[asterisk-users] Testing the manager.conf: sending and receiving commands

[Gordon Henderson]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, bilal ghayyad wrote:

> Hi All;
>
> How can I test manager.conf?
>
> Can I telnet to the asterisk machine at the port 5038 and send and 
> receive commands to test if the manager is working fine? How?

Yes!

RTFM would be a fine place to start - or at least the wiki:

   http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+manager+API

I suggest preparing a file in one window with commands in it, then copy & 
paste these into the telnet window while you're experimenting.

Gordon