Basics:
1. What is a PBX?
2. What is Asterisk?
3. What is the Gizmo5 Project softphone?
4. What is the Gizmo5 network?
5. What is "Asterisk PBX Support"?
How do I setup my Asterisk PBX...
6. to send outgoing calls to the Gizmo5 network?
7. to receive incoming calls from the Gizmo5 network?
8. to allow the Gizmo5 softphone to act as an extension number?
How do I use the Gizmo5 softphone to...
9. place an outgoing call through my Asterisk PBX?
10. receive an incoming call from my Asterisk PBX?
1. What is a PBX?
PBX is an Acronym. It stands for "Private Branch eXchange". Many company's use PBX systems to allow their employees to all share just a few phone lines, while allowing internal users to call eachother by dialling extension numbers.
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2. What is Asterisk?
Asterisk is a very popular open source PBX system that runs on Linux. Connecting your Asterisk Server to Gizmo5 can save you money on both initial hardware purchases, and on recurring telephone company bills.
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3. What is the Gizmo5 softphone?
The Gizmo5 softphone is a FREE software program that behaves like a telephone. You download it from our website, install it on your computer, and then run it.
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4. What is the Gizmo5 network?
The Gizmo5 network is a VoIP network. Anyone that has a Gizmo5 account sends and receives calls on the Gizmo5 network. Calls can also pass between the Gizmo5 network, and the many networks that it is connected to, such as university campus networks, other VoIP networks, and of course, the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS).
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5. What is "Asterisk PBX Support"?
Gizmo5 is committed to making sure that we work seamlessly with Asterisk, and other SIP compatible PBX systems. That's why we make it possible to connect your Asterisk PBX to our network, and we also make it possible to connect our software phone to your PBX.
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6. How do I setup my Asterisk PBX to send outgoing calls to the Gizmo5 network?
There are many ways to do this. In this article, we will explain how to send ALL of your outgoing phone calls to the Gizmo5 network, through a single Gizmo5 account. This will allow you to save money on your phone bill, by using the cheap per minute rates of Gizmo5 Call Out.
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7. How do I setup my Asterisk PBX to receive incoming calls from the Gizmo5 network?
There are many ways to do this. In fact, it is probably already possible to place a call from Gizmo5 to your Asterisk PBX, by using the Gizmo5 softphone to dial the full SIP URI of a user (or extension) on your Asterisk Server. However, in this example, we will assume that you want to be able to have your Asterisk PBX receive all of the calls that are currently going to your Gizmo5 account (including any calls made to your Call In number).
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8. How do I setup my Asterisk PBX to allow the Gizmo5 softphone to act as an extension number?
You need to make sure that your Asterisk server can be reached from the internet by a FQDN, or by a public IP address. Then assign an extension number, and password to each user. Create an entry for each user in the "sip.conf" file, and modify the dialplan in your "extensions.conf" file, to tell Asterisk to send the calls to that extension to the associated SIP account.
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9. How do I use the Gizmo5 softphone to place an outgoing call through my Asterisk PBX?
You need to: (1) Check with your Asterisk administrator, (2) Enable the "Login to Asterisk, PBX, or other voice servive" option, and enter your Asterisk account login info, (3) Select to send your outgoing calls through your "Secondary" account, and (4) Just dial a call on Gizmo Project, like you normally would!
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10. How do I use the Gizmo5 softphone to receive an incoming call from my Asterisk PBX?
You need to: (1) Check with your Asterisk administrator, (2) Enable the "Login to Asterisk, PBX, or other voice servive" option, and enter your Asterisk account login info, (3) Have someone call your office extension number, and (4) Just answer the call on Gizmo5, like you normally would!
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11. How do I turn off Auto-Answer? If you add the SIP header "No-Answer: true" this should disable auto-answer
