[dorian]

andrew had a great idea which is that everyone ought to have a sort of central place to each post about any cool tricks or implementations they've done, so here it is ^_^

everyone please feel free to post anything you think is neat, but even better if it's something you tried yourself first!

[Bredick]

I wrote a shell script for automatic updates from the dev CVS I am releasing it as open source under GPL liscense, i.e. if you use it please give me credit :wink:

edit 8-26-05, Cleaned up a bit works well enough to actualy exicute it from a dialplan, which is pretty messed up, but I have done it :lol:

#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/ucb:/usr/bin:/bin; export PATH

echo "shutting down asterisk"

/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "stop now"

killall asterisk

echo "begining cleanup"

if [ -d "/usr/src/astcc" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/astcc
   echo "astcc clean"
else
   echo "astcc does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/asterisk" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/asterisk
   echo "asterisk clean"
else
   echo "asterisk does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/asterisk-addons" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/asterisk-addons
   echo "asterisk-addons clean"
else
   echo "asterisk-addons does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/asterisk-sounds" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/asterisk-sounds
   echo "asterisk-sounds clean"
else
   echo "asterisk-sounds does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/btp" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/btp
   echo "btp clean"
else
   echo "btp does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/gastman" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/gastman
   echo "gastman clean"
else
   echo "gastman does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/libiax" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/libiax
   echo "libiax clean"
else
   echo "libiax does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/libiax2" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/libiax2
   echo "libiax2 clean"
else
   echo "libiax2 does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/libpri" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/libpri
   echo "libpri clean"
else
   echo "libpri does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/libr2" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/libr2
   echo "libr2 clean"
else
   echo "libr2 does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/phpconfig" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/phpconfig
   echo "phpconfig clean"
else
   echo "phpconfig does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/zapata" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/zapata
   echo "zapata clean"
else
   echo "zapata does not exist"
fi

if [ -d "/usr/src/zaptel" ]
then
   rm -dfR /usr/src/zaptel
   echo "zaptel clean"
else
   echo "zaptel does not exist"
fi

echo "directory cleanup complete"
echo "on to cvs update"
cd /usr/src

export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs:anoncvs@cvs.digium.com:/usr/cvsroot
cvs login
cvs checkout astcc asterisk asterisk-addons asterisk-sounds btp gastman libiax libiax2 libpri libr2 phpconfig zapata zaptel

echo "cvs download complete"
echo "beginning compiling process"

echo "building zaptel"
cd /usr/src/zaptel
make clean
make install
echo "zaptel complete"

echo "building zapata"
cd /usr/src/zapata
make clean
make install
echo "zapata complete"

echo "building phpconfig"
cd /usr/src/phpconfig
make clean
make install
echo "phpconfig complete"

echo "building libr2"
cd /usr/src/libr2
make clean
make install
echo "zlibr2 complete"

echo "libpri zapata"
cd /usr/src/libpri
make clean
make install
echo "libpri complete"

echo "building libiax2"
cd /usr/src/libiax2
make clean
make install
echo "libiax2 complete"

echo "building libiax"
cd /usr/src/libiax
make clean
make install
echo "libiax complete"

echo "building btp"
cd /usr/src/btp
make clean
make install
echo "btp complete"

echo "building asterisk"
cd /usr/src/asterisk
make clean
make install
echo "asterisk complete"

echo "building asterisk-sounds"
cd /usr/src/asterisk-sounds
make clean
make install
echo "asterisk-sounds complete"

echo "building asterisk-addons"
cd /usr/src/asterisk-addons
make clean
make install
echo "asterisk-addons complete"

echo "building astcc"
cd /usr/src/astcc
make clean
make install
echo "astcc complete"

echo "copiling complete"
echo "Asterisk will load with verbosity level 8 debugging automagicly"
echo "Thank you for using ast_update.sh for asterisk written by Brendon Redick"

/usr/sbin/asterisk -vvvvvvvvc

[tehcall]

I made some stuff. Here is just a simple dialplan to change the music on hold realtime from dialing an internal extension or accessing via external extension (did). In the "6" priority, it doesnt have to hangup. You could do like goto something else after it changes. Even though asterisk reboots, it doesnt tear the call down. And its really neat, because if someone is listening to MOH and you go and change the music on hold, it will automaticly change it for them listening to it.

