[Asterisk-Users] Tools for effectively manage Asterisk

[Mike Clark]

Dustin Wildes wrote:

> asterisk at frameweb.it wrote:
>
>> Hallo,
>>
>> we have started playing with asterisk about one month ago, and we do 
>> like
>> very much what we are experiencing.
>> Now we would like to take some step further towards "standardizing"
>> installed modules, functionalities, tools etc.
>>
>> The "wall" we are facing now is: choosing the right tool for * 
>> management.
>>
>> We tried AMP, very powerful but incomplete (CAPI is very important to 
>> us);
>> it also suffers from its prerequisites: apache, mysql, php... too much
>> things that should not go in a pbx....
>>
>> We tried IPSwitchboard, but it seems only good as a monitor, not as a
>> configuration tool (are we correct or are we missing something?)
>>
>> At this point we are thinking that we better abandon the idea of GUI 
>> tools
>> and that we must go on the road of "vi editing" of .conf files.
>>
>> We would like to understand what other people are using for asterisk
>> management, and to get some suggestion from the community.
>>
>> Any suggestion is welcome
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>
> We are working on finalizing a production release of our PhoneCALL 
> product, a GPL php/smarty configuration GUI for Asterisk: 
> http://www.vecsector.com/phonecall
> I feel there is nothing wrong with having a web-based configuration 
> utility, if set up correctly. Look at the WRT54G Linksys router, plus 
> other countless devices that use an embedded browser for 
> configurations. It can save a lot of time on training new employees, 
> and syntax issues when starting out. Our goal is to have a GUI that is 
> just as flexible as writing configurations by hand, but not having to 
> write it by hand. ;-)
>
> PhoneCALL is not production ready yet, we are on 2.5-RC4 - but within 
> a week or so, we plan to have a very nice/clean stable version that is 
> production ready.
> We don't have CAPI support built-in yet, but open for any help anyone 
> would like to lend.
>
This looks interesting. I am curious as how your view Phonecall compared 
to AMP.