[Asterisk-Users] Outline For Asterisk Book - Please Review &
Comment
Steven Critchfield
critch at basesys.com
Fri Nov 21 11:16:04 MST 2003
Especially with respect to a Orieley & co book, think about a removable
card that lists in short description the applications and the arguments.
This could be the item that gets taped to the side of the monitor of the
new user trying to lay out his dialplan.
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 11:34, Steven Sokol wrote:
> e. Key components
> 1) Asterisk software
> i. Asterisk (Main PBX & Channels)
> ii. Zaptel (Drivers for Zaptel Hardware)
> iii. Libpri (ISDN PRI Drivers for Zaptel)
> 2) Zaptel Hardware
> i. Overview
> ii. X100P - Single Port FXO Line Interface
> iii. S100U - Single Port FXS USB Interface
> iv. TDM400P - 4 Port FXS Analog Interface
> v. T100P - Single Span T1/E1 Interface
> vi. TE410P - Quad-Span T1/E1 Interface
> 3) Channels
> i. Zaptel Devices/Channels
Suggest that e-2 be removed and merged under this heading. Other than
mentioning of capabilities there is no need for a chapter devoted to
them. Add to that that you can then make the case for buying Diguim
hardware with the channel driver comments.
> ii. The IAX Protocol
> iii. SIP
> iv. MGCP
> v. Skinny
> vi. H323
> 4) Applications
> i. Dial and Other Basics
> ii. Voicemail
> iii. Dial-Plan Scripting
> 5) Extensibility
> i. AGI
> ii. Custom Applications
> f. Add-On/Optional Components
> 1) Software
> i. Gnophone
> ii. VoIP Soft Phones
> iii. DIAX
> iv. Gastman
> v. Open H.323
> 2) Hardware
> i. VoIP Hard-Phones
> ii. VoIP Gateways
> ii. Channel Banks
>
> 2. Installing Asterisk
> *. Asterisk Quickstart
> 1) Install PC Hardware
> 2) Download Asterisk Software
> 3) Build Asterisk
> 4) Install Asterisk
> 5) Configure Autostart
>
> a. Requirements
> *) Picking A Solid System
> 1) PC Hardware Requirements
> i. SOHO/Residential System
> ii. Small Business System
> iii. Medium Business/Small Call-Center System
> iv. Enterprise System
> v. VoIP Carrier System
> 2) Linux Requirements
> *. Linux Installation Is Not Covered
> i. Tested Distributions
> ii. Minimum Kernel Version
> iii. Required Packages
> *. Other Operating Systems
> - Free BSD
> - Mac OS-X
> - BeOS?
> - Win32/Win64?
> b. Hardware Installation
> 1) IRQ Sharing Issues
> 2) Digium Wildcard Cards
> 3) LineJack and PhoneJack Cards
> 4) Other Cards (ISDN, VoiceTronix, Etc.)
> c. Downloading Asterisk from CVS
> 1) What is CVS?
> 2) The Asterisk "Versioning" Issues
> 3) Your Initial Download
> 4) Updates
> *. Adding Custom Patches (patch/diff)
> d. Compiling Asterisk
> *) Why Do I Have To Compile The Code?
> 1) Using 'make'
> 2) Compiling The Software
> i. Zaptel
> ii. Libpri
> iii. Asterisk
> 3) Making The Samples/Demo
> 4) Making Code Documentation (Doxygen)
> i. Why build code documentation?
> ii. What Is Doxygen?
> iii. Code Doc Layout
> 5) Common Build Errors/Warnings
> i. Via C3 Is NOT An i686
> ii. Building on Little-Endian Systems
> iii. Etc.
> e. Loading drivers (zaptel/ztdummy)
> *) Read Ahead (Section 3, Chapter C1) For Zaptel Setup
> 1) Linux Kernel Loadable Modules
> 2) Using modprobe
> 3) Adding zaptel modules to your startup file
> *) RedHat Is Weird
> f. Starting Asterisk
> 1) Manual Starting and the CLI
> 2) Starting using safe_asterisk
> 3) Accessing the CLI when Asterisk Is Running
> 4) Logging/Tracing and Verbose
> g. Configuring Autostart w/ safe_asterisk
> 1) Linux Runlevels (the init sequence)
> 2) Modifying The Startup Manually
> *) RedHat Is Still Weird
>
> 3. Basic Asterisk Configuration
> *. Overview Of Asterisk Configuration
> 1) System Layout
> 2) Configuration Files
> 3) Command Line Interface
> a. File Layout (The Asterisk Directory Structure)
> 1) /etc/asterisk
> 2) /var/lib/asterisk
> 3) /var/spool/asterisk
> 4) Etc...
