Topic: Selintra - How do i setup a new carrier

[Tib]

Hello Selintra

Could you please let me know or help me setup a new carrier.

I found a carrier that looks promissing ... could you please have a look for me and sugest how I can set it up to work with my asterisk.

Site:

http://www.voipcheap.com/en/sip.html

They have a UK site as well.

http://www.voipcheap.co.uk/en/sip.html

Thanks,

Tib

[del]

Hi Tib,

There is details on how to add a carrier here:
http://www.selintra.com/docs/cgi-bin/view/Main/DocChapter071

When you have done that you can add a trunk like this:
http://www.selintra.com/docs/cgi-bin/view/Main/DocChapter092

I use voipdiscount and sipdiscount, they look like the same company as voipcheap and work well. You just need to keep an eye on the free calls as they are prone to adding and removing countries without warning. Although their paid for calls are still cheap, it doesn't beat free You will also have to have to add $10.00 credit to make free calls, this does last for 120 days before you have to topup again, at least that's how sipdiscount and voipdiscount work. I hope this helps.

Regards,
Del

[SARK devs]

Hi Tib,

Del's is right.  Try using the Telasip set-up guide he refers to.  This new service looks identical in the way it works.

If you have any problems then give us a shout.

Kind Regards

Selintra

[Tib]

Thanks guys

I'll set this up tomorrow and give it a try.

I already have the account setup and the $10 credit .... tried out a call and all seems ok .... now I just have to integrate it into my system and give it a good work out  


Thanks again

Tib

[del]

Hi Tib,

Set Up Carrier
Technology: SIP
Carrier Type: VOIP
MD5 Encryption: NO
Carrier Name: voipcheap
Description: "What Ever You Like"
Host URL: sip.voipcheap.com

Set Up Trunk
Choose your new carrier (voipcheap) from the drop down list.
DID Number or IP Name: outbound_calls
Username: "your user name"
Password: "Your Password"

Finally make some routes to tell asterisk when to use it.

This is how I set mine up, I called it outbound_calls because I only use it for making calls (I don't think you can get DiD number from them) and I use Telasip for incoming I hope this helps.

Regards,
Del

[Tib]

del

With this setup it has to dial the country code then local code then phone number ... how did you set that up.

Did you do a Custom apps or through a dial plan in routes.

I'd like to be able to just dial the normal local number and sail put all the extra  infront of it.

Could you please give me a few pointers.

Regards,

Tib

[del]

Hi Tib,

I did a couple of routes: _001 and _0044
This is the US and the UK which are really the only countries I call.
I did play with the Transformation masks but didn't have much luck, my area code is 407 so I put 407:001407 which as I understand, means if I dial 407 then asterisk will present this as 001407. It didn't work as expected and I gave up because I wasn't too worried about dialing the full 001407 etc. It took my wife more time to grasp than me  
I have sorted out most things now so I will have a play with the masks again What I am not sure about is if you have a route assigned to a trunk if the transformation mask on that trunk overides it or vice versa. But if you don't mind dialing the full number then the route option works OK You may get a better response from Selintra when he is on line. There is more info on transformation masks here:
http://www.selintra.com/docs/cgi-bin/view/Main/DocChapter096
I hope this helps.

Regards,
Del

[Tib]

del

Thanks for the

I think I got it worked out ... I did the following in custom apps

custom-local

exten => _NXXXXXXX,1,Goto(617${EXTEN},1)
exten => _617NXXXXXXX,1,agi(selintra,OutRoute,local)
__________________________________________________

custom-moblie

exten => _NXXXXXXXXX,1,Goto(617${EXTEN},1)
exten => _617NXXXXXXXXX,1,agi(selintra,OutRoute,local)
__________________________________________________

My country code is 061 ... then area code is 07 ... so the number should end up 617XXXXXXXX and mobile 617XXXXXXXXXX just buy dialing the 8 or 10 digit numbers as normal.

Not sure if I need both custom apps but it seems to be doing something.

I had something like this setup for my Astratel calling so I just expanded on it a bit.

I think I still have to put a bit more thinking into this but it's a start.

This will only work for local (QLD) numbers I think ... interstate are 02,03,08,09 etc so there is still a bit of working out for me to do.

Regards,

TIb

[SARK devs]

Hi Guys,

I'll work up a howto re dialled numbers, routes and transformation at the weekend if I get time.  It will appear in docs and I'll flag back here when it's ready.  I'll also ask Sam to finish his opus on calling the AGI from custom apps - he's been threatening to do it for ages but always gets carried away with some new clever telephony feature - .  I think he's happier writing in C than he is in english.

Kind Regards

jeff

[Tib]

hi

What I did in custom apps doesn't work for me after all .... I'll have to play with things a bit more by the looks.

Regards,

Tib