Comments on: Introducing TeleYapper: Free Asterisk Message Broadcasting System

By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:38:56 +0000

Hey great work! Very useful Asterisk application.
My company is looking for something very similer to this, but of course with custom additional functionality.
Do you work on commercial projects? Please, contact me on my email (few times, I got a nasty anti-spam filter).

All the best ahead.

[WM: Once in a while, we are tempted to actually work for money. But, as my wife would tell you, "not often."]

By: Jonathan Colby

Jonathan Colby — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:09:25 +0000

Ward, great app, and using for a while. Quick question. The system will not leave a message on an answering machine, or on an internal vm box on the same system it is on. The msg I am getting in the callees table is "ANSMACH" or "Replaye", with no left message. Can I configure it to leave a message on an answering machine, or an internal extension that does not pick up, and how? Thanks for a great app! [WM: There's no such limitation in the software. Sounds like your voicemail system is hanging up prematurely perhaps because the recorded message isn't loud enough.]

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:46:55 +0000

Is it possible to set up a second extension say 675 and have 2 call list going at once?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:20:41 +0000

So this is great, but I need something that will then pass the caller to the Call Center Agent not just leave or play a message. Any suggestions?

By: su

su — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:43:33 +0000

please ask:there is no /custom/broadcast in my asterisk sounds directory,where can i find it ??(i dont use asterisk@home,just asterisk on my fedora system) ,i just wanna that sounds file? where to find it .thanks

[WM: Make sure you have a custom directory in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds. If not, mkdir /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/custom. Then the broadcast.gsm file will be generated and stored properly when you record the sound file for your broadcast.]

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:23:44 +0000

Any luck getting the mysql part figured out. I get the same thing as the guy above except I'm using 2.2 [WM: The project was presented in parts. Part I didn't dial. Part II does and now is available here.]

By: Wiley

Wiley — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:10:11 +0000

I have option #2 for AAH 1.5 installed. The script seems to work but never dials anything. I get to the end of the script, it gives teh correct count of target calls (2), then says speed dial activated. After that, nothing happens. I entered my phone number as 1234567890 with no formatting. Is that the problem?

[WM: We haven’t gotten to the dialing part. Patience, patience.]

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:04:03 +0000

I did not get all of the numbers listed in the CLI though it did correctly tell me how many numbers there were. Should I worry, or is all well? [WM: What does the log show? If you're using the external version, the number listing is now in the log, not in the CLI. Both the count and the number listing should match in the log.]

By: rick

rick — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:06:25 +0000

Thoroughly enjoy all your articles. My youth sports group has about 550 people that we need to communicate urgent info about schedule changes, emergency meetings, etc. Looks like the data entry capabilities of adding numbers to the database are strictly manual. Is there any way to import from a standard file format?

Thanks and keep up the very insightful series on using Asterisk

[WM: phpMyAdmin has some import capabilities. Click on the table. Then click the Structure tab. At the bottom of the screen is an option to import data from a text file with a number of options. You’ll have to experiment to get it working, but it does work. Files with quotes delimiting each field or comma-separated fields are probably the easiest to import. Don’t get discouraged if you get a mess on the first few attempts. Just click the Empty tab to clear out the database table and try again. Good luck.]

By: Tom Lynn

Tom Lynn — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:37:07 +0000

I’d been looking forward to the article I thought you’d promised on emulating key system functionality. Did I misread? Or am I confusing yours with another blog?

[WM: Tom, We’ll get to the key system emulation soon. You’ve come to the right place. The order of the articles is a bit like throwing darts at the dart board unfortunately. If you need solutions quicker, that’s what consultants are for. :-)]

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:45:12 +0000

One thing I thought of, what is the "passw0rd" to in the SQL call, perhaps I've changed that PW? [WM: I don't think that's the problem. I didn't change mine, and it still fails.]

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:41:55 +0000

I hate to send two messages but I wanted to expand my situation. The SQL code worked and built a DB with 6 phone numbers, no problem. I gave them all group "0″ and when I tried yapper, I got the CLI I sent you. It seems to have not seen the DB or not perceive the entries.

BTW, the site is the Asterisk end of the world! Keep it gouing!

