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Asterisk 10.0.0 Is Released
Asterisk The Open Source PBX & Telephony Platform
The Asterisk Development Team is proud to announce the release of Asterisk 10.0.0. This release is available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/
Asterisk 10 is the next major release series of Asterisk. It will be a Standard support release, similar to Asterisk 1.6.2. For more information about support time lines for Asterisk releases, see the Asterisk versions page:
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions
With the release of the Asterisk 10 branch, the preceding ’1.’ has been removed from the version number per the blog post available at
http://blogs.digium.com/2011/07/21/the-evolution-of-asterisk-or-how-we-a…
The release of Asterisk 10 would not have been possible without the support and contributions of the community.
You can find an overview of the work involved with the 10.0.0 release in the summary:
http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/tags/10.0.0/asterisk-10.0.0-summary…
A short list of available features includes:
- T.38 gateway functionality has been added to res_fax.
- Protocol independent out-of-call messaging support. Text messages not associated with an active call can now be routed through the Asterisk dialplan. SIP and XMPP are supported so far.
- New highly optimized and customizable ConfBridge application capable of mixing audio at sample rates ranging from 8kHz-192kHz
- Addition of video_mode option in confbridge.conf to provide basic video conferencing in the ConfBridge() dialplan application.
- Support for defining hints has been added to pbx_lua.
- Replacement of Berkeley DB with SQLite for the Asterisk Database (AstDB).
- Much, much more!
A full list of new features can be found in the CHANGES file.
http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/branches/10/CHANGES
Also, when upgrading a system between major versions, it is imperative that you read and understand the contents of the UPGRADE.txt file, which is located at:
http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/branches/10/UPGRADE.txt
Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!
Fax For Asterisk
T.38 fax for Asterisk
Digium‘s Fax For Asterisk is a commercial facsimile (Fax) termination and origination solution designed to enhance the capabilities of Open Source and commercial Asterisk as well as Switchvox. Fax For Asterisk bundles a suite of user-friendly Asterisk applications and a licensed version of the industry’s leading fax modem software from Commetrex. Fax For Asterisk provides low speed (14400bps) PSTN faxing via DAHDI-compatible telephony boards as well as VoIP faxing to T.38-compatible SIP endpoints and service providers. Licensed on a per-channel basis, Digium‘s Fax For Asterisk provides a complete, cost-effective, commercial fax solution for Asterisk users.
Fax For Asterisk provides two components: res_fax and res_fax_digium. Res_fax is an Asterisk resource module that adds fax termination and origination functionality in Asterisk. It provides Asterisk dialplan functions and dialplan applications to enable the user to build highly-customizable fax solutions. Res_fax_digium provides core fax processing functionality in the form of several supported fax modems — V.21, V.27ter, V.29, and V.17 — to achieve speeds up to 14400bps.
