Extracted from asterisk-1.2.13~dfsg/debian/control:
===================================================
asterisk - Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a
sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom,
and Internet and telephony applications at the top.
Asterisk can be used with Voice over IP (SIP, H.323, IAX) standards, or the
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through Supported Hardware.
Supported hardware:
* All Wildcard (tm) products from Digium (http://www.digium.com)
* QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net)
* Full Duplex Sound Card supported by Linux
* Adtran Atlas 800 Plus
* ISDN4Linux compatible ISDN card
* Tormenta Dual T1 card (http://www.bsdtelephony.com.mx)
* CAPI compatible ISDN cards can be run using the add-on package chan-capi
This Debian package includes the sample configuration, with demonstration
extensions, etc
Website: http://www.asterisk.org.
asterisk-classic - Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX) - original Digium version
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a
sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom,
and Internet and telephony applications at the top.
Asterisk can be used with Voice over IP (SIP, H.323, IAX) standards, or the
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through Supported Hardware.
Supported hardware:
* All Wildcard (tm) products from Digium (http://www.digium.com)
* QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net)
* Full Duplex Sound Card supported by Linux
* Adtran Atlas 800 Plus
* ISDN4Linux compatible ISDN card
* Tormenta Dual T1 card (http://www.bsdtelephony.com.mx)
* CAPI compatible ISDN cards can be run using the add-on package chan-capi
This Debian package includes the sample configuration, with demonstration
extensions, etc
Website: http://www.asterisk.org.
asterisk-bristuff - Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX) - BRIstuff-enabled version
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a
sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom,
and Internet and telephony applications at the top.
The BRIstuff patch from www.junghanns.net enables support from certain
hardware like HFC ISDN cards which are mainly consumer hardware.
Asterisk can be used with Voice over IP (SIP, H.323, IAX) standards, or the
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through Supported Hardware.
Supported hardware:
* All Wildcard (tm) products from Digium (http://www.digium.com)
* QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net)
* Full Duplex Sound Card supported by Linux
* Adtran Atlas 800 Plus
* ISDN4Linux compatible ISDN card
* Tormenta Dual T1 card (http://www.bsdtelephony.com.mx)
* CAPI compatible ISDN cards can be run using the add-on package chan-capi
This Debian package includes the sample configuration, with demonstration
extensions, etc
Website: http://www.asterisk.org.
asterisk-doc - documentation for asterisk
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package contains the source documentation needed if you wish to
extend the asterisk package.
asterisk-dev - development files for asterisk
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package contains the include files used if you wish to compile a
package which requires asterisk source file headers.
asterisk-sounds-main - sound files for asterisk
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package contains the default sound files for operation of asterisk
asterisk-web-vmail - Web-based (CGI) voice mail interface for Asterisk
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package contains a web-based interface for the voice-mail system
asterisk-config - config files for asterisk
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package contains the default configuration files of Asterisk.
Extracted from asterisk-1.2.13~dfsg/debian/changelog:
=====================================================
asterisk (1:1.2.13~dfsg-2.1) unstable; urgency=high
* NMU
* Backported to Sarge:
- libreadline5 --> libreadline4
- remove libopenh323-dev
- Changed source:version in control to Source-Version
* Added spa3000-504 patch.
-- Russell Stuart <russell-debian@NOSPAM> Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:24:03 +1000
asterisk (1:1.2.13~dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low
[ Tzafrir Cohen ]
* less_docs.dpatch: remove unnecessary doxygen docs. asterisk-doc's size
is now 1.6M (7.7M installed).
