AsteriDex Script Is Ready

[wardmundy]

In keeping with the PBX in a Flash promise, here is the fifth in the Nerd Vittles script collection. In under 15 seconds, it installs the AsteriDex RoboDialer application on PBX in a Flash systems only. Only use this script if you are in the U.S. and you can dial outbound numbers on your PBX in the format 1-areacode-number. Once installed, you can access AsteriDex with a web browser pointed to your PBX in a Flash ipaddress/asteridex4 or with your cellphone pointed to your PBX in a Flash FQDN/cellphone. You also can add speed dial entries which can be dialed from any extension with 00#### where #### is the speed dial number.

If you'd like to test this (do it only once!!), log into your PBX in a Flash server as root and issue the following commands:

[COLOR=black]cd /root
wget http://bestof.nerdvittles.com/applications/asteridex4/asteridex.pbx
chmod +x asteridex.pbx
./asteridex.pbx
amportal restart
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For complete documentation and customization tips, visit the Best of Nerd Vittles site. Your feedback is appreciated!!

 

[frontline]

Is the database compatible with the original version? If so, how to recover the info I now have. I can carve out the database export and import. Just wondering if you have a NV slick trick ready for that task.

 

[wardmundy]

Database is the same. Just export and import using phpMyAdmin.

 

[frontline]

Yep, the database import worked perfectly.

 

[frontline]

I notice a htaccess file in the asteridex4 directory. The contents appear to contain apache .htaccess directives. If so the name should probably be changed from htaccess to .htaccess

 

[wardmundy]

It's just a sample to show how to set it up if desired.

 

[wifinetguy]

extensions_additional.conf?

Hi. I'm trying to get asteridex working on my v1.1 of PIAF. In the instructions referenced above, it says to go to extensions_additional.conf in the Config Edit section of Tools. However, extensions_additional.conf doesn't exist. Should I be looking at extensions_custom.conf? Do I actually have to make the changes that are referenced in the instructions? When I try to have Asteridex dial, it rings my extension, but when I pick up I get an "all circuits are busy" message. If I dial manually, it works fine.

 

[wardmundy]

Extensions_additional.conf exists. You just can't see it with the patch to ConfiEdit. Log into your server as root and then do the following:

cd /etc/asterisk
nano -w extensions_additional.conf

Look at the Global variables OUT_1, OUT_2, etc. The symptom you are describing is a tell-tale sign that you're not using the correct trunk number for the outbound calls. Once you decipher the correct number, then edit the [custom-callboth] entries in extensions_custom.conf as described in the documentation under Dialplan Setup.

 

[wifinetguy]

OK, so I'm slow!

Thanks, Ward. But maybe I'm being ignorant. The instructions say to use the "number" of the trunk in the extensions_custom.conf. So, in mine I have:

[custom-callboth]
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,1,Wait(1)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,2,Background(pls-wait-connect-call)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,3,Macro(dialout-trunk,2,${EXTEN},)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,4,Macro(dialout-trunk,3,${EXTEN},)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,5,Macro(dialout-trunk,0,${EXTEN},)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,6,Macro(dialout-trunk,1,${EXTEN},)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,7,Macro(outisbusy)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,1,Wait(1)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,2,Background(pls-wait-connect-call)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,3,Macro(dialout-trunk,2,${EXTEN},)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,4,Macro(dialout-trunk,3,${EXTEN},)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,5,Macro(dialout-trunk,0,${EXTEN},)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,6,Macro(dialout-trunk,1,${EXTEN},)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,7,Macro(outisbusy)

My VoicePulse trunks that I use to call out are trunks 2 & 3. What am I replacing the "exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,3,Macro(dialout-trunk,2,${EXTEN},)" with? If I am understanding correctly, I will change the '2' after the dialout-trunk with something. But what?

Thanks in advance...

 

[ttpears]

Weird problem

I have gotten the Asteridex4 to work once from the web interface, I've try changing the config all sorts of ways.
As of now it reads (config.inc.php):

$INtrunk="SIP" ;
$defaultExt="2005";
$LDprefix="1" ;
$CallerID="xxxxxxxxx" ;

This is how it read when it worked once, but now when I try it, no ring, no nothing, nothing on the CLI either, even tried debug. At first I was having problems with it logging into the Asterisk Manager (checked callboth.php for the default password and changed it, now it logs on). But even if I change the extension, nothing.

Any suggestions or clues ?

No, it was not installed on this box before either, however I did use Asteridex with Trixbox a few months ago, I miss it!

 

[dad311]

Is it possible to update Asteridex db using the caller id from the CNAM script?

 

[wardmundy]

Good idea. I'll add it to the Wish List.

 

[wardmundy]

A FreePBX module for AsteriDex now is available. Log in as root and issue the following commands:

cd /root
wget http://pbxinaflash.net/scripts/asteridex.tgz
cd /
tar -zxvf /root/asteridex.tgz

Once installed, open FreePBX. Choose Module Admin. Scroll to AsteriDex and click on it. Choose Install. Choose Process. Reload dialplan and you're done.

AsteriDex now will appear in Tools->Third Party Addons.

 

[ou812]

Is AsteriDex db backed up with daily backup, If not which file should we be looking for.

 

[Calunker]

I have Asteridex installed on my system and installed this module but when I click on the module on the toolbar I get ... "NOT FOUND", the requested URL /robodial was not found on this server. Any ideas how to trouble shoot this issue?

 

[troycarpenter]

Yeah, I had the same problem. I had to change /var/www/html/admin/modules/asteridex/page.asteridex.php so that it has the following:

<iframe width=100% height=550px src="../../../asteridex4"/>
</iframe>

I don't know if that's what was intended, but it gives the asteridex main page.

 

[wardmundy]

Sorry about that. Forgot we had changed the directory name. Anyway, it's fixed now. Thanks.

 

[edisoninfo]

Hm, just installed it and it does not work. I mean it seems to have installed fine, but when I click on it, it says URL /asteridex not found. I searched for asteridex and asteridex4 but only found the two files from the tarball. I then edited the page. file mentioned above to show ../../../asteridex (removed the 4) but it still errors out.

 

[edisoninfo]

Never mind. I browser did not show the entire thread properly. I found the rest of the instructions I missed. It works fine! Sorry!!

 

[to6y]

Is it possible to get the users extension CID to show rather than the default company caller id?