Contents

• Introduction
  • License Information
    • Hold Music
  • Security
    • Introduction
    • Network Security
    • Dialplan Security
    • Log Security
  • Hardware
    • Introduction
    • DAHDI compatible hardware
    • Non-DAHDI compatible hardware
    • mISDN compatible hardware
    • Miscellaneous other interfaces
  
  
• Configuration
  • General Configuration Information
    • Configuration Parser
    • Asterisk.conf
    • CLI Prompt
    • Extensions
    • IP Quality of Service
    • MP3 Support
    • ICES
  • Database Support
    • Realtime Database Configuration
    • FreeTDS
  • Privacy
    • First of all
    • Next, Fight against autodialers!!
    • Next, Fight against the empty CALLERID!
    • Next, use a WELCOME MENU !
    • Next: Torture Them!
    • Using Call Screening
    • The 'N' and 'n' options
    • Recorded Introductions
  
  
• Channel Variables
  • Introduction
  • Parameter Quoting
  • Variables
  • Variable Inheritance
    • Example
  • Selecting Characters from Variables
  • Expressions
    • Spaces Inside Variables Values
    • Operators
    • Floating Point Numbers
    • Functions
    • Examples
    • Numbers Vs. Strings
    • Conditionals
    • Parse Errors
    • NULL Strings
    • Warning
    • Incompatabilities
    • Debugging Hints
  • Asterisk standard channel variables
    • Application return values
    • Various application variables
    • The MeetMe Conference Bridge
    • The VoiceMail() application
    • The VMAuthenticate() application
    • DUNDiLookup()
    • chan_dahdi
    • chan_sip
    • chan_agent
    • The Dial() application
    • The chanisavail() application
    • Dialplan Macros
    • The ChanSpy() application
    • OSP
  
  
• AEL: Asterisk Extension Language
  • Introduction
  • Asterisk in a Nutshell
    • Contexts
    • Extensions and priorities
    • Macros
    • Applications
  • Getting Started
  • Debugging
  • About "aelparse"
  • General Notes about Syntax
  • Keywords
  • Procedural Interface and Internals
    • AEL version 2 BNF
  • AEL Example USAGE
    • Comments
    • Context
    • Extensions
    • Includes
    • #include
    • Dialplan Switches
    • Ignorepat
    • Variables
    • Local Variables
    • Loops
    • Conditionals
    • Break, Continue, and Return
    • goto, jump, and labels
    • Macros
  • Examples
  • Semantic Checks
  • Differences with the original version of AEL
  • Hints and Bugs
  • The Full Power of AEL
  
  
• SLA: Shared Line Appearances
  • Introduction
  • Configuration
    • Summary
    • Dialplan
    • Trunks
    • Stations
  • Configuration Examples
    • Basic SLA
    • SLA and Voicemail
  • Call Handling
    • Summary
    • Station goes off hook (not ringing)
    • Station goes off hook (ringing)
    • Line button on a station is pressed
  
  
• Channel Drivers
  • IAX2
    • Introduction
    • Why IAX2?
    • Configuration
    • IAX2 Jitterbuffer
  • mISDN
    • Introduction
    • Features
    • Fast Installation Guide
    • Pre-Requisites
    • Configuration
    • mISDN CLI commands
    • mISDN Variables
    • Debugging and sending bug reports
    • Examples
    • Known Problems
  • Local
    • Introduction
    • Examples
    • Trivial Local channel example
    • Delay dialing devices
    • Dialing destinations with different information
    • Using callfiles and Local channels
    • Understanding When To Use /n
    • Local channel modifiers
  
  
• Distributed Universal Number Discovery (DUNDi)
  • Introduction
  • DUNDIQUERY and DUNDIRESULT
  • Peering Agreement
  
  
• ENUM
  • The ENUMLOOKUP dialplan function
    • Arguments
    • Examples
    • Usage notes and subtle features
    • Some more Examples
  
  
• AMI: Asterisk Manager Interface
  • The Asterisk Manager TCP/IP API
  • Command Syntax
  • Manager commands
  • Examples
  • Ensuring all modules are loaded
  • Device status reports
  • Some standard AMI headers
  • Asynchronous Javascript Asterisk Manger (AJAM)
    • Setup the Asterisk HTTP server
    • Allow Manager Access via HTTP
    • Integration with other web servers
  
  
• CDR: Call Detail Records
  • Applications
  • CDR Fields
  • Variables
  • Storage Backends
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • MySQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • SQLite 2
    • SQLite 3
    • RADIUS
  
  
• Voicemail
  • ODBC Storage
  • IMAP Storage
    • Installation Notes
    • Modify voicemail.conf
    • IMAP Folders
    • Separate vs. Shared Email Accounts
    • IMAP Server Implementations
    • Quota Support
    • Application Notes
  
  
• SMS
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Typical use with Asterisk
  • Terminology
  • Sub address
  • extensions.conf
  • Using smsq
  • File formats
  • Delivery reports
  
  
• Queues
  • Introduction
  • Configuring Call Queues
    • queues.conf
    • Routing incoming Calls to Queues
    • Assigning agents to Queues
    • Controlling The Way Queues Call the Agents
    • Pre Acknowledgement Message
    • Caveats
  • Queue Logs
  
  
• Phone Provisioning
  • Introduction
  • Configuration of phoneprov.conf
    • The [general] section
    • Creating phone profiles
  • Configuration of users.conf
    • The [general] section
    • Invdividual Users
  • Templates
  • Putting it all together
  
  
• Packet Loss Concealment
  • What is PLC?
  • How does Asterisk detect packet loss?
  • A bit of background on translation
  • Additional restrictions and caveats
  • Summary
  • Protip
  
  
• Sounds Packages
  • Introduction
  • Getting The Sounds Tools
  • About The Sounds Tools
    • audiofilter
    • makeg722
    • scripts
  
  
• Development
  • Backtrace