Comments on: It’s Orgasmatron 5.1: The Ultimate Asterisk Kitchen Sink

By: Haki Failey

Haki Failey — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:56:14 +0000

Thank you Bruce. The same process is required with all versions of VirtualBox including the latest 4.1.2

By: Black Yoshi

Black Yoshi — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:23:56 +0000

This was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for putting the time and detail into this! Much appreciated.

By: simon

simon — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:55:10 +0000

Worked for me too thanks.

By: Bruce Wagner

Bruce Wagner — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:22:17 +0000

Failure installing Centos on VirtualBox 3.1

In case anyone has this same problem…

When booting the new virtual machine within VirtualBox 3.1, we enter "ksalt". The installer runs for only a couple seconds… and the last line displayed is:

NET: Registered protocol family 2

At that point, it simply hangs. Dead.

I googled and found the asnwer…..

Close the machine (Simulate a Power off).

Go to Settings on that machine, then click System, the make sure you check the box for "Enable IO APIC", then click Save.

That fixed it for me. 🙂

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:36:02 +0000

Sweet when is the IPKall info coming?

[WM: Beware, the Ides of March. 🙂 ]

By: Styles

Styles — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:01:27 +0000

I can confirm Bing’s issue, because I’m getting the same thing.

Hmmmmmm I’m getting the same error with 5.4 ‘The CentOS CD was not found in any of your cdrom drives…’ and can’t continue. This error happens right after you click on OK for the keyboard selection, I also gave the net-install a try along with 1.6 all with the same results.

Note: This was trying to install via iso on a Vmware Server 2

By: Bingo

Bingo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:17:13 +0000

Thanks Ward, After spending more time than I care to admit, I sent in my earlier question to you. And your answer got me to thinking about about why my equipment was failing this time around. The change I need to make was not to use a CD-RW, but to use a CD-R write-once disk instead. Which is the simplest hardware swap option I have available, all things considered.

By: Gregory Gleason

Gregory Gleason — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:41:54 +0000

I found the problem. I didn’t have enough disk space on my LV used for this guest. Apparently this uses more space than the previous version.

By: Gregory Gleason

Gregory Gleason — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:39:28 +0000

I just tried this and I have no configure-gv file in root’s home after executing orgasmo51.x – I will start over and try again.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:13:59 +0000

Wow… looks great. I too would also like to see if there is a hosted solution as well. Just don’t want my PBX to die when there are blackouts in our area.

Maybe some integration with pbxes.com? Does this also transcribe voicemail?

[WM: Hosted solutions are a separate can of worms that we’re probably not going to get into. As for transcribing voicemails, Google Voice delivers both the audio message and a transcription. Works pretty well for those that articulate their words. Not so great for the rest of us.]

By: Bingo

Bingo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:36:57 +0000

What is the trick to get CentOS to ‘kickstart’ the file? I click OK as written above, double-check the checksum of the .iso file, and otherwise I am out of ideas. Also, it seems the pbx-in-a-flash forum is offline. The error message I see is: ‘The CentOS CD was not found’.

[WM: Sounds like your hardware isn’t supported by CentOS 5.4. You are using the latest release with the links in this article, right? Not sure about your problem with the forums. Works fine for us and 52 others at the moment.]

By: Tom Schmitt

Tom Schmitt — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:04:03 +0000

Ward, as always, GREAT JOB!
I just setup on a VMware system on Win7.
If I call an outside number, it makes the call.
If I try to call in I get the same as above "Please hold while we connect your call".
I have a softphone setup that is registered and it never rings. The caller gets extension 701 Voice Mail?
I must have missed something somewhere?
When I have my cell phone in the SIPgate list, it rings. When I added the Google Voice number, it connects to the PiaF system but gets the above message.

Thanks
TomS

[WM: Go back through the config steps. Sounds like a typo in either the DID Number or CallerID Number for the gv-ringback Inbound Route. Or you’ve got a typo in the credentials.]

By: David

David — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:39:33 +0000

Dumb question, Say you have trunks from other providers, Is there an easy way when dialing to choose if you want to use Google voice or my other trunk? [WM: Sure. Head to the forums. You'll find all the answers there. Takes only a few seconds to change your outbound dialing rules and there's already an option to dial GV + a 10-digit number to place Google Voice calls. Then you can use the default dialing method for any other provider you choose.]