[ Mark Purcell ]
* asterisk-classic, asterisk-bristuff:
/usr/lib/asterisk/modules/format_ogg_vorbis.so gone missing when
rebuilt (Closes: #397147)
-- Mark Purcell <msp@NOSPAM> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 06:33:19 +0000
asterisk-1.2.13~dfsg/debian/copyright:
======================================
This package was debianized by Mark Purcell <msp@NOSPAM> on
Fri Apr 19 19:58:40 EST 2002
Asterisk downloaded from http://www.asterisk.org
Bristuff downloaded from http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk/
Upstream Authors: Asterisk: Mark Spencer <markster@NOSPAM>
Bristuff: Klaus-Peter Junghanns <kpj@NOSPAM>
Debian asterisk-xxx.dfsg.tar.gz
===============================
* The Debian version of the upstream asterisk source has had the fpm Music
on Hold removed as this music has only been licenced for use within
asterisk which is incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guildlines (DFSG)
<http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines>.
* The iLBC codec library code has been removed from the Debian asterisk
package as it does not conform with the DFSG.
* The contrib/firmware/iax/iaxy.bin binary firmware without source has been removed.
Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Digium and others....
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
MA 02110-1301, USA.
On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
Asterisk is distributed under GNU General Public License. The GPL also
must apply to all loadable modules as well, except as defined below.
Digium, Inc. (formerly Linux Support Services) retains copyright to all
of the core Asterisk system, and therefore can grant, at its sole discretion,
the ability for companies, individuals, or organizations to create proprietary
or Open Source (but non-GPL'd) modules which may be dynamically linked at
runtime with the portions of Asterisk which fall under our copyright
umbrella, or are distributed under more flexible licenses than GPL
If you wish to use our code in other GPL programs, don't worry -- there
is no requirement that you provide the same exemption in your GPL'd
products (although if you've written a module for Asterisk we would
strongly encourage you to make the same excemption that we do).
Specific permission is also granted to OpenSSL and OpenH323 to link to
Asterisk.
If you have any questions, whatsoever, regarding our licensing policy,
please contact us.
The 'Asterisk' name and logos are trademarks owned by Digium, Inc.,
and use of them is subject to our trademark licensing policies. If you
wish to use these trademarks for purposes other than simple
redistribution of Asterisk source code obtained from Digium, you
should contact our licensing department to determine the necessary
steps you must take.
If you have any questions regarding our licensing policy, please
contact us:
+1.877.546.8963 (via telephone in the USA)
+1.256.428.6000 (via telephone outside the USA)
+1.256.864.0464 (via FAX inside or outside the USA)
IAX2/misery.digium.com/6000 (via IAX2)
licensing@NOSPAM (via email)
Digium, Inc.
150 West Park Loop
Suite 100
Huntsville, AL 35806
USA
Other source code in Asterisk:
GSM source:
Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 by Jutta Degener and Carsten Bormann,
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Any use of this software is permitted provided that this notice is not
removed and that neither the authors nor the Technische Universitaet Berlin
are deemed to have made any representations as to the suitability of this
software for any purpose nor are held responsible for any defects of
this software. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY FOR THIS SOFTWARE.
As a matter of courtesy, the authors request to be informed about uses
this software has found, about bugs in this software, and about any
improvements that may be of general interest.
Berlin, 28.11.1994
Jutta Degener
Carsten Bormann
ADPCM source:
Copyright 1992 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
All Rights Reserved
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation, and that the names of Stichting Mathematisch
Centrum or CWI not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.
STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM BE LIABLE
FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Bristuff:
* Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Junghanns.NET GmbH
*
* Klaus-Peter Junghanns <kpj@NOSPAM>
*
* This program is free software and may be modified and
* distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License.
Other portions of code:
aescrypt.c: Copyright (c) 2003, Dr Brian Gladman <brg@NOSPAM>, Worcester, UK.
aeskey.c: Copyright (c) 2003, Dr Brian Gladman <brg@NOSPAM>, Worcester, UK.
dlfcn.c:Copyright (c) 2002 Jorge Acereda <jacereda@NOSPAM> &
Peter O'Gorman <ogorman@NOSPAM>
dns.c: * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005 Thorsten Lockert
dnsmgr.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Kevin P. Fleming
dsp.c: Copyright (C) 2001 Steve Underwood <steveu@NOSPAM>
indications.c: * Copyright (C) 2002, Pauline Middelink
jitterbuf.c: * Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Horizon Wimba, Inc.
