FreeSWITCH is open source software. Basically this means that anyone can obtain, read, compile, mangle, fix, or anything that comes to mind, the raw source code of the application. Many users, especially beginners, will find that dealing with source code is somewhat a daunting task, but rest assured, we are doing our best to make this experience as painless as possible. In the future, we will be adding binary packages into various popular Linux distributions, but for the time being, we will explain how to manually obtain and install FreeSWITCH for Unix and Windows. (For the purpose of this chapter, the terms "Unix-like" and "Linux/Unix" refer not only to Unix and Linux but also to FreeBSD and Max OSX.) Try not to fret if it seems overwhelming. With a little patience and luck, the whole process will go smoothly. It's not entirely unlike a root canal. It's been said that many root canals are pulled off without a hitch and when they go wrong, they go horribly...
FreeSWITCH 1.0.6
FreeSWITCH 1.0.6
Overview of this book
FreeSWITCH is an open source telephony platform designed to facilitate the creation of voice and chat-driven products scaling from a soft-phone to a PBX and even up to an enterprise-class soft-switch. It is always exciting to design and build your own telephony system to suit your needs, but the task is time consuming and involves a lot of technical skills.This book comes to your rescue, helping you to set up a telephony system fast and easily using FreeSWITCH. It will take you from being a novice to creating a fully-functional telephony system of your own. It is rich with practical examples and will give you all of the information and skills needed to implement your own PBX system.The book begins by introducing the architecture and working of FreeSWITCH before detailing how to plan a telephone system and moving on to the installation, configuration, and management of a feature-packed PBX. You will learn about maintaining a user directory, XML dial plan and advanced dial plan concepts, call routing, and the extremely powerful Event Socket. You will finally learn about the online community and history of FreeSWITCH.
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
FreeSWITCH 1.0.6
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
Preface
Free Chapter
Architecture of FreeSWITCH
Building and Installation
Test Driving the Default Configuration
SIP and the User Directory
Understanding the XML Dialplan
Using the Built-in XML IVR Engine
Building IVR Applications with Lua
Advanced Dialplan Concepts
Controlling FreeSWITCH Externally
Advanced Features and Further Reading
The FreeSWITCH Online Community
The History Of FreeSWITCH
Index
Customer Reviews