By: chad

chad — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:12:19 +0000

Hey ward any chance this could be a hosted solution?

I have looked around but seems no one really does this at a reasonable price.

Could your set up be used on a dedicated server? or even use in conjunction with pogoplug?

[WM: Hosted is a niche unto itself. You’d need to talk to specific providers. The design is intended to let folks build Orgasmatron 5.1 onto a dedicated server. It need not be an expensive one. The link provided in the Prerequisites will get you an Aspire Revo at Best Buy for under $200. PogoPlug doesn’t have the necessary horsepower to run all the apps that make up Orgasmatron 5.1. But the Revo is less expensive once you add a hard disk to the PogoPlug.]

By: ward

ward — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:04:33 +0000

ATTN: Asterisk 1.6 Pioneers. If you opt to install Asterisk 1.6 using ksalt16, be aware that you're in untested territory. Things should work OK provided you log into your server as root when you're finished with the install and issue the following commands.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:02:11 +0000

For a newbie, is there an easy way to do the patches. [WM: Easiest way would be to start over. :-) If you don't want to do that, then cut-and-paste each block of code, SSH into your server as root, and paste the contents that you previously cut. Then repeat for the chunk of code. When finished, type reboot to reboot your server.]

By: Trousle

Trousle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:47:53 +0000

So, if we were to follow this article now, those bugs are already taken care of? Or would I still need to follow those threads you mention in your comment?

[WM: If you’re just beginning, the bugs have been addressed in the current download.]

By: James

James — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:54:04 +0000

Amazing stuff but useless for anyone outside the US. A shame really. [WM: Just requires a bit of creativity. You need an American friend to get you started. We're easy to come by. :wink: ]

By: ward

ward — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:35:42 +0000

For those that installed Orgasmatron 5.1 before 2:20 pm EST today, please read the following thread and apply the necessary patches. The first is a security patch while the second is required to restore functionality to a number of dialplan apps due to an inadvertent "improvement." Our apologies.

http://pbxinaflash.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6772

By: Vasisht

Vasisht — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:35:39 +0000

This worked perfectly! Thanks so much. Now I just have to get my Sunrocket Gizmo working – anyone know if there’s anything special?

By: Peter (Australia)

Peter (Australia) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:43:51 +0000

Damn. AND it’s wierd – I can bluff Google by using a US Proxy. I can also get to sipgate via a US Proxy – and I thought I could get them to send an SMS, via my GoogleVoice Number, but it would appear that their requirement with the US Cell Number’s Carrier, is the "final check" Can’t seem to get past that.

[WM: You just need someone in the U.S. to let you use their cellphone number long enough to receive SIPgate’s SMS message and forward it to you. 🙄 ]

By: Jonathan Frederickson

Jonathan Frederickson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:16:46 +0000

My asterisk server takes the call and says "please hold while we connect your call" or something like that and my other GV phones then stop ringing because of it. It also prevents Google Voice from taking over the voicemail. How would I stop this? [WM: You didn't set this up the way we outlined. You need a dedicated Google Voice number plus a SIPgate number to handle this Asterisk interface properly. If you want Google voicemail and multiple ringing phones for inbound calls, get another Google Voice number to manage all of that.]

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:02:45 +0000

Would I be right in assuming that IPkall is still an acceptable alternative to SIPgate, even though it isn’t mentioned specifically. My reason for asking is that I am outside of the US and the SMS interaction with SIPgate is not doable.

[WM: The current design only works with SIPgate. We hope to have a separate IPkall solution shortly.]

By: Bill Greenberg

Bill Greenberg — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:37:53 +0000

I just tried, twice, to install the Orgasmatron script in a VMware setup. After running ./orgasmo51.x my 15 minute cup of coffee turned into 30… Seems to hang at "Downloading scripts (256.87MP). One moment please…" I have a fast connection so I don’t think it’s taking too long to download. Not necessarily looking for support since it’s on VMware (unsupported I assume), but I figured I’d throw it out there in case others run into this.

[WM: Don’t know what you mean by VMware setup. Have you installed the latest PIAF ISO first? Are you sure you have IP connectivity? It’s a straight-forward wget for the payload so it sounds like a connectivity problem since there is no other OS interaction at that point.]