The Manager interface is used to remotely view/change console (and other) actions. Through the use of the manager interface, you are able to send actions and receive responses very similar to the CLI interface. However Asterisk latest version 1.4 beta has GUI manager interface which is very user friendly. Asterisk comes with Asterisk Manager API, which allows third-party software to provide external management services. And through the freely available Asterisk-Sounds add-on package, Asterisk provides a full range of canned voice messages to use with menus and IVR.
Use this procedure to connect to the Asterisk Manager: Read the rest of this entry »
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