=-------------==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-==-=----=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=---=-=-
                                                   ;+changing music on hold section...
                                                   ; Have a directory named "moh_holding"
                                                   ; with your mp3's labled 1.mp3 2.mp3
                                                   ; 3.mp3  etc..and your moh DIR changed
                                                   ; to home_moh, in this case..
                                                   ; Record the custom prompts yourself
[change-moh]


exten => s,1,background,choose_moh  ;review or choose
exten => i,1,playback,invalid
exten => i,2,goto(s|1)
exten => t,1,goto(s|1)
exten => *,1,goto(admin_menu|s|4)

exten => 1,1,playback,thankyou-jb
exten => 1,2,goto(moh-review|s|1)

exten => 2,1,playback,thankyou-jb
exten => 2,2,goto(choose-moh|s|1)

[moh-review]

exten => s,1,playback,press-pound
exten => s,2,wait,2
exten => s,3,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/1
exten => s,4,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/1.mp3)
exten => s,5,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/2
exten => s,6,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/2.mp3)
exten => s,7,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/3
exten => s,8,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/3.mp3)
exten => s,9,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/4
exten => s,10,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/4.mp3)
exten => s,11,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/5
exten => s,12,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/5.mp3)

exten => s,13,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/6
exten => s,14,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/6.mp3)
exten => s,15,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/7
exten => s,16,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/7.mp3)
exten => s,17,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/8
exten => s,18,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/8.mp3)
exten => s,19,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/9
exten => s,20,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/9.mp3)
exten => s,21,playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/10
exten => s,22,MP3Player(/var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/10.mp3)
exten => s,23,goto(change-moh|s|1)

[choose-moh]

exten => s,1,background,please-choose-moh
exten => i,1,playback,invalid
exten => i,2,goto(s|1)
exten => t,1,goto(s|1)
exten => *,1,goto(admin_menu|s|4)


exten => 1,1,playback,changing-to-1-pls-hold
exten => 1,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 1,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/1.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 1,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 1,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 1,6,hangup()

exten => 2,1,playback,changing-to-2-pls-hold
exten => 2,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 2,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/2.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 2,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 2,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 2,6,hangup()

exten => 3,1,playback,changing-to-3-pls-hold
exten => 3,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 3,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/3.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 3,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 3,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 3,6,hangup()


exten => 4,1,playback,changing-to-4-pls-hold
exten => 4,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 4,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/4.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 4,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 4,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 4,6,hangup()


exten => 5,1,playback,changing-to-5-pls-hold
exten => 5,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 5,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/5.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 5,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 5,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 5,6,hangup()

exten => 6,1,playback,changing-to-6-pls-hold
exten => 6,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 6,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/6.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 6,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 6,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 6,6,hangup()


exten => 7,1,playback,changing-to-7-pls-hold
exten => 7,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 7,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/7.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 7,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 7,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 7,6,hangup()


exten => 8,1,playback,changing-to-8-pls-hold
exten => 8,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 8,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/8.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 8,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 8,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 8,6,hangup()


exten => 9,1,playback,changing-to-9-pls-hold
exten => 9,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 9,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/9.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 9,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 9,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 9,6,hangup()


exten => 10,1,playback,changing-to-10-pls-hold
exten => 10,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 10,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /var/lib/asterisk/moh_holding/10.mp3 /var/lib/asterisk/home_moh/1.mp3)
exten => 10,4,TrySystem(/usr/bin/killall mpg123 -9)
exten => 10,5,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reboot)
exten => 10,6,hangup()

[tehcall]

This is a context for extensions.conf to change the proxy you use with BroadVoice service, remotly thru an IVR menu you can reach either internaly dialing or dialing from the pstn. This comes in handy when you are having issues and need to change the proxy and you dont have access to the asterisk server. You should probally set a password up on this if you have it accecible from the pstn.

Must have 8 text files in etc/asterisk
All labeled atl.conf dca.conf etc..
All filled out with each proxy info like it would be etc/hosts
If you need help recording the custom recordings that are in this context, please refer to the bottom of this document. If you need more of 
an explanation of how to use this context, please feel free to email me at telephones <at> usa <dot> com 

