[Asterisk-Users] Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, UFOs and...

[Steve Underwood]

TC wrote:

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>>Mythical Asterisk Creatures, oft-discussed, rarely seen:
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>>1) An "advanced" graphical user interface
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>>2) An IAX2 hardware device
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>>3) A Radius CDR report module
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>>4) A live-method, robust SQL-based dialplan
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>>5) LDAP/SQL/Radius authentication for SIP phones
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>>6) Robust R2 signalling support
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>>7) Multilingual language recordings of all existing * .gsm files
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>>8) Free exchange of PSTN gateways in a centralized routing arbiter model
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>>9) Speech recognition support
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>10) Database abstraction module for ...CDR, SQL Dial Plan, DBGet/Put, *
>config files
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>11) SoftFaxModem
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>12) SS7 Signaling
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>13) WEB Interface for Users/Admin
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6 is working here, though I have reasons not to release it just yet.

11 is basically working here. Expect something for general consumption 
before the month is out. The actual FAX modem part is now functional in 
both directions. I'm doing the protocol logic right now. I then need to 
integrate it with Asterisk. I have been transferring FAXs successfully 
between a real FAX machine and my software., though without Asterisk 
involved up to now (I am using an E400P, but I am not yet using 
Asterisk). I have implemented only the 1980 FAX features, where any 
patents ran out some time ago. If I can figure out whether there are any 
patent issues with newer features (e.g. 14,400 baud V.17), I might work 
on other unencumbered features later.

Regards,
Steve