Asterisk and a Cisco FXO Gateway

Holy smokes!  I just had to document this because it's been driving me insane for days!!! If you have a Cisco gateway with FXO port and you are connecting to an Asterisk@home server, here's how to set up the SIP trunk in AMP: In the…

The future looks bright

I'm sitting here in my office tonight, wasting away a couple of hours until I go to Rockville for a late night job.  I found this video over on YouTube.com and it struck me with the different kind of tone it gives the Back To The Future…

Cobra update

Yeah...not much to report.  The garage has been far too cold to want to work out there.  Wiring is on my short list.  About another month or two of around the house work and I hope to dig into it. Anyway...things aren't dead here.  Just slow…

Winter's Icy Grip

Winter...she's such a tease.  60's last week and now back to sub-freezing temps.  That bitch.  I'm really hating the cold.  It just sucks the life out of everything.  I don't know how the folks up north do it.  And for that…

* gets skinny

Been fiddling with Asterisk some more at home.  I'm working my way towards making it my only phone system.  One of the things I came across was a SCCP driver.  This would allow me to use the Cisco phones I already have without reformating them to SIP images.…

Features? Give me price!

Andy Abrahmson talks about Packet8 adding features. http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2006/02/packet8_catches.html In my mind these are must have features and likely will stave off voluntary churn at P8 as users want applications, not just cost savings. Pardon me for disagreeing but I want price.…

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I've been running Cisco CallManager and Unity in our house for a couple of years now.  Actually it started out as CallManager Express and an answering machine and went from there.  I've looked at Asterisk from time to time and even had it running next to…

Sunshine on my face

It's days like this that make me think of one thing...I need to get the Cobra done so I can take it cruising.  What a rare gift for January.  Mid 60's and sunny.  Just begs to roll down the windows and go driving. Well...I…