[asterisk-users] Need help getting started with asterisk

[Michael Sullivan]

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 00:09 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 03:53:55PM -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > Here's where I stand:
> > 
> > camille asterisk # ztcfg -vv
> > 
> > Zaptel Configuration
> > ======================
> > 
> > 
> > Channel map:
> > 
> > Channel 01: FXS Kewlstart (Default) (Slaves: 01)
> > 
> > 1 channels configured.
> > 
> > camille*CLI> zap show status
> > Description                              Alarms     IRQ        bpviol
> > CRC4      
> > Wildcard X100P Board 1                   OK         0          0
> > 0         
> > ZTDUMMY/1 1                              UNCONFIGUR 0          0
> > 0      
> 
> rmmod ztdummy, while you're at it.
> 
> > camille*CLI> zap show channels
> >    Chan Extension  Context         Language   MusicOnHold         
> >  pseudo            from-pstn       en                             
> > camille*CLI> 
> > 
> > I entered all the configuration the seller from ebay sent me
> > into /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf and continues with the pdf file.  The pdf
> > said to add the following lines to /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf:
> > 
> > [incoming]
> > ; incoming calls from the FXO port are directed to this context from
> > zapata.conf
> > exten => s,1,Answer( )
> > exten => s,2,Echo( )
> > 
> > 
> > This seemed strange to me because there was no incoming context
> > explicitly declared in zapata.conf, but I added it to extensions.conf
> > and restarted asterisk so that the new options would take effect.  I
> > called my home number (the number that's going into my computer) from my
> > cell phone.  I let it ring ten times.  Nothing.  I went back into
> > extensions.conf and changed [incoming] to [from-pstn], restarted
> > asterisk and tried again.  Same results.  
> 
> next time use 'reload'
> 
> > What am I doing wrong?  Why
> > won't asterisk pick up?  The pdf says it should...
> 
> You seem to be trying to follow installation instructions that assume a
> number of things about your installation.
> 
> You can set the context in zapata.conf to 'incoming'
> 
> context = incoming
> 
> before the line 'channel => 1'
> 
> Anyway:
> 
>   show dialplan from-pstn
> 

camille*CLI> zap show channels
   Chan Extension  Context         Language   MusicOnHold         
 pseudo            incoming        en                             
camille*CLI> show dialplan incoming
[ Context 'incoming' created by 'pbx_config' ]
  's' =>            1. Answer( )                                  [pbx_config]
                    2. Echo( )                                    [pbx_config]
camille*CLI> 
-= 1 extension (2 priorities) in 1 context. =-
camille*CLI>