FreeSwitch 1.0.6: Build Robust Telephony Systems Using Freeswitch

Follow this course and you'll be amazed at how feasible it is to get a sophisticated telephony system up and running by yourself. From basics to advanced features, it takes you step-by-step through the powerful capabilities of FreeSWITCH. Overview Install and configure a complete telephony system of your own even if you are using FreeSWITCH for the first time In-depth discussions of important concepts like the dialplan, user directory, and the powerful FreeSWITCH Event Socket The first ever book on FreeSWITCH, packed with real-world examples for Linux/Unix systems, Mac OSX, and Windows, along with useful screenshots and diagrams Best practices and expert tips from the FreeSWITCH experts, including the creator of FreeSWITCH, Anthony Minessale What you will learn from this book Set up a basic system to make and receive phone calls, make calls between extensions, and utilize basic PBX functionality Avoid common implementation mistakes and deploy various features of this telephony system with best practices and expert tips Perform routine maintenance for smooth running and troubleshoot the system when things are not going right Apply regular expressions to unlock unique and powerful call routing scenarios Call your own application(s) when particular events occur and control FreeSWITCH using the powerful Event Socket Set up multi-party conferencing facilities for your system Interact with callers, gather information, and route calls to the appropriate recipient using the automated, built-in XML IVR (Interactive Voice Response) engine Create a flexible dialplan, and allow third-party tools to be quickly and easily created using dialplan parsers other than the default XML Dialplan Park multiple calls in a FIFO queue and unpark them in the order in which they were received, using the mod_fifo module Record an entire phone call or session using the call recording feature Create advanced call control applic