JUST RELEASED: Visit the Incredible PBX WikiIn another terrific example of open source development at its finest, Claudio Pizzillo has released the beta of his Hospitality Management System for PBX in a Flash systems. Features of the Asterisk® hotel management system include:
- Rooms inventory management with bulk FreePBX extension import
- Call management by prefix with per minute and fixed rates
- Check-In and Check-Out with associated actions
- Billing with search by dates and/or by rooms with call detail
- Integrated with Hotel wake-up module with web interface
- Removal of voicemails and wake-ups on room check-out
Prerequisites. If you're using a PBX in a Flash system, you have all the pieces you'll need to get the Hospitality Management System working. If not, you'll need a LAMP-based Asterisk system with Apache, FreePBX, MySQL, and PHP that's configured to match PBX in a Flash aggregation.
Installation. To install the beta, log into your server as root and issue the following commands:
cd /var/www/html
wget http://www.kefa.it/hotel.tar.gz
tar zxvf hotel.tar.gz
rm hotel.tar.gz
cd hotel
chmod 775 loadmysql.sh
./loadmysql.sh
Next, edit /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf and add the following code at the top of the [from-internal-custom] context. NOTE: This code forces all outbound calls to be routed to the receptionist extension unless the room/extension number is occupied. Make two substitutions below. For MYPBX, replace it with the IP address of your Asterisk server. For RECEPTION, replace it with the extension number for your receptionist's phone.
exten => _X.,1,Set(result=${CURL(http://MYPBX/hotel/checkuser.php?Ext=${CALLERID(num)})})
exten => _X.,2,NoOp(Results: ${result})
exten => _X.,3,GotoIf($["${result}" = "OK"]?OK)
exten => _X.,4,GotoIf($["${result}" = "KO"]?KO)
exten => _X.,5(OK),Goto(outbound-allroutes,${DIAL},1)
exten => _X.,6,Hangup()
exten => _X.,7(KO),DIAL(SIP/RECEPTION)
exten => _X.,8,Hangup()
Remove the line-wrap between the first and second lines. Then save your changes to the file and reload your dialplan: asterisk -rx "dialplan reload"
Using the Hotel Management System. To use the application, use a web browser pointed to the actual IP address of your server: http://serverIP/hotel/. The web interface is self-explanatory. If you need additional assistance, post your questions and suggestions on the PBX in a Flash Forum. Enjoy!
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