tab
  • Call Forward
• Flash Operator Panel (FOP)
  • Setting Up
    • Setting the Admin Password
    • Hang-up a Call
    • Transfer a Call
    • Initiate a Call
    • Barge in or Create a Conference
• Call parking and transfer
  • Call Transfer - Managed
    • How is it done?
  • Call Transfer – Blind
  • Put a Call On Hold
  • Call Pickup
  • Filter Your Incoming Calls - Only Accept Known Calls
• MeetMe – Teleconference
  • meetme.conf
  • meetme_additional.conf
  • extensions.conf
• Voicemail Email Notification
  • Installing sendmail
  • /etc/hosts
• Fax through FreePBX/AMP (fax to e-mail)
  • Installing Fax in AAH version 2.3/2.4
  • Installing Fax in AAH version 2.8 with freePBX" href="/wiki/index.php?page=freePBX">FreePBX
• Weather Forecast
  • Configure Weather Report – On Demand.
    • Create Extension codes.
  • Configure Weather Report – Background Method.
    • Create Extension codes.
  • Now put it in your Digital Receptionist
• Remote Management
  • httpd.conf
• How to set up a Remote Extension
  • Create a new extension
  • IAX.Conf
  • Sip_Nat.Conf
  • The correct softphone for IAX
    • First the general options
    • Accounts options
• Tools
  • Webmin
  • Putty
  • WinSCP
• STUN Server
  • Readily available Servers
• Dialing through MS Outlook®
  • Download AstTapi
  • Install AstTapi
  • Configure Outlook Address Book
• Speed Dial
  • The Dumb-Me method
  • Asterisk@Home’s method
• How to use Windows Messenger® 5.x
• How to interconnect 2 boxes
  • Method 1 - with the peer Asterisk boxes as extensions.
  • Method 2 - in a peer/user arrangement
• Backup and restore
  • Creating a Backup using the console
  • Restoring a Backup using the console
  • Maintaining multiple backups
• Customised Voice (and other Languages).
  • Customised Voice Prompts Depreciated - Built into 2.0.1 and higher
  • Installing Other Languages
• My Asterisk® IP PBX Network
• Publications and References
  • DUNDi - a guide to a Simple Setup
  • The future of Telephony by O’Reilly Publishing
  • Other Asterisk@Home Forums, Tutorials and Wikis
  • Voice over IP – Per call bandwidth consumption
• USB Phone Support
• Bugs Reports
  • Backup and Restore
  • Conflict between ZAP Card and FAX Module
  • Editing email notification message
  • Endless Loop during Directory search (v2.0)
  • Flash Operator Panel (Bug Detected in version 1.3)
  • Max Channels Bug
    • Corrected in version 2.8
  • Ring Group Hunt Syntax Bug (v2.2 and v2.5)
    • Corrected in version 2.8
  • Securing Asterisk@Home console Alt F9
  • Sound Directory Permission (v2.6)
  • WakeUp Calls (V2.2)
    • Corrected in version 2.4
• Trouble Shooting
  • Asterisk Feature Codes not working
  • Asterisk DropsCall After A Few Seconds
  • Pennytel Asterisk Problem
  • Unable to Receive Incoming Calls
• Appendix A
  • Asterisk Feature Codes
  • Asterisk CLI commands
    • General commands
    • AGI Commands
    • Database Handling
    • IAX Channel Commands
    • SIP Channel commands
    • Server management
  • Asterisk Special Extensions
  • Asterisk Common Variables
  • Codec (Coder Decoder)
• Appendix B
  • More trunks
    • BBPglobal
    • Engin BYO
    • Faktortel (IAX)
    • FWD aka Pulver
    • iinet
    • iTalk (New Zealand) Added recently
    • Koala
    • MyNetFone
    • Nehos (IAX)
    • Nodephone
    • SipBroker
    • SipMe
    • SipPhone
    • TelephoneGlobal
    • VOIP Buster Minor changes made
  • Related Links – (for vsp TRUNK settings)
    • Trunk and Route Settings
    • MyFone settings
    • Setting up FaktorTel for Asterisk@Home
• Appendix C
  • Voice for Asterisk Messages
  • Australian Voice and Language Set for Asterisk
  • More Australian Voice for Asterisk
• Appendix D (ATAs and Routers)
  • Alcatel SpeedTouch 510/530 ADSL Router
  • Billion 7402 VL
  • Linksys PAP2 and Sipura SPA2000
• Appendix E (Users’ suggestions)
  • Suggestions for Dial Plan and configuration
    • Astratel on Asterisk@Home
  • Further .conf modifications by Colin
  • MeetMe – Teleconferencing without Zaptel Card
  • Multiple TDM400P Installation
  • Eliminating Echo Problems in SPA-3000
  • Immediate Answer of PSTN Calls
  • RAID 1 and Asterisk@Home 2.6
  • Rebuild Zaptel Driver (Users’ Suggestions)
    • As experienced by marner – a Whirlpool Forum participant.
    • As suggested by Rob Thomas (the freePBX" href="/wiki/index.php?page=freePBX">FreePBX guru)
  • Zaptel card configuration for Australia
• Notes
  • A2Billing
  • Dial 0 for outside line
    • Using Zaptel Card Method
    • Using SPA3K Method added recently
  • Delete Call Records fron CDR
  • Extension Numbers to avoid using
  • genzaptelconf
  • Giving Priority to Emergency Numbers (E.g. 000 or 911 in USA)
  • MOH (Music On Hold)
  • sip_nat.conf
  • Sipura SPA3000 – Not hanging up after PSTN Calls
  • Trunks and Outbound Routes – a source of confusion
  • Updating Asterisk to Version 1.2.5
  • Upgrading freePBX" href="/wiki/index.php?page=freePBX">FreePBX from version 2.0.1 to 2.1beta1
  • Adding the missing MAINTENANCE MODULES to freePBX 2.1.0 Added recently
  • Webmin
  • X100P Patch for UK Caller ID
• Bibliography
• Changes Made since last Update