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hank smith wrote:> hello I am just curious if there is any windows alternitives to Asterisk? > can I also use them with free world dialup? > thanks > hankNo, but maybe you could port Asterisk to Windows. No, that's not a joke. The Zaptel drivers might be tough, but Asterisk's VoIP features would probably run under Cygwin without too high a mountain of work. Regards, Steve
hank smith wrote:> hello I am just curious if there is any windows alternitives to Asterisk? > can I also use them with free world dialup? > thanks > hankI've never used either of these and I'm certainly no authority on the subject, but here are a couple Windows based alternatives I've come across while studying the marketplace: http://www.nexpath.com/ http://www.artisoft.com/ You didn't say whether TDM was important to you, or whether free as in beer and/or freedom is desirable. I'd love to see a competitive analysis of * vs. alternatives (Windows or otherwise) on the voip-info wiki. Cheers
I'm working on a "abstraction" toolset for asterisk, some screenshots : http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls1.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls2.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls3.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls4.jpg some technical details : - Fully based on a Postgresql DB (+/- 40 tables) - Extensive use of macro's in the extensions.conf - some little patches to the asterisk source (additions) to extend the manager capability - a layer between the manager port and the PGSQL written in C (to prevent that each separate client would connect to the manager interface) - some AGI scripts (written in C) to fulfill some needs which are not build in asterisk for example : redirect through drag&drop. - A program (written in C) which extracts all the info from de Pgsql and converts it to the needed * conf files upon request - goal : >>everything<< works on Win32 clients : configuration, outlook integration , panel programs, attendant program ... so we could sell a standard box plug it to the PSTN network and the ethernet, install the sotware on a W32 client and off they go without the explicit knowledge of linux. the sound files (will be uploaded on a FTP on the box and copied to the appropriate destination with the some program as one point above I especially developed these toolset "arround" asterisk, so i do not need the take in account the Asterisk license except for the patches which will be published. development status : - First tests are positive - Working on the last "big" point is the extended (graphical call router to easily design IVR's) - Working on a .NET SDK which also is a abstraction. - Timing end of march ... but as everybody knows .... it could take some more time. Some personal statements : - I know it is not very good to develop for windows but this is the only way for me and for th major Small businesses outside ... and if there are some enthousiast to convert it to a linux platform ... go ahead. - For the moment it is quit oriented on a combination of ISDN hardware (capi.conf) and cisco phones. once this is working without major bugs i will extend it to (IAX.conf ... and other things) - My only goal to develop this is to get asterisk on bigger user basis - What i regret is the lack of developement of a interface between asterisk and other software (for windows TAPI for example) i asked many times some basic questions about the manager interface but nobody seems to be interested ! i strongly belief this would be a major break through. but i do not have enough C++ and/or Linux knowledge (and TIME ) to develop these features. The sourcecode ??? - Well lets play it tricky ... i'm going to publish all of the code under GPL if i see some changes to latest point i mentioned just above. (and don't try to convince me with "ethical" arguments, i'm now trying for 3 years to make some "descent" money with integration of open source software and i see it as a win/win operation) Just fire me !!! -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com namens Tilghman Lesher Verzonden: ma 8/03/2004 21:46 Aan: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com CC: Onderwerp: Re: [Asterisk-Users] windows alternitives to Asterisk? On Monday 08 March 2004 13:59, hank smith wrote: > is there a program that I can install on my linux box so I can > configure the pbx from the internet from my windows box so I don't > have to work with config files? In a word, no. There are a few GUI applications in the process of being developed, but most of them are a substitute only for using an editor on the Linux machine, not a full-fledged abstraction from the configuration. -Tilghman _______________________________________________ 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 DISCLAIMER: The content of this e-mail message does not constitute a commitment of DKMA bvba This e-mail and any attachments thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the intended recipient only. Any use of the information contained herein ( including, but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any form ) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited.If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author, either by telephone or by e-mail and delete the material from any computer. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 8214 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040309/fead99b6/attachment.bin
