From: drowe67 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:30:44 +0000 (+0000) Subject: about to rename to mini asterisk to avoid conflicts with existing easy asterisk project X-Git-Url: http://git.whiteaudio.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=04b27ee719ba4528cfb55f6a4b036b2a788a370c;p=freetel-svn-tracking.git about to rename to mini asterisk to avoid conflicts with existing easy asterisk project git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freetel/code@129 01035d8c-6547-0410-b346-abe4f91aad63 --- diff --git a/easy-asterisk-gui/README.txt b/easy-asterisk-gui/README.txt index 33ab826a..8db72534 100644 --- a/easy-asterisk-gui/README.txt +++ b/easy-asterisk-gui/README.txt @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ Easy Asterisk ============= -Click on the image for an on-line demo: +A simple, light weight GUI for Asterisk. image::/images/ip04/easy.png["easy Asterisk Demo", link="easy/phones.sh.html"] +Click on the screen shot above for an on line demo. + [[intro]] Introduction ------------ @@ -39,9 +41,13 @@ installations fast and simple, for example: Why Another Asterisk GUI? ------------------------- -I needed an Asterisk GUI that was very easy to use for the -link:ip04.html[IP0X devices] I sell. Something my wife and kids could -use. +There are http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+GUI[a lot of +Asterisk GUIs] out there already. So why do we need another one? + +Well I needed an Asterisk GUI that was very easy to use for the +link:ip04.html[IP0X devices] I sell. Something that would lower the +technical skill required to install and maintain an Asterisk Phone +system. Something my wife and kids could use. I was also interested in exploring the ease-of-use meme, as we have been discussing it a lot on the http://villagetelco.org[Village Telco] @@ -56,8 +62,8 @@ view! Asterisk features in the interest of simple and fast configuration. * Light weight so it can run on embedded boxes like the IP0X family. - No SQL database or PHP or LAMP. Only a basic web server and - microperl are required, no CPAN. + No SQL database or PHP or LAMP. Only a basic web server and a very + basic perl are required (e.g. microperl - no CPAN libraries). * Works directly on extensions.conf and sip.conf, but honors any edits you make to these files. So all the powerful Asterisk features are @@ -79,25 +85,29 @@ view! you can use it as a GUI for Asterisk on a little SOHO Linux box that is also your firewall, server etc. -* Easy Asterisk tells you when something is wrong, like if your Phone - System can't see the Internet. +* Easy Asterisk tells you when something is wrong, for example you get + a warning if your Phone System can't see the Internet. * Extensive pre-configuration of extensions.conf and sip.conf, pre-selected phone numbers, SIP trunks are selected from a pull-down menu (except they are called VOIP lines). Analog ports are auto - detected, at least on the IP0X. + detected, at least on the IP0X. This makes adding IP phones very + fast and simple. [[status]] Status ------ -Alpha. +Alpha: -* Works on IP0X +* Works on IP0X. * Not tested on x86. Several IP0X features are n/a for x86 and should be disabled when the x86 (or non-IP0X) platform is detected. * Needs feedback from real users to see how useful the concept is and what (un)features need to be added. +* Need a few more (un)features to be added, and Voip Line screen + populated with more ITSPs. +* But quite useable as it stands. [[notes]] Implementation Notes @@ -146,7 +156,7 @@ x86 Installation (very basic Perl installation is fine). Configure your web server to run CGIs (.sh and .pl) from /www (lighttpd config instructions below). Easy Asterisk expects all files (shell, perl, html etc) to be in the -same directory. +same directory. If you find this painful please <>. . The process below places the web files in /www, you may like to place the files somewhere else like /www/asterisk. One of the files @@ -188,6 +198,14 @@ required are: cgi.assign = ( ".sh" => "/bin/sh",".pl" => "/usr/sbin/microperl" ) ------------------------------------------------------------------- +[[contribute]] +Contributions +------------- + +I welcome sip.conf entries for your favourite ITSP (VOIP service) to +help populate the Provider field of the +link:easy/voiplines.sh.html[Voip Line Screen]. + [[support]] Support ------- @@ -196,14 +214,14 @@ Comments, features request, bugs please let me know using Free Telephony Project http://www.rowetel.com/ucasterisk/#support[Support]. [[source]] -The Source Code ---------------- +Source Code +----------- Browse: -http://freetel.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freetel/codec2/[http://freetel.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freetel/codec2/] +http://freetel.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freetel/easy-asterisk-gui/[http://freetel.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freetel/easy-asterisk-gui/] Check Out: - $ svn co https://freetel.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freetel/codec2 codec2 + $ svn co https://freetel.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/freetel/easy-asterisk-gui