[horde] Asterisk dialler

[wiskbroom at hotmail.com]

Wow, I just started looking into Asterisk this morning, which means that at least for me, I will just install as per whatever way would work best for your add-ons!

Thank you,

.vp


> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:58:20 +0000
> From: lists at oak-wood.co.uk
> To: horde at lists.horde.org
> Subject: [horde] Asterisk dialler
> 
> I've recently put together a small module to dial out via an Asterisk PBX,
> providing the telephony/dial call so that contacts can be called directly from
> Turba.
> 
> Obviously everyone's telephony set up tends to be a little different so I'm
> curious if there is enough interest in this to make it worthwhile me spending a
> bit of time tidying it up and contributing it.
> 
> The module uses the Asterisk Manager interface and the Originate command. It is
> useful primarily in a corporate environment where Horde is being used for
> groupware and Asterisk for telephony, with all Horde users using the same
> Asterisk PBX. As it stands the following are global config parameter:
> 
> The host on which the Asterisk manager runs
> User name for Asterisk manager
> Password for Asterisk manager
> Context in which calls are placed
> Initial priority for calls
> International dialling prefix (ie what shall we replace a leading '+' with)
> 
> The following are user preferences:
> The extension/channel to originate the call from
> How long to ring that channel before giving up
> 
> The module has no display pages - it simply sets a notification with the results
> and then redirects to the page it came from.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Hastie
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