- The whole toolset running on W32 is already ODBC (in fact it's the only way ... ) - Once i reach stabilty i will try to convert it to fully DB independant - The reloading thing ... i leave it to others ... once it is possible i'll make things executable -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com namens Michael Shuler Verzonden: di 9/03/2004 9:40 Aan: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com CC: Onderwerp: RE: [Asterisk-Users] windows alternitives to Asterisk? Contact me at your earliest convenience, we would be immediately interested in the product for our CLEC for provisioning services to our customers. Couple of issues for us: - Would need to support MySQL and Oracle (should be easy to switch to ODBC instead of Postgresql specific functions) - Need a way to change settings on * without "reloading"... I found something that is no longer maintained that can do this, see http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk%20cmd%20DynExtenDB We already got the SIP features in http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0001086 applied which takes care of adding customers - Would need to support virtual PBX concept for a large carrier deployment and thousands of businesses - Would need to support management of clustered * servers which should be taken care of by the above 2 links and a shared file system for VM and ACD (which would be cool if it was stored in an SQL DB too) And much much more but the above a biggies for us. ---------------------------------------- Michael Shuler, C.E.O. BitWise Systems, Inc. 1301 W. Pioneer Parkway Peoria, IL 61615 Office: (217) 585-0357 Cell: (309) 657-6365 Fax: (309) 213-3500 E-Mail: mike@bwsys.net Customer Service: (877) 976-0711 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Devenijn [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Devenijn Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:11 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] windows alternitives to Asterisk? I'm working on a "abstraction" toolset for asterisk, some screenshots : http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls1.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls2.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls3.jpg http://www.dkma.be/devenijn/data/tls4.jpg some technical details : - Fully based on a Postgresql DB (+/- 40 tables) - Extensive use of macro's in the extensions.conf - some little patches to the asterisk source (additions) to extend the manager capability - a layer between the manager port and the PGSQL written in C (to prevent that each separate client would connect to the manager interface) - some AGI scripts (written in C) to fulfill some needs which are not build in asterisk for example : redirect through drag&drop. - A program (written in C) which extracts all the info from de Pgsql and converts it to the needed * conf files upon request - goal : >>everything<< works on Win32 clients : configuration, outlook integration , panel programs, attendant program ... so we could sell a standard box plug it to the PSTN network and the ethernet, install the sotware on a W32 client and off they go without the explicit knowledge of linux. the sound files (will be uploaded on a FTP on the box and copied to the appropriate destination with the some program as one point above I especially developed these toolset "arround" asterisk, so i do not need the take in account the Asterisk license except for the patches which will be published. development status : - First tests are positive - Working on the last "big" point is the extended (graphical call router to easily design IVR's) - Working on a .NET SDK which also is a abstraction. - Timing end of march ... but as everybody knows .... it could take some more time. Some personal statements : - I know it is not very good to develop for windows but this is the only way for me and for th major Small businesses outside ... and if there are some enthousiast to convert it to a linux platform ... go ahead. - For the moment it is quit oriented on a combination of ISDN hardware (capi.conf) and cisco phones. once this is working without major bugs i will extend it to (IAX.conf ... and other things) - My only goal to develop this is to get asterisk on bigger user basis - What i regret is the lack of developement of a interface between asterisk and other software (for windows TAPI for example) i asked many times some basic questions about the manager interface but nobody seems to be interested ! i strongly belief this would be a major break through. but i do not have enough C++ and/or Linux knowledge (and TIME ) to develop these features. The sourcecode ??? - Well lets play it tricky ... i'm going to publish all of the code under GPL if i see some changes to latest point i mentioned just above. (and don't try to convince me with "ethical" arguments, i'm now trying for 3 years to make some "descent" money with integration of open source software and i see it as a win/win operation) Just fire me !!! -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com namens Tilghman Lesher Verzonden: ma 8/03/2004 21:46 Aan: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com CC: Onderwerp: Re: [Asterisk-Users] windows alternitives to Asterisk? On Monday 08 March 2004 13:59, hank smith wrote: > is there a program that I can install on my linux box so I can > configure the pbx from the internet from my windows box so I don't > have to work with config files? In a word, no. There are a few GUI applications in the process of being developed, but most of them are a substitute only for using an editor on the Linux machine, not a full-fledged abstraction from the configuration. -Tilghman _______________________________________________ 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 DISCLAIMER: The content of this e-mail message does not constitute a commitment of DKMA bvba This e-mail and any attachments thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the intended recipient only. 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I don't think that's what he meant... Lol. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Anton Tinchev Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:28 PM To: Asterisk Users Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] windows alternitives to Asterisk? Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ hank smith wrote:>is there a program that I can install on my linux box so I can >configure the pbx from the internet from my windows box so I don't have>to work with config files? >thanks >hank >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Underwood" <steveu@coppice.org> >To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 11:07 AM >Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] windows alternitives to Asterisk? > > > > >>hank smith wrote: >> >> >> >>>hello I am just curious if there is any windows alternitives to >>> >>> >Asterisk? > > >>>can I also use them with free world dialup? >>>thanks >>>hank >>> >>> >>No, but maybe you could port Asterisk to Windows. No, that's not ajoke.>>The Zaptel drivers might be tough, but Asterisk's VoIP features would >>probably run under Cygwin without too high a mountain of work. >> >>Regards, >>Steve >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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