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Limiting calls by DIDs for FreePBX users, with dynamic configurable parameters (Repost)

December 21, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

Image Source: http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-restrict-access So, we had this challenge by our customer to do this as they are using PRI and supporting multiple customers. Each customer needs to be limited to n number of channels on PRI. When they were using analog that was simply straightforward, … “Limiting calls by DIDs for FreePBX users, with dynamic configurable parameters (Repost)”

OPUS & VP8 Codec with Asterisk 11.20 or higher

November 07, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

We have started to use OPUS codec to deploy our remote peers and so far it sounds amazing with very little bandwidth which almost matches GSM in terms of bandwidth and sound quality is as good as 48khz MP3 files. This is the future of … “OPUS & VP8 Codec with Asterisk 11.20 or higher”

Telekom Malaysia (TM) Multi-Line SIP setup with vanilla Asterisk or FreePBX over TEL URI

September 08, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

Src: https://www.tm.com.my/Office/Business/SME/Solutions/Pages/Multi-Line-SIP.aspx Happy to say that we’ve successfully set up Asterisk 11 or higher with TM’s Multi-Line SIP which basically uses IMS signaling on Huawei devices used by Telekom Malaysia. We had to modify chan_sip.c and parser files to support TEL: URI for INVITE messages. … “Telekom Malaysia (TM) Multi-Line SIP setup with vanilla Asterisk or FreePBX over TEL URI”

The 60 minute Nagios Core 4 install guide on Debian 7 Wheezy (Nagios 4, PNP4Nagios -with MRTG & NagiosQL) built from source or just use the VM OVA2.0

June 05, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

Version 1.1 – 07 June 2016 NOTES: Copyright and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective companies/individuals By all means, these are not my own guides but a collection of guides online with my own hacks here and there that didn’t work for me … “The 60 minute Nagios Core 4 install guide on Debian 7 Wheezy (Nagios 4, PNP4Nagios -with MRTG & NagiosQL) built from source or just use the VM OVA2.0”

Increasing the maximum number of selectable fields in vTiger 6.0 report module

April 28, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

Image source: open4businessonline.com Just wanted to share this out for those who may have run into this problem where you couldn’t add more than 25 fields in the built-in report module of vTiger. My configuration: CentOS 6 vTiger community 6.X Simply edit the file vtigercrm/layouts/vlayout/modules/Reports/resources/Edit2.js … “Increasing the maximum number of selectable fields in vTiger 6.0 report module”

Decoding Oreka’s MCF file extensions for generic playback software (e.g. vlc)

April 12, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

Here’s a quick howto guide to extract .mcf files that are the created by Oreka’s open source recording platform. Parts of software and guides are taken off various sources from the internet. The decoder was written in c++ and is available here if you … “Decoding Oreka’s MCF file extensions for generic playback software (e.g. vlc)”

My first ever Webminar On Windows 10 Security

April 11, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

Check it out if you’ve got some time to kill. SRC: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-10-Webinar-Series/Webinar-4-Windows-10-security Snippet We live in a new era of cyber threats. As employees work across multiple devices, data has never been more vulnerable. Windows 10 responds to the new ways people work: it helps … “My first ever Webminar On Windows 10 Security”

Check script for FreePBX-Asterisk realtime and CDR for suspicious calls (Nagios compatible)

March 04, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

image source:: http://www.chanakyadetective.com/software-investigation.html Here’s a simple script we wrote to check real-time calls and historical data of n minutes in CDR for suspicious activities based on a number pattern and length. We find this utmost useful especially when your servers are exposed to public to … “Check script for FreePBX-Asterisk realtime and CDR for suspicious calls (Nagios compatible)”

Asterisk/FreePBX Call Duration Alerter – with Nagios compatibility

February 27, 2016December 13, 2018 admin

image source: www.iconarchive.com Hi all, hope 2016 has been good to you so far .. Here’s a little script that I did to list out and do any kinds of actions to calls (right now, echo output and email with a kill switch to … “Asterisk/FreePBX Call Duration Alerter – with Nagios compatibility”

Opening multiple ports on Microsoft Azure (e.g. for an Asterisk deployment)

December 04, 2015December 13, 2018 admin

http://azurespeaks.azurewebsites.net/ If you publish an Asterisk servers on Azure, you might find it a daunting task to open multiple ports (called endpoints) on Azure, the task is simply slow if you use the web (portal or the old one). And we RTP folks, need … “Opening multiple ports on Microsoft Azure (e.g. for an Asterisk deployment)”