[Asterisk-Users] Call simulators

[Lenz]

Hi Rob,
you could build a simple Perl or Python script to create incoming calls
using callfiles. We have used such a strategy and it seems to be working.
l.


On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:15:50 +0100, Rob Hillis <rob at hillis.dyndns.org>  
wrote:

> I'm currently starting development of an add-on to a program designed to  
> be used in a call-centre type environment that will interface very  
> closely with Asterisk - quite possibly to the point that the add-on  
> itself will be a softphone as well.
>
> In order to test this application properly, I find myself needing to  
> generate a constant volume of calls to a queue.  I can do this by  
> dialling from the two test extensions I have set up on my system, but it  
> would seem a better way of doing this would be to have an external  
> application randomly generate calls at a certain volume.
>
> My budget is not big - this is a project for a non-profit volunteer  
> organisation I do a lot of work with so I would obviously prefer  
> something open source.  The ability to randomly generate caller ID and  
> intermittently suppress caller ID would be a *very* useful addition.
>
> Does anyone know of any software that would fit this bill?  If such  
> software doesn't exist, or is beyond my capacity to afford, what other  
> options might I have?  My test rig is my home PABX - a very small setup  
> running with three ATAs and two VoIP trunks.  It would seem that  
> simulating a trunk would be the best way of doing this, but again, I  
> don't know what is available.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
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