[asterisk-users] Console softphone

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Thursday 28 August 2008 19:05:23 Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
> >> Hello all!
> >> Is there a way to (mis)use asterisk itself as a softphone? Can
> >> I make a call
> >> from within the CLI? Can asterisk from itself produce a ringtone? I
> >> Or can bind a system-command to incoming calls?
> >> Any help is sincerely appreciated!
> >
> >You can install a browser softphone on the same server and make calls from
> > >any browser.
>
> Better still - is it possible to SSH (or some sort of connection method)
> from a remote PC to the Asterisk server and make a call using CLI? 

Sure, you can use the CLI 'console dial' command.

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Tilghman