jitterbuf.h: * Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Horizon Wimba, Inc.
md5.c: * written by Colin Plumb in 1993, no copyright is claimed.
plc.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 Steve Underwood
poll.c: Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Brian M. Clapper
slinfactory.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II.
apps/app_alarmreceiver.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005 Steve Rodgers
apps/app_chanspy.c: * Copyright (C) 2005 Anthony Minessale II (anthmct@NOSPAM)
apps/app_controlplayback.c: * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005, Digium, Inc.
apps/app_curl.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Tilghman Lesher
apps/app_cut.c: * Copyright (c) 2003 Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_db.c: * Copyright (C) 2003, Jefferson Noxon
apps/app_dictate.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II
apps/app_directed_pickup.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Joshua Colp
apps/app_dumpchan.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Anthony Minessale II.
apps/app_eval.c: * Copyright (c) 2004 - 2005, Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_exec.c: * Copyright (c) 2004 - 2005, Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_festival.c: * Copyright (C) 2002, Christos Ricudis
apps/app_forkcdr.c: * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005, Anthony Minessale anthmct@NOSPAM
apps/app_hasnewvoicemail.c: * Changes Copyright (c) 2004 - 2005 Todd Freeman <freeman@NOSPAM>
apps/app_hasnewvoicemail.c: * Copyright (c) 2003 Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_math.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Andy Powell
apps/app_md5.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Olle E. Johansson, Edvina.net
apps/app_mixmonitor.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II
apps/app_random.c: * Copyright (c) 2003 - 2005 Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_rpt.c: * Copyright (C) 2002-2005, Jim Dixon, WB6NIL
apps/app_sayunixtime.c: * Copyright (c) 2003 Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_settransfercapability.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Frank Sautter, levigo holding gmbh, www.levigo.de
apps/app_skel.c: * Copyright (C) <Year>, <Your Name Here>
apps/app_sms.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Adrian Kennard, rights assigned to Digium
apps/app_sql_postgres.c: * Copyright (C) 2002, Christos Ricudis
apps/app_verbose.c: * Copyright (c) 2004 - 2005 Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
apps/app_while.c: * Copyright 2004 - 2005, Anthony Minessale <anthmct@NOSPAM>
cdr/cdr_sqlite.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Holger Schurig
cdr/cdr_tds.c: Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
channels/chan_misdn.c: * Copyright (C) 2004, Christian Richter
channels/chan_misdn_config.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Christian Richter
channels/chan_modem_bestdata.c: * Copyright (C) 1999, Mark Spencer and 2001 Jim Dixon
channels/chan_vpb.c: * Copyright (C) 2003, Paul Bagyenda
channels/chan_vpb.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Ben Kramer
channels/DialTone.h: * Copyright (C) 1999, Mark Spencer
channels/Makefile:# Copyright (C) 1999-2005, Mark Spencer
codecs/codec_ilbc.c: * The iLBC code is from The IETF code base and is copyright The Internet Society (2004)
doc/README.backtrace:Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
editline/: * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
editline/editline.3:.\" Copyright (c) 1997-1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
editline/install-sh:# Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
formats/format_au.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Andriy Pylypenko
formats/format_g726.c: * Copyright (c) 2004 - 2005, inAccess Networks
formats/format_ogg_vorbis.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Jeff Ollie
formats/format_sln.c: * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005, Anthony Minessale
funcs/func_cdr.c: * Portions Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II
funcs/func_db.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Russell Bryant <russelb@NOSPAM>
funcs/func_db.c: * Copyright (C) 2003, Jefferson Noxon <jeff@NOSPAM>
funcs/func_logic.c: * Portions Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II
funcs/func_math.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Andy Powell
funcs/func_md5.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Olle E. Johansson, Edvina.net
funcs/func_md5.c: * Copyright (C) 2005, Russell Bryant <russelb@NOSPAM>
funcs/func_strings.c: * Portions Copyright (C) 2005, Tilghman Lesher. All rights reserved.
