I think I will pass. $49 for something free on the wiki seems too expensive. A cheaper PDF would would save a tree and probably be more reasonable in cost. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Babstock" <joebabstock@yahoo.com> To: <asterisk-doc@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-announce@lists.digium.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.> There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > pages, it looks great. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample pages, it looks great. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Joe Babstock wrote:> There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > pages, it looks great.And how do you know it's a good book? I wouldn't mind a review and I may purchase the book (I doubt I qualify as a reviewer as I haven't yet figured this VoIP stuff out yet). I'm not really sure a few pages qualifies for a review. BTW, please excuse me if Paul is a frequent contributor to the mail list. I just found the method of announcement a bit suspect (I'm not say Paul posted this either). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II)
we should buy it and encourage everyone to do so, that will support whoever took the initiative to write a book on Asterisk, which has been long overdue. DH> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Steve Totaro > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:16 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. > > > I think I will pass. $49 for something free on the wiki seems too > expensive. A cheaper PDF would would save a tree and probably be more > reasonable in cost. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Babstock" <joebabstock@yahoo.com> > To: <asterisk-doc@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>; > <asterisk-announce@lists.digium.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:05 AM > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. > > > > There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > > pages, it looks great. > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > >
This is true but school cost money -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:16 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. I think I will pass. $49 for something free on the wiki seems too expensive. A cheaper PDF would would save a tree and probably be more reasonable in cost. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Babstock" <joebabstock@yahoo.com> To: <asterisk-doc@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-announce@lists.digium.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.> There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > pages, it looks great. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >_______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Paul Zimm
2004-Jul-08 10:59 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Variable for extension that transferred the call?
Is there a variable available to use in my dial plan, that identifies
the extension or callerid that
transferred the call?
I use valet parking to stack calls for an extension in their own parking
lot.
I'd like the extension they use for valet park to be the same for all
phones. That way I can
"program" a memory button on the phone without worrying if it's
hooked
up to the
correct extension.
My extensions are 3 digit and all begin with 8.
current . . . . . . . . . .
exten => _5XX,1,ValetParkCall(auto|8${EXTEN:1}|120|8${EXTEN:1}|1|default)
exten => *66,1,ValetUnParkCall(fifo|${CALLERIDNUM})
what I want . . . . . . . . . .
exten =>
*55,1,ValetParkCall(auto|${extension_that_transferred}|120|${extension_that_transferred}|1|default)
exten => *66,1,ValetUnParkCall(fifo|${CALLERIDNUM})
Hello, I was a reviewer of the book, and it is a good beginner book. At over 260 pages it isn't exactly small and it does contain a lot of information that is not in the wiki, especially on telco topics and a very in-depth overview of Cisco IP phones. It does a good job of going over the basics of Asterisk, which in itself is a difficult task as some of the basics of Asterisk change rather frequently. It is a beginner book and doesn't cover some more advanced and more specialized topics, but it would be a good way for someone who had no understanding of the telco/VOIP world to get into Asterisk and set up their first test system. $50 is a bit steep for a book, but I can tell you that they did put a lot of effort into creating a comprehensive intro to Asterisk with a great deal of the material being written by the authors from scratch, and Asterisk is still quite a niche market relative to other cheaper technology books out there justifying the cost a bit more. MATT--- -----Original Message----- From: Neil Cherry [mailto:ncherry@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:58 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. Joe Babstock wrote:> There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > pages, it looks great.And how do you know it's a good book? I wouldn't mind a review and I may purchase the book (I doubt I qualify as a reviewer as I haven't yet figured this VoIP stuff out yet). I'm not really sure a few pages qualifies for a review. BTW, please excuse me if Paul is a frequent contributor to the mail list. I just found the method of announcement a bit suspect (I'm not say Paul posted this either). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Harold Workman
2004-Jul-08 12:15 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.
what does that have to do with an overpriced book? and i agree with Joe. With this book sourcing most of the documentation directly from wiki, why pay for something thats free? Id rather donate $49 to keeping wiki free to the enviroment. ----------------------- Harold Workman CCNA, CCNP Cytel Communications hworkman@cytelcom.com Ph. 281-449-4000 x3098 -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Jeremy Kenney Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:16 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. This is true but school cost money -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:16 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. I think I will pass. $49 for something free on the wiki seems too expensive. A cheaper PDF would would save a tree and probably be more reasonable in cost. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Babstock" <joebabstock@yahoo.com> To: <asterisk-doc@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>; <asterisk-announce@lists.digium.com> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.> There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > pages, it looks great. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >_______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
-----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Harold Workman Sent: 08 July 2004 20:15 To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. what does that have to do with an overpriced book? and i agree with Joe. With this book sourcing most of the documentation directly from wiki, why pay for something thats free? Id rather donate $49 to keeping wiki free to the enviroment. I second that, I think a more reasonably priced book in PDF fromat would have been better. Umar.