Can PIAF/Asterisk place a call to multiple phone numbers at the same time?

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I want to know if you can place a call to multiple phone numbers and deliver the same message? For example, let's say you need a message to go out to 10 people all at the same time - and play the same audio file...Instead of creating 10 reminders all set for the same time, can you just type phonenumber1, phonenumber2, phonenumber3, etc for the recipients? I tried this with 2 numbers and it didn't work. So, I'm wondering if there is something in the config that I need to tweak ... or maybe something with my trunk? If anyone can help me out, I'd sure appreciate it.
 

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Confused

Check www.nerdvittles.com for the RoboDialer routine. Works great for this.


I found a tut on Asteridex and Robodialer. I installed Asteridex4 but when I get to this step of Nerd Vittle's tut, I don't have the conf file listed: "
The dialplan code that will be inserted below requires the trunk number for the channel that will be handling the outbound call. If you're running PBX in a Flash with FreePBX, point your web browser at the IP address of your Asterisk server. Then choose Administration->FreePBX and log in with admin username and password. Next click Tools->Config Edit->extensions_additional.conf. Look at the Global variables OUT_1, OUT_2, etc. Identify the numbers of the ones for the VoIP providers you want to use for placing outbound calls. Then close the extensions_additional.conf file. "


Do I have to install Asteridex to have Robodialer? All I want is to be able to setup call reminders that go out to multiple people/phones at the same time and play the same message. Do I need more than 1 outbound trunk to handle this?
 

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Are you familiar with connecting to your server via putty or terraterm or the likes?

if so I always use the locate command

locate extensions_additional.conf

should yield

/etc/asterisk/extensions_additional.conf

therefore do a nano -w /etc/asterisk/extensions_additional.conf

=)

this is also discussed here http://pbxinaflash.com/community/threads/asteridex-script-is-ready.265/




 
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I believe Edisoninfo meant to point you to the TeleYapper4 article.

On a side note, another easy way (if you're comfortable on the command line) to glean outgoing trunk info from your box is to run:
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grep OUT_ /etc/asterisk/extensions_additional.conf | grep -v exten
 

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cool

Cool, thanks. I got teleyapper installed ... can you initiate the calls, though, through the FreePBX gui? I want to be able to send out a call to multiple phones without having to pick up my phone and dial 674, type my password, and record a message. I want to be able to, for example, type my message (which will be converted to speech with Cepstral), and tell the system who all I want it to call ... and when. Any advice?
 

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I'm actually building that functionality into a product for a customer right now. So there will probably be a new, improved product that does this and much more down the road. :wink5:
 

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cool Ward!

I'm actually building that functionality into a product for a customer right now. So there will probably be a new, improved product that does this and much more down the road. :wink5:


Awesome - please keep me posted on this!

As a side note. When I dial 674 and try to send a message to a group (TeleYapper group), it says that it is successful in setting it up, but the call never goes out. Not sure what I've misconfigured at this point.
 

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Have you done all the article said, like using phpAdmin to setup call data in the table? Seen debug of the app? Seen what happens when it's run in /var/log/asterisk/full ? Permissions are all correct?

I have no need to blast messages so haven't set this up. Someone else may be helpful here.
 

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thanks

Have you done all the article said, like using phpAdmin to setup call data in the table? Seen debug of the app? Seen what happens when it's run in /var/log/asterisk/full ? Permissions are all correct?

I have no need to blast messages so haven't set this up. Someone else may be helpful here.

I'll look further into this soon. I have another high priority project I'm on.
 

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