funcs/func_strings.c: * Portions Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II
res/res_config_odbc.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005 Anthony Minessale II <anthmct@NOSPAM>
res/res_indications.c: * Copyright (C) 2002, Pauline Middelink
res/res_odbc.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005 Anthony Minessale II <anthmct@NOSPAM>
utils/smsq.c: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005 Adrian Kennard
utils/streamplayer.c: fprintf(stderr, "Copyright (C) 2005 -- Russell Bryant -- Digium, Inc.\n\n");
channels/misdn/: * Copyright (C) 2004, Christian Richter
codecs/ilbc/: Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).
contrib/scripts/managerproxy.pl:# Copyright (c) 2004 David C. Troy <dave@NOSPAM>
contrib/scripts/retrieve_extensions_from_sql.pl:# Copyright: 2004 Peter Nixon <codemonkey@NOSPAM>
db1-ast/*/*: * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
editline/np/: * Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
editline/np/strlcat.c: * Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@NOSPAM>
include/asterisk/aes.h: Copyright (c) 2003, Dr Brian Gladman <brg@NOSPAM>, Worcester, UK.
include/asterisk/dlfcn-compat.h:Copyright (c) 2002 Jorge Acereda <jacereda@NOSPAM> &
Peter O'Gorman <ogorman@NOSPAM>
include/asterisk/plc.h: * Copyright (C) 2004 Steve Underwood
include/asterisk/poll-compat.h: Copyright (c) 1995-2002 Brian M. Clapper
include/asterisk/res_odbc.h: * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005, Anthony Minessale II
include/asterisk/slinfactory.h: * Copyright (C) 2005, Anthony Minessale II
asterisk-1.2.13~dfsg/debian/README.Debian:
==========================================
Welcome to the world of telephone switch owners. Asterisk is a quite powerful
and probably one of the feature-richest open-source PBXes out there. To get you
a brief impression where to start tweaking, we've included this doc. (Thanks to
Tzafrir Cohen for a proposal of this)
File Locations
==============
See /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf for pathnames. All the configuration is done
from the *.conf files there.
Sounds reside at /usr/share/asterisk/sounds. Voicemail mailboxes are below
/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail using symlinks.
User, Groups, Permissions
=========================
By default the package will create user and group 'asterisk' and will run as
them. It will optionally run with real-time priority (-p). It will also add
itself to the group audio to enable the daemon to access sound cards. Running
as root is disabled in /etc/init.d/asterisk for security reasons. If you use
zaptel devices (like zaphfc too), you need to set permissions on /dev/zap to
root.dialout or whatever other group you like and add the asterisk user to that
group. Then make sure all the devicenodes below /dev/zap/ are 660 or asterisk
will not have any access still. When no -G is given to the asterisk PARAMS,
then asterisk will automatically initialize all groups of the asterisk user.
To change those values you can edit /etc/default/asterisk. You need to set
RUNASTERISK=yes to make asterisk autostart upon boot.
init.d Script Commands
======================
In addition to reload, that runs the asterisk CLI command 'reload' there
are also extensions-reload ('extensions reload') and logger-reload
('logger-reload') to load only parts of the configuration file.
Asterisk supports a number of non-default paramters at startup. For debugging
it is often useful to run 'asterisk -U asterisk -vvvgc' from the console. Add
more -v for even higher verbosity. You can attach a remote console to a running
asterisk daemon with 'asterisk -vcr'. When testing, make sure to use the "-U
asterisk", or asterisk may write files with root ownership. In that case you
might not be able to restart the daemon without altering permissions to the
files first.
Getting started with config and more features
=============================================
Of course the default config is far from a plug'n'play for every environment.
You need to setup a proper dialplan in extensions.conf, remove the demo entries
and maybe remove FreeWorldDialup too in case you don't participate there. For
more info on how to setup a proper dialplan, fax, enum and configuration of
asterisk, please checkout
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+quickstart
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+files
or the larger HowTos at:
http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm
or
http://www.asteriskdocs.org/ (Asterisk Handbook)
Enjoy your PBX!
