[asterisk-users] Asterisk on Mac OS X

[Rick Dwyer]

On Apr 23, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Steve Edwards wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Rick Dwyer wrote:
>
>> What I want to do is allow callers to call a our phone line and
>> unsubscribe their phone number from our call center list.  So,
>> basically, when they call in, they would be greeted with a message
>> something like: "please enter your 10 digit phone number followed  
>> by the
>> pound sign".  They would then have the number read back to them to
>> confirm it or reenter it.  Once confirmed, it would write the phone
>> number to a text file for importing into MySQL or FileMaker.
>
> Piece of cake -- use Read() and SayDigits().

Excellent.

>
>
> Any reason you don't want to write the number directly to the  
> database?

No, this is even better... didn't know it could talk directly to  
MySQL.  Thanks.

>
> Any interest in looking up the number in the database so they know  
> if they
> are entering a subscribed number? How will you keep a disgruntled  
> customer
> or employee from un-subscribing other customers?

Good point... will have to give this more thought.

>
>
>> Is what I am trying to accomplish within the realm of what Asterisk  
>> can
>> do on the Mac platform... or any platform... and if so, how  
>> difficult of
>> an install is it?  I have read varying accounts from it being a  
>> breeze
>> to being frustrating.
>
> It depends on the skills of the installer. I prefer to install from  
> source
> but a lot of people depend on RPM or DEB packages or just use a  
> "boot &
> nuke" approach with PIAF or something similar.
>
>> I have already been told I can do this via both caller id and via  
>> number
>> entry by touch tone, my question is, are there currently any users  
>> who
>> are doing the above on a Mac or should I only consider Linux?
>
> Asterisk is developed on Linux. Most users run on Linux. You will have
> fewer problems on Linux. Can you run Linux on your Mac? (I mean  
> booting
> Linux, not VMWare or Parallels).

I don't know a thing about Linux and even on the Mac, my command line  
skills are basic.  So I would really be looking for a GUI to configure  
it, regardless of platform.  I assume this is available on Linux?

I am considering laying out our needs and having someone configure it  
for us... can anyone recommend a reliable source to:
A. install Linux on a hard drive I supply
B. configure asterisk per our requirements
C. do it as inexpensively as possible : )

Thanks,
--Rick












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