16

Oct/10

Cloning HDD In VirtualBox

Filed Under Virtualization at 16th October 2010 10:42 by

A common use of Virtual Machines is to test and run stuff till they are trashed. The magic is that each VM can be brought back up in no time with combination of save points (A.K.A Snapshots in VirtualBox) or … Continue reading →

01

Oct/10

Asterisk / FreePBX full Log file

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 1st October 2010 16:53 by

Asterisk logs everything to a file in /var/log/asterisk/full so I thought I’d truncate it… It was a big mistake. After doing so I had lost all the call logging information which can be found in the admin panel. Seems like … Continue reading →

19

Aug/10

FreePBX – Common Voicemail Box

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 19th August 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have several extensions on my Asterisk / FreePBX box but currently only one landline. Ring groups solved the problem of one incoming call ringing multiple handsets but there was only one official solution to sharing voicemail. Voicemail Blasting … Continue reading →

11

Aug/10

How To Start Oracle Enterprise Manager

Filed Under Software at 11th August 2010 21:40 by

Specify the SID export ORACLE_SID= Start the enterprise manager emctl start dbconsole How to start Oracle Enterprise manager

07

Aug/10

Adding Outgoing Skype For SIP To FreePBX

Filed Under PBX at 7th August 2010 0:01 by

Overview Skype has allowed other PBX software to connect to Skype using the standard protocol SIP. This is a good start to opening up Skype’s network to what is used around the world however it still lacks some features which … Continue reading →

29

Jul/10

Remote Extension In FreePBX

Filed Under PBX at 29th July 2010 8:10 by

Overview Phones / extensions can register with a PBX on a local network because they can see each other it becomes limited if you have follow me or would like to use the phone outside of your network. Asterisk / … Continue reading →

11

Jun/10

Linksys SPA3102 And FreePBX On Ubuntu 10.04

Filed Under Hardware, Linux, PBX at 11th June 2010 0:01 by

Overview I wanted to setup a Private Branch eXchange(PBX) system using Asterisk server at home. As I already had a traditional land line (PSTN or POTS line) I needed something to bridge the computer to the land line. My idea … Continue reading →

21

Mar/10

144 Bug

Filed Under energy@home, Software at 21st March 2010 15:25 by

I have been in contact with Mark on my energy@home project and found Mark’s website which led me to a disappointing discovery – bug in the CurrentCost device. Whilst it has not affected me yet it is somewhat disconcerning that … Continue reading →