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Design a complete VoIP or analog PBX with Asterisk, even if you have no previous Asterisk experience and only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap to installing, configuring, and integrating this open source software into your existing phone system.<
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Ideal for Linux administrators, developers, and power users, this book shows you how to write a basic dialplan step by step, and quickly brings you up to speed on the latest Asterisk features in version 1.8.<
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Integrate Asterisk with analog, VoIP, and digital telephony systems<
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Build a simple interactive dialplan, and dive into advanced concepts<
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Use Asterisk’
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Build a menuing system and add applications that act on caller input<
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Incorporate a relational database with MySQL and Postgre SQL<
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Connect to external services such as LDAP, calendars, XMPP, and Skype<
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Use Automatic Call Distribution to build a call queuing system<
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Learn how to use Asterisk’
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