Rob

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:38:58 +0000

Ward, Installed the DB, right group number and everything. The key CLI is below: == Setting global variable 'GROUP' to '0' -- Executing Read("SIP/203-7d8c", "GROUP|vm-enter-num-to-call|1") in new stack -- Accepting a maximum of 1 digits. -- Playing 'vm-enter-num-to-call' (language 'en') -- User entered '0' -- Executing NoOp("SIP/203-7d8c", "0") in new stack -- Executing GotoIf("SIP/203-7d8c", "0?s|78") in new stack -- Executing GotoIf("SIP/203-7d8c", "0?s|88") in new stack -- Executing GotoIf("SIP/203-7d8c", "0?s|98") in new stack -- Executing Goto("SIP/203-7d8c", "yapper3|s|1") in new stack -- Goto (yapper3,s,1) -- Executing SetGlobalVar("SIP/203-7d8c", "COUNTER=0") in new stack == Setting global variable 'COUNTER' to '0' -- Executing MYSQL("SIP/203-7d8c", "Connect connid localhost root passw0rd teleyapper") in new stack -- Executing MYSQL("SIP/203-7d8c", "Query resultid 1 SELECT `*` FROM `callees` WHERE `group` = 0") in new stack -- Executing MYSQL("SIP/203-7d8c", "Fetch foundRow var1 var2 var3 var4 var5 var6") in new stack -- Executing GotoIf("SIP/203-7d8c", "0?6:9") in new stack -- Goto (yapper3,s,9) -- Executing MYSQL("SIP/203-7d8c", "Clear ") in new stack -- Executing MYSQL("SIP/203-7d8c", "Disconnect 1") in new stack -- Executing GotoIf("SIP/203-7d8c", "1?9|1") in new stack -- Goto (yapper3,9,1) -- Executing Playback("SIP/203-7d8c", "dir-nomatch") in new stack -- Playing 'dir-nomatch' (language 'en') -- Executing Wait("SIP/203-7d8c", "1") in new stack -- Executing MYSQL("SIP/203-7d8c", "Disconnect 1") in new stack -- Executing Goto("SIP/203-7d8c", "yapper|s|1") in new stack -- Goto (yapper,s,1) -- Executing DigitTimeout("SIP/203-7d8c", "7") in new stack -- Set Digit Timeout to 7 -- Executing ResponseTimeout("SIP/203-7d8c", "10") in new stack -- Set Response Timeout to 10 -- Executing BackGround("SIP/203-7d8c", "T-to-hear-cur-ancmnt") in new stack -- Playing 'T-to-hear-cur-ancmnt' (language 'en') == Spawn extension (yapper, s, 3) exited non-zero on 'SIP/203-7d8c' -- Executing Hangup("SIP/203-7d8c", "") in new stack == Spawn extension (yapper, h, 1) exited non-zero on 'SIP/203-7d8c' [WM: Thanks. I've now loaded it on an AAH 2.2 machine as well. There are three problem areas with 2.2 actually. I bolded them above. The variables don't get set correctly. In other words, whatever you enter as the group number gets read as a zero. And whatever search is executed gets a 0 result returned. I can fix the global variable issue, but the MySQL search seems to be a bug in Asterisk 1.2.1. So my plan on that one is to drop out of Asterisk to an AGI/PHP script to do MySQL duties. Then we'll return the result. We were going to have to do this anyway in Part II. I just thought it would be informative to show everyone how the built-in MySQL stuff works. Unfortunately, it doesn't ... at least in Asterisk 1.2.1 which is now part of AAH 2.2. Check back. We'll have something working soon.]

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:56:07 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Rob. I followed it to the letter and when i do a 3 to send and then choose group 0, it tells me that there was no match. Love your site… been referring to it for a couple weeks now. Each time there’s a new article, I’m re-amazed at how cool this stuff is. Keep up the great work!
Jim

[WM: Yep. There’s a problem with Asterisk@Home 2.2. The MySQL query gets ignored. The developers also have changed the way you set variables, but that’s easy to fix. Isn’t life fun! Hopefully we’ll have a work-around for both issues shortly. The usual apologies to our early adopters! p.s. We’re still running Asterisk@Home 1.5 for things that matter which is why this slipped through the cracks … not to mention an (over)abundance of holiday cheer. Cheers!]

By: Dov

Dov — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:06:41 +0000

Can I translate this in portuguese and put in my website?

http://familiabigio.locaweb.com.br/Asterisk

[WM: With attribution and a link, we’d be happy for you to translate the TeleYapper article into Portuguese for posting on your site. Hold off a couple days until we get the issues in the other comments resolved.]

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:49:57 +0000

I gave yapper a shot. It couldn’t find my DB entries.

OK, what I did wrong, running AAH 2.2

[WM: Not a lotta detail there, Rob. Is your database installed? Does the group number in your database entries match the group number you’re choosing when you access the IVR? Are there typos in your code? Did you cut-and-paste everything correctly? What kind of errors does the CLI report? Try again.]