Lorne Gaetz

They: We're running into issues when we try to send a 1000 page f*x.
Me: [tries to mask my complete lack of surprise]

Creating a Ring Group with Cascading Style Ring Delay Got tied up again last Friday, so once again I consult my excuse oracle, the delay for last week’s #FridayFun was due to an intermittent media crash. A few jobs ago I worked in an office served by a ...

New #FridayFun post on the #TangoPBX forums, simple dialplan to allow a ring group to have a variable delay for each ring group participant
#FreePBX, #Asterisk
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Getting PCAPs for endpoints using encrypted signaling Last week’s #FridayFun gets delayed a few days due to […checks notes] a localised Paging Lockout. Apologies for the disruption. Quick one this week, but I think it’s a good one. I presume most peopl...

This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forum, a newbie friendly way of viewing SIP signaling for encrypted endpoints. #TangoPBX #FreePBX #Asterisk

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Got some cherry tomato plants outside on my deck. They've been over my head for weeks, and it looks like we're going to get a bumper crop this year. 2025 will be the #SummerOfSalsa

Getting a Call Trace From the Asterisk Full Log Arguably the most important tool for debugging calls on an Asterisk based system is the Asterisk full log. Anyone administering a system needs to know where it is and how to search it. This week’s #Fr...

This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums, how to get a call trace only using the GUI. #Debugging #FreePBX #Asterisk

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How to use a Custom Destination I expect that many are aware of dialplan hooks as a means of adding your own custom Asterisk dialplan to the FreePBX call flow. If you’re not, then you can review this thread which has updated instruc...

This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums explains how to extend the fpbx generated dialplan with your own custom dialplan, how to jump back and forth between the two in a supportable way. #FreePBX #TangoPBX #Dialplan

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YouTube video by QueueMetrics Behind the Voice: The Art and Future of IVR with Allison Smith

Always great to see Allison Smith... even if only on this video (from Queuemetrics)

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What can you do with an extension's "Dial" field This week’s #FridayFun focuses on one single field in the fpbx GUI. After creating an extension, if you edit it and browse to the ‘Advanced’ tab, scroll down a bit, you’ll see a field labeled ‘Dial’, ...

This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forum is a peak under the hood at how an extension's Dial field works.
#HereBeDragons #FreePBX #Asterisk

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How to flag a call for future follow-up Earlier in the week we celebrated the anniversary of Canada’s confederation, and it appears there’s a similar sort of holiday taking place to our south today, so today’s #FridayFun is topical (if only...

A special Independence day edition of #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums. Create an in-call feature code to flag a call for follow-up by support.
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Hacking into the fpbx transfer context This week’s #FridayFun relates to something that came up this past week. Without sharing exact details, imagine the PBX system serves a facility where calls to and from some of the extensions are care...

This week's #FridayFun on the #TangoPBX forums is a discussion about how to hack into the transfer context to run your own custom dialplan. #FreePBX #Asterisk
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Manipulating SIP headers This week’s #FridayFun is a deep dive into SIP headers in TangoPBX. This is something I’ve been meaning to write up for years, but have been putting it off due to all the different permutations of fpb...

Need to add custom SIP headers to your #FreePBX, #TangoPBX system? Today's #FridayFun on the Tango forum will get you there ...
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Setting up BLFs for Queue Feature Codes As a result of a question that came up earlier in the week, I thought I would focus this week’s #FridayFun on how Queue feature codes work in FreePBX. If you browse to Admin → Feature codes and scroll...

Want to setup some old-school BLF buttons for your FreePBX queue members to toggle queue login? This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums:

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In-call feature code to send a call your other extension A few weeks ago @kenn10 sent me a PM with a link to this post showing Asterisk dialplan for an in-call feature code to flip an active call to any of the users other devices. So any local PBX user has ...

This week's #FridayFun is dialplan to flip calls between a user's multiple registered devices.
#FreePBX, #Asterisk, #TangoPBX
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New TangoPBX ISO version 22.04.0.0.7 now available! A new version of the TangoPBX ISO is now available. Check out 22.04.0.0.7 by downloading from: https://repo.tangopbx.org/repository/isos/TangoPBX-22.04.0.0.7.iso Browse past ISOs using the link: ht...

New version of TangoPBX released today 22.04.0.0.7

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Hooking Like a Pro This post is a rework of one of my very popular posts from years ago, finally updated for FreePBX 17 and up. This should give you a very good start on leveraging dialplan hooks for adding your own cus...

Strive to be a better hooker using TangoPBX. #FridayFun
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Que bueno!

Announcing TangoPBX Distro TangoPBX, LLC (TangoPBX) is pleased to announce that Release Candidate RC1 of the TangoPBX Distro is now available for public testing. Following on the recent TangoPBX announcements regarding the Open...

The TangoPBX project has just released Distro installer on ISO.
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I voted. #CanadaElection2025

Waiting to get on a 777 and the departure gate has seating for 36 people. #SitOnTheFloor

My wristwatch turns 29 years old today. It was a wedding gift, so it must be our 29th anniversary!

YouTube video by Crosstalk Solutions Completely Free Advanced Paging Module for FreePBX / TangoPBX!

Open Page is a brand new FREE advanced paging module for FreePBX / TangoPBX - so glad to see these modules rolling out! youtube.com/shorts/OY93u... #freepbx #tangopbx #voip

Should we splurge for a room with a balcony? It might be nice to sit and sip coffee in the morning.

The balcony ...

APIBAN and FPBX 17 About a year ago now, we learned that the APIBAN project published a new APIBAN client that uses fail2ban. I did a write-up at the time, but a year onwards, with FPBX 17 in full swing, it’s time to re...

My #FridayFun this week is a short blurb on the #TangoPBX forums about setting up @apiban.org

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Open Page Module Wiki What is the Open Page module? Open Page is a free open source module for any FreePBX® 17 based systems including TangoPBX and IncrediblePBX. It is published by TangoPBX LLC, and extends the feature se...

NEW! ClearlyIP just released the Open Page Module for TangoPBX / FreePBX / IncrediblePBX. And it's FREE!

This module expands default paging capability with:
- pre-page recordings
- multicast paging groups
- recurring scheduled pages
- valet paging
- and more!

Check it out!

TangoPBX

Wondering what to do with all your #FreePBX and Asterisk knowledge? Share it with others at the TangoPBX forums
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Talking about worst airline experiences earlier. I have a few to pick from, but the winner when I discovered that not every seat pocket had an airsick bag. They are like emergency exits, you really don't want to go looking for it when you need it.

YouTube video by Official Asterisk YouTube Channel AstriCon 2025: SIP Clients & Beyond

How can you be sure your encryption works?

Secret agents from your country's intelligence service show up at your door asking you to put a back door in your SIP client.

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#MakeThatMakeSense