Sep
06
2010
0

How to use PHP to reboot a Poycom SIP Phone

I’m knee deep into writing Voice Provision .04(VP4) for VoiceIP Solutions.  Why write another Asterisk GUI?  Because the Trixbox and Elastix software is way to convoluted and makes customization difficult.  They are not well documented and don’t attribute credit back to Asterisk or Digium.
Standard Asterisk scripting and basic macro’s are easier to setup, maintain, develop [...]

Jul
30
2010
0

Gone fishing

Savelono.com was down for three days this week(July 27th-30th).  The Vitual Machine that host the site crashed likely due to a traffic spike.  My apologies for the down time.  I was fly fishing in Idaho.  For the rest of the week you may read savelono.com free of charge.

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Jul
16
2010
0

Resample MP3’s for Polycom Ringtones with Audacity

A customer of VoiceIP Solutions sent me this useful tutorial for re-sampling Polycom Ringtones.   If you have an MP3 you like, it can be re-sampled for use with a Polycom IP SIP phone!  The procedure is pretty straight forward, Install Audacity with yum or your favorite package manager, re-sample the track, then edit the [...]

Jul
02
2010
0

Fedora 13 mount Error Solved

I recently upgraded to Fedora 13(and was quite pleased) only to discover my backup SATA drive would not mount.  I got the generic, ‘mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /home/matt/backup busy’ error message.  Hours of googling and one reinstall later I solved the problem.
Goals of this Post:
- Fix SATA drive mount error: mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted [...]

Mar
09
2010
16

How to Install Windows 7 over a Network using Linux - PXE, DNSMasq, and Samba

As the age of the netbook arises; the ability to provision Operating Systems over the network becomes highly useful.  More and more these days, it’s less common to see CD/DVD ROM drives in laptops.  In my particular situation my laptop DVD-ROM drive failed.  This prompted me to embark on journey of sleepless nights, sifting through [...]

Feb
14
2010
0

How to setup automatic Polycom provisioning for the Asterisk 2.0 GUI

Recently we covered the installation of Asterisk 1.6 + Asterisk GUI 2.0.  In this article we will talk about the details necessary to enable Polycom provisioning from the ‘Users’ tab of the Asterisk 2.0 GUI.  By default auto-provisioning will not work out of the box.  You would think when the GUI is installed that it [...]

Feb
11
2010
2

How to setup the Asterisk 2.0 GUI with Asterisk 1.6

Recent versions of Asterisk 1.6 are compatible with the Asterisk 2.0 GUI.  This wasn’t always the case, as the Asterisk GUI was developed for the 1.4 branch.  Although I wish Digium had gone for the LAMP model, the GUI is pretty good and getting better all the time.  However the instructions to install are difficult [...]

Jan
28
2010
0

Windows 7 - no speakers or headphones are plugged in

I’ve been using Windows 7(Home Premium) for about a week now… and I gotta say I’m impressed.  It’s interface is almost as nice as Windows XP.  Running multiple programs doesn’t slow game frame rates nearly as bad and the desktop effects are pretty good.  Congratulations Microsoft!  You made a decent OS…  Only took 7 years, [...]

Dec
27
2009
4

Ventrilo Linux Client in Fifth Year of Development

I play World of Warcraft on Linux all the time.  I boot into Windows XP for Arena and extended play, but all my causual gaming is on my work computer - that runs Linux.  So for this reason I’ve had an interest in the upcoming Ventrilo Linux client for a long time. A very [...]

Dec
21
2009
0

How to setup auto-provisioning for Polycom SoundPoint IP phones using the Asterisk Appliance

The Digium Asterisk Appliance has built-in features for handling Polycom SIP handsets.  It’s very easy to do and will save you the trouble of individually configuring the settings of each phone.  I have a Digium AA50 configured with a standard dial plan and a Polycom Soundpoint IP 501.
Goals of this Post:
- Configure AA50 Polycom Provisioning
- [...]