[change-host-bv]

exten => s,1,backgound,please_choose_proxy        ;please choose etc..
exten => i,1,playback,invalid
exten => i,2,goto(s|1)
exten => t,1,goto(s|1)
;------------------------------------------------------------------
exten => 1,1,playback,changing_atl      ;now changing to atl, pls hld
exten => 1,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 1,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/atl.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 1,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 1,5,hangup()

exten => 2,1,playback,changing_bos      ;now changing to bos, pls hld
exten => 2,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 2,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/bos.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 2,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 2,5,hangup()

exten => 3,1,playback,changing_chi      ;now changing to chi, pls hld
exten => 3,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 3,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/chi.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 3,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 3,5,hangup()

exten => 4,1,playback,changing_dca       ;now changing to dca, pls hld
exten => 4,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 4,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/dca.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 4,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 4,5,hangup()

exten => 5,1,playback,changing_dca2      ;now changing to dca2, pls hld
exten => 5,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 5,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/dca2.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 5,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 5,5,hangup()

exten => 6,1,playback,changing_lax       ;now changing to lax, pls hld
exten => 6,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 6,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/lax.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 6,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 6,5,hangup()

exten => 7,1,playback,changing_mia       ;now changing to mia, pls hld
exten => 7,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 7,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/mia.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 7,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 7,5,hangup()

exten => 8,1,playback,changing_nyc       ;now changing to nyc, pls hld
exten => 8,2,TrySystem(/usr/bin/rm -rf /etc/hosts)
exten => 8,3,TrySystem(/usr/bin/cp /etc/asterisk/nyc.conf /etc/hosts)
exten => 8,4,TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)
exten => 8,5,hangup()








--------------------------------------------------;EOD



Ok if you need help recording the custom recordings here is a context you can use in your extensions.conf to record them all in one shot. So make sure you print this out so you can see where you are when recording.  Press pound to proceed to record next message.


[record_custom_recordings]
exten => s,1,Authenticate,1111 ;passcode                                           
exten => s,2,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/please_choose_proxy:gsm
exten => s,3,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_atl:gsm
exten => s,4,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_bos:gsm
exten => s,5,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_chi:gsm
exten => s,6,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_dca:gsm
exten => s,7,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_dca2:gsm
exten => s,8,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_mia:gsm
exten => s,9,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_nyc:gsm
exten => s,10,record,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_lax:gsm
exten => s,11,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/please_choose_proxy
exten => s,12,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_atl
exten => s,13,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_bos
exten => s,14,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_chi
exten => s,15,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_dca
exten => s,16,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_dca2
exten => s,17,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_mia
exten => s,18,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_nyc
exten => s,19,Playback,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/changing_lax
exten => s,20,playback,thankyou
exten => s,21,hangup()


--=--
 Dialog for the custom recordings, for the recording ’please_choose_proxy’ should say something to the affect:
 “Welcome, please choose your proxy now, for Atlanta press 1, for   Boston press 2, for Chicago press 3, for DCA press 4, for DCA2 press 5, for Miami press 6, for New York press 7, for LA press 8. Please make your selection now”  
-

 All of the ‘changing_lax’ etc should say something like “You chose ‘insert proxy name here’ please hold.”

This file is just a part of a major admin IVR I’m putting together for my own enjoyment and will be sharing it with anyone. If you have any advice or anything you might think I would like to add to this menu please feel free to contact me.
Peace

[mberlant]

tehcall,

I have two recommendations for your "change proxy" script a little, one easy and one more difficult. The easy change is to limit the impact on system resources to just those needed.

I would change each instance of

TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx reload)

to

TrySystem(/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "sip reload")

It's unnecessary to reload anything more than sip.conf to accomplish this update, so doing a global "reload" is overkill.

The other change is more difficult. Your scheme of setting up eight different /etc/hosts files and copying in the one you want is only good if "sip.broadvoice.com" is the only line item in the file. If the user already has other entries in /etc/hosts, your scheme will introduce a level of complexity into that maintenance.

[tehcall]

Yea I only have the localhost in the hosts file. Thanks for the comments to improve this dialplan.
I'm sure theres other ways to accomplish this. I just did it the only way I could think of with the long ass dialplan.
But I was only making this for the public to take and do what they want with it. I want to get this admin menu finished I just have so much on my plate right now. I want to add like a ping menu to ping preselected proxies to help determine the right one for the moment and also be able to ping IP addresses on demand. But I can't figure out how to get festival to read from a particular line in a txt file. A friend blackratchet wrote a pl to nmap via the phone which is pretty sweet. Its here
http://oldskoolphreak.com/tfiles/voip/tts-nmap.agi

[mberlant]

My experience is that ping times are not a valid indicator of proxy performance, so I wouldn't spend too much time chasing that dragon. Ping packets are tiny and are only transmitted one packet every few seconds, so they tend to get through congestions that would choke RTP packets, which are larger and much more plentiful. I find that actual proxy performance more often than not will trump the ping time.

For example, from Japan LAX proxy is about 20ms "shorter" to me than any other BV proxy. Still, for the last two weeks I was on DCA2 because it was performing better than LAX.

[supasharp]

I just installed the asterisk nmap agi.....it works great! Thank you very much!