asterisk users - Oct 2011 - Emulate and script emulation of users calling in/receiving calls, transferring calls &etc

Good evening,

If asterisk or freeswitch would be taught in a classroom environment,
is there someway to emulate and script emulation of users calling
in/receiving calls, transferring calls &etc?

The plan is to have each student setup there own Asterisk or
FreeSwitch box, and measure handling efficiency, and communicate
between the servers (by transferring calls from server to server).

Thanks for all suggestions,

Alec Taylor

On Sat, 2011-10-15 at 20:12 +1100, Alec Taylor wrote:
> Good evening,
> 
> If asterisk or freeswitch would be taught in a classroom environment,
> is there someway to emulate and script emulation of users calling
> in/receiving calls, transferring calls &etc?
> 
> The plan is to have each student setup there own Asterisk or
> FreeSwitch box, and measure handling efficiency, and communicate
> between the servers (by transferring calls from server to server).
> 
> Thanks for all suggestions,
> 
> Alec Taylor
Are you needing to emulate telephone company analog service?  There
have been devices on EBay that do up to four analog lines which work
like telephone company lines most likely for around $300.  Pretty
expensive, but probably cheaper than paying for telephone company lines
and running the risk of someone placing a long distance phone call.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TELTONE-4-PORT-FXS-TELEPHONE-LINE-SIMULATOR-TLS-5-/150672380134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2314c610e6

If the above link works, it is for a $500+ unit.  I looked in the $300
and less bracket and mostly what the auctions said is untested.
Search EBay with the phrase "telephone line simulator."

I hope this helps ;-)

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 08:12:33PM +1100, Alec Taylor
wrote:
> If asterisk or freeswitch would be taught in a classroom environment,
> is there someway to emulate and script emulation of users calling
> in/receiving calls, transferring calls &etc?
The Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and callfiles to/from Echo(),
voicemail or IVRs! But much easier is to have multiple (soft)phones
available to 1 student.

-- 

   Daniel Tryba

Thanks, looks like: sipp.sourceforge.net supports scripting...

Are there sample University Curricula for teaching VOIP with Asterisk
or FreeSwitch?

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Daniel Tryba <daniel at tryba.nl>
wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 08:12:33PM +1100, Alec Taylor wrote:
>> If asterisk or freeswitch would be taught in a classroom environment,
>> is there someway to emulate and script emulation of users calling
>> in/receiving calls, transferring calls &etc?
>
> The Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) and callfiles to/from Echo(),
> voicemail or IVRs! But much easier is to have multiple (soft)phones
> available to 1 student.
>
> --
>
> ? Daniel Tryba
>
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