> b. .conf files
> 1) What Is A .conf File?
> 2) Common File Structures
> 3) Reloading Asterisk Configuration
> c. Configuring Phones & Channels
> 1) The zapata.conf File
> [All About zaptel/tormenta configuration]
> 2) The IAX.conf File
> i. ?? - Anbyody Know This Well?
> 3) The sip.conf File
> i. The General Section
> ii. Supported Codecs/Codec Order
> iii. Registration of "peers"
> iv. SIP Device Entries
> v. Unsupported codecs/G729.a/b
> vi. Common SIP Devices
> a) Cisco 79XX Phones
> b) Cisco ATA-186 Adapter
> c) Grandstream Phones
> d) SNOM Phones
> e) Xten X-Lite/X-Pro
> f) SoftJoy SJ-Phone
> *. Asterisk and 'Reinvite'
> 3) The oh323.conf File
> i. ?? - Anybody Know This Well?
> 4) The skinny.conf File
> i. ?? - Anybody Know This Well?
> 5) CAPI/ISDN?
> i. ?? - Anybody Know This Well?
> d. Configuring Applications
> 1) Music On Hold: The moh.conf File
> a) Don't Forget The Timing (Part A)
> 2) Voicemail: The voicemail.conf File
> a) Basic SMTP Configuration
> 3) Meet-Me: The meetme.conf File
> a) Don't Forget The Timing (Part B)
> e. Configuring Your Dialplan
> *) The Dialplan: Center Of The System
> 1) Everything Is An Extension
> 2) Basics Of Pattern Matching
> 3) Keeping It All In Context
> *) Security, Toll-Fraud and Asterisk
> 4) Creating Outbound Calling "Extensions"
> 5) Creating User (Station/Channel) Extensions
> 6) Creating Application Extensions
> f. Sample Configurations
> [LOTS OF SAMPLES HERE]
>
> 4. Common Issues
> a. Music On Hold/MP3 Playback
> 1) Proper Version of MPG123
> 2) Zaptel Timer or Ztdummy
> b. DTMF Over SIP
> 1) Inband Only Works On G.711 MuLaw/ALaw
> 2) SIP-INFO
> 3) RFC___?
> 4) The "Flash"
> c. Internationalization of Asterisk
> 1) Tones and Ringback
> 2) Call Supervision
> d. SIP and NAT
> e. Optional/Added Codecs
> 1) G.729
> 2) G.723
> f. Message Waiting Indication
> g. SIP Service Provider Issues
> 1) Free World Dialup (FWD)
> 2) Iconnect
> 3) Sipphone
> 4) NuFone
> h. Common Hardware Device Issues
> 1) Grandstream BT100 Series
> 2) Cisco ATA-186
> 3) Cisco 79XX Series Phones
> 4) SNOM VoIP Phones
> 5) Carrier Access Channel Banks
> *. How to politely use the Asterisk-Users List
> *. How to politely use the Asterisk IRC channel
>
> 5. Advanced Asterisk Configuration
> a. Agents and the Asterisk ACD
> b. Text-To-Speech: Festival
> c. CLASS Features (John Todd?)
> d. Fax (Software Fax)
> e. Sphinx Speech Recognition (ASR)
>
> 6. Scripting And AGI Extensions to Asterisk
> a. What Is AGI?
> b. What Languages Can I Use
> c.
> AGI In: c, perl, php, etc.
> 7. Creating Asterisk Applications In C
>
> 8. Appendicies
> a. Sources Of Additional Information
> 1) Digium Site/Asterisk Site
> 2) The Asterisk WiKi
> 3) The Asterisk-User and Asterisk-Dev Lists
> 4) The #Asterisk IRC Channel
> b. Glossary of Asterisk & Telecom Terms
> [Large Glossary Of Asterisk & Telecom Terms]
> c. Applications Reference
> [Detailed Explanation Of All "Standard" Applications]
> d. CLI Commands Reference
> [Detailed Explanation Of All CLI Commands]
> e. Manager Commands Reference
> [Detailed Explanation Of All Manager Commands/Events]
> f. The Asterisk C API Reference
> [Some Detail On The ast_ functions]
>
>
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