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Got it basically working, but still need answers as to why SIP is so much
different from FXx

 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of BSumrall
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 7:36 AM
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Context documentation for the newbie!

 

First off, I wanted to thank you for referring me to the O'Reily pdf.

It has already helped a lot and now I know exactly where I am going wrong,
but still do not have an answer!

 

Almost every example on voip-info.org and O'Reily assume you are using an
FXO or FXS card.

I am 100% internet based.

 

It hit me like a rock that I need to understand why this affects the
channels differently.

 

O'Reily states:

[incoming]

exten => s,1,Answer( )

exten => s,2,Playback(hello-world)

exten => s,3,Hangup( )

If you have a channel or two configured, go ahead and try it out! Simply
make a new

extensions.conf file with this short dialplan. (If it doesn't work, check
the Asterisk

console for error messages, and make sure your channels are configured to
send

inbound calls to the [incoming] context.)

 

 

Go figure! I am 100% SIP based and zero IAX and I am assuming this effects
how asterisk looks a Zapata.conf?

 

So,  this would lead to the logical conclusion that if I do not configure
incoming in Zapata, I configure it on the teliax authentication portion of
sip.conf!

 

It still didn't work.

 

I can see my phone number coming in on the CLI, but zero transition into the
basic commands of extentions.conf

 

Teliax got the thing to work before. They simply stripped out everything and
put in what appeared to be the exact example on their web site.

 

I was playing around with extensions.conf only and now it doesn't work at
all and the conceptual theory doesn't seem to apply when dealing with 100%
only SIP vs. FXx

 

So, can anyone point me into the right direction on documentation on
"understanding the differences of SIP vs. FXx?

 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mats Karlsson
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:35 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Context documentation for the newbie!

 

http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=11

On 5/31/07, BSumrall <Brads@ftnco.com> wrote:

Does anyone know where there is better documentation on understanding
context relations and priorities "with examples"?

 

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Dialplan+Introduction

 

Does tell me anything other than they point to each other. Not how or who
comes first or even how to get them to work with each other!


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> Almost every example on voip-info.org and O'Reily assume you are using
an
> FXO or FXS card.
>
> I am 100% internet based.
This 4 year old article will go a long way in explaing the basics,
with examples. John Todd also has had his own heavily commented
extensions and other config files online all that time.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/07/03/asterisk.html

On 5/31/07, BSumrall <Brads@ftnco.com> wrote:
> First off, I wanted to thank you for referring me to the O'Reily pdf.
I'm glad you found it useful.
> Almost every example on voip-info.org and O'Reily assume you are using
an
> FXO or FXS card.
Yes, we wrote the first edition of the O'Reilly book when the easiest
way to get up and running with Asterisk was to use analog phones.
It's amazing how quickly thta's changed.  The second edition of the
book will be out shortly, and has a lot more information on how to
setup SIP and IAX devices to talk to Asterisk.

-Jared

After 3 days of crunch and a whole lot of reading.
This mailing list, and this mailing list alone has led me to the solutions
to my answers.
I am officially past the learning curve and have a blunt understanding of
what is going on.
Any questions now will be detailed and with knowledge.
"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink!"
I gulped!
And now with this dialplan thing and hardcore internal troubleshooting, I
have a definite course of action.

I have worked with asterisk for years but have always gaffed off the
dialplan to peers and contractors and finally decided it was time to learn
this puppy!

Thank you for helping me get through the curve!

Brad