Kilian Krause (for the pkg-voip team)
asterisk-1.2.13~dfsg/README:
============================
The Asterisk Open Source PBX
by Mark Spencer <markster@NOSPAM>
and the Asterisk.org developer community
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Digium, Inc.
and other copyright holders.
================================================================
* SECURITY
It is imperative that you read and fully understand the contents of
the SECURITY file before you attempt to configure and run an Asterisk
server.
* WHAT IS ASTERISK ?
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a
sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom,
and Internet and telephony applications at the top. For more information
on the project itself, please visit the Asterisk home page at:
http://www.asterisk.org
In addition you'll find lots of information compiled by the Asterisk
community on this Wiki:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk
There is a book on Asterisk published by O'Reilly under the
Creative Commons License. It is available in book stores as well
as in a downloadable version on the http://www.asteriskdocs.org
web site.
* SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
== Linux ==
The Asterisk Open Source PBX is developed and tested primarily on the
GNU/Linux operating system, and is supported on every major GNU/Linux
distribution.
== Others ==
Asterisk has also been 'ported' and reportedly runs properly on other
operating systems as well, including Sun Solaris, Apple's Mac OS X, and
the BSD variants.
* GETTING STARTED
First, be sure you've got supported hardware (but note that you don't need
ANY special hardware, not even a soundcard) to install and run Asterisk.
Supported telephony hardware includes:
* All Wildcard (tm) products from Digium (www.digium.com)
* QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net)
* any full duplex sound card supported by ALSA or OSS
* VoiceTronix OpenLine products
The are several drivers for ISDN BRI cards available from third party sources.
Check the voip-info.org wiki for more information on chan_capi, chan_misdn and
zaphfc.
* UPGRADING FROM VERSION 1.0
If you are updating from a previous version of Asterisk, make sure you
read the UPGRADE.txt file in the source directory. There are some files
and configuration options that you will have to change, even though we
made every effort possible to maintain backwards compatibility.
In order to discover new features to use, please check the configuration
examples in the /configs directory of the source code distribution.
To discover the major new features of Asterisk 1.2, please visit
http://edvina.net/asterisk1-2/
* NEW INSTALLATIONS
Ensure that your system contains a compatible compiler and development
libraries. Asterisk requires either the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version
3.0 or higher, or a compiler that supports the C99 specification and some of
the gcc language extensions. In addition, your system needs to have the C
library headers available, and the headers and libraries for OpenSSL,
ncurses and zlib.
On many distributions, these files are installed by packages with names like
'glibc-devel', 'ncurses-devel', 'openssl-devel' and 'zlib-devel' or similar.
So let's proceed:
1) Run "make"
Assuming the build completes successfully:
2) Run "make install"
Each time you update or checkout from CVS, you are strongly encouraged
to ensure all previous object files are removed to avoid internal
inconsistency in Asterisk. Normally, this is automatically done with
the presence of the file .cleancount, which increments each time a 'make clean'
is required, and the file .lastclean, which contains the last .cleancount used.
If this is your first time working with Asterisk, you may wish to install
the sample PBX, with demonstration extensions, etc. If so, run:
3) "make samples"
Doing so will overwrite any existing config files you have.
Finally, you can launch Asterisk in the foreground mode (not a daemon)
with:
# asterisk -vvvc
You'll see a bunch of verbose messages fly by your screen as Asterisk
initializes (that's the "very very verbose" mode). When it's ready, if
you specified the "c" then you'll get a command line console, that looks
like this:
*CLI>
You can type "help" at any time to get help with the system. For help
with a specific command, type "help <command>". To start the PBX using
your sound card, you can type "dial" to dial the PBX. Then you can use
"answer", "hangup", and "dial" to simulate the actions of a telephone.
Remember that if you don't have a full duplex sound card (and Asterisk
will tell you somewhere in its verbose messages if you do/don't) then it
won't work right (not yet).
"man asterisk" at the Unix/Linux command prompt will give you detailed
information on how to start and stop Asterisk, as well as all the command
line options for starting Asterisk.
Feel free to look over the configuration files in /etc/asterisk, where
you'll find a lot of information about what you can do with Asterisk.
* ABOUT CONFIGURATION FILES
All Asterisk configuration files share a common format. Comments are
delimited by ';' (since '#' of course, being a DTMF digit, may occur in
many places). A configuration file is divided into sections whose names
appear in []'s. Each section typically contains two types of statements,
those of the form 'variable = value', and those of the form 'object =>
parameters'. Internally the use of '=' and '=>' is exactly the same, so
they're used only to help make the configuration file easier to
understand, and do not affect how it is actually parsed.
Entries of the form 'variable=value' set the value of some parameter in
asterisk. For example, in zapata.conf, one might specify:
switchtype=national
in order to indicate to Asterisk that the switch they are connecting to is
of the type "national". In general, the parameter will apply to
instantiations which occur below its specification. For example, if the
configuration file read:
switchtype = national
channel => 1-4
channel => 10-12
switchtype = dms100
channel => 25-47
the "national" switchtype would be applied to channels one through
four and channels 10 through 12, whereas the "dms100" switchtype would
apply to channels 25 through 47.
The "object => parameters" instantiates an object with the given
parameters. For example, the line "channel => 25-47" creates objects for
the channels 25 through 47 of the card, obtaining the settings
from the variables specified above.
* SPECIAL NOTE ON TIME
Those using SIP phones should be aware that Asterisk is sensitive to
large jumps in time. Manually changing the system time using date(1)
(or other similar commands) may cause SIP registrations and other
internal processes to fail. If your system cannot keep accurate time
by itself use NTP (http://www.ntp.org/) to keep the system clock
synchronized to "real time". NTP is designed to keep the system clock
synchronized by speeding up or slowing down the system clock until it
is synchronized to "real time" rather than by jumping the time and
causing discontinuities. Most Linux distributions include precompiled
versions of NTP. Beware of some time synchronization methods that get
the correct real time periodically and then manually set the system
clock.
Apparent time changes due to daylight savings time are just that,
apparent. The use of daylight savings time in a Linux system is
purely a user interface issue and does not affect the operation of the
Linux kernel or Asterisk. The system clock on Linux kernels operates
on UTC. UTC does not use daylight savings time.
Also note that this issue is separate from the clocking of TDM
channels, and is known to at least affect SIP registrations.
* FILE DESCRIPTORS
Depending on the size of your system and your configuration,
Asterisk can consume a large number of file descriptors. In UNIX,
file descriptors are used for more than just files on disk. File
descriptors are also used for handling network communication
(e.g. SIP, IAX2, or H.323 calls) and hardware access (e.g. analog and
digital trunk hardware). Asterisk accesses many on-disk files for
everything from configuration information to voicemail storage.
Most systems limit the number of file descriptors that Asterisk can
have open at one time. This can limit the number of simultaneous
calls that your system can handle. For example, if the limit is set
at 1024 (a common default value) Asterisk can handle approxiately 150
SIP calls simultaneously. To change the number of file descriptors
follow the instructions for your system below:
== PAM-based Linux System ==
If your system uses PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) edit
/etc/security/limits.conf. Add these lines to the bottom of the file:
root soft nofile 4096
root hard nofile 8196
asterisk soft nofile 4096
asterisk hard nofile 8196
(adjust the numbers to taste). You may need to reboot the system for
these changes to take effect.
== Generic UNIX System ==
If there are no instructions specifically adapted to your system
above you can try adding the command "ulimit -n 8192" to the script
that starts Asterisk.
* MORE INFORMATION
See the doc directory for more documentation on various features. Again,
please read all the configuration samples that include documentation on
the configuration options.
Finally, you may wish to visit the web site and join the mailing list if
you're interested in getting more information.
http://www.asterisk.org/support
Welcome to the growing worldwide community of Asterisk users!
Mark Spencer
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