Asterisk@home end user manual

The purpose with this is to provide a manual that normal people can read and use to guidance to functions and features that the they has access to.

Web features

Some of the features that this phone system offers can be reached via a web browser on the adress http://____________

Voicemail & Recordings


MeetMe

To access a MeetMe conference room, dial 8 + your extension. (i.e. for extension 200, dial 8200). This will create a MeetMe room for you. Once the room is live, you can then transfer callers into it.

Phone features

This is features offered by the phone system.

Directory

Image
Image
Image
Image



When dialing *411 you get to the phone systems "yellow pages" where you can find phone numbers to other users by typing in the three first letter in the last name.

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image



Example:
You want to find the phone nr. to Mr Bush. Call *411 and type 287, and you will get a list of all users that matches the pattern and Mr. Bush will be one of them.


Schedule Wakeup call

Image
Image
Image



This will allow you to schedule a wake-up call to your extension. Currently, this will not call out to another phone number so this has some fairly limited usage.

Call waiting

Image
Image
Image



Activate Call Waiting (deactivated by default)

Image
Image
Image



Deactivate Call Waiting

Call forwarding

Image
Image
Image



Call Forwarding System

Image
Image
Image



Disable Call Forwarding

Menu recording

Image
Image
Image



IVR Recording

Image
Image
Image



Playback IVR Recording


Enable Do-Not-Disturb

Image
Image
Image



Enable Do-Not-Disturb

Image
Image
Image



Disable Do-Not-Disturb

Call Forward on Busy

Image
Image
Image



Call Forward on Busy
 
Image
Image
Image



Disable Call Forward on Busy

Message center (Comedian mail)

Image
Image
Image



Message Center (does not ask for extension)

Image
Image
Image



Enter Message Center (asks for extension/mailbox and password

Menus in the phone systems Message center

1. Listen to new messages

5) Repeat Message
6) Play Next Message
7) Delete Message
8) Forward to another user Enter Extension and press #
  1) Prepend a Message to forwarded message
  2) Forward without prepending
9) Save Message
  0) New Messages
  1) Old Messages
  2) Work Messages
  3) Family Messages
  4) Friends Messages
Image



Help

Image



Cancel/Exit to Main Menu

2. Change Folders

0) New Messages
1) Old Messages
2) Work Messages
3) Family Messages
4) Friends Messages
Image



Cancel/Exit to Main Menu

3. Advanced Options (Currently not active)


0. Mailbox options

1) Record your Un-Available Message
2) Record your Busy message
3) Record your name
4) Change your Password
4) Record Temporary Greeting (for A@H version 2.x)
5) Change mailbox password (for A@H version 2.x)

Image



Cancel/Exit to Main Menu

Image



Help

Image



Exit

Time

Image
Image
Image



Time

Weather

Image
Image
Image



Weather
By default this is set to New York, a system admin needs to set it up for the local area.

Test tools

Image
Image
Image



Echo Test

Image
Image
Image



Festival test (your extension is XXX)

Image
Image
Image



Test Fax

Image
Image
Image
Image



Simulate incoming call

Transfer a call - Blind Transfer

Image
Image
Image
Image



to transfer to extension 200 for example

Transfer a call - Attended Transfer

not added yet

Transfer Direct to voicemail

on version 1.1 and above you can press
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image



to transfer to voicemail for extension 200 for example

System Resources

There is a handbook for system configuration located here Asterisk@home Handbook Wiki .  Unfortunately the PDF refered to no longer exists.

Thanks to:

Clipart is from: http://www.telephoneart.com/index.htm

This manual has been copied from  http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page_id=2719 because the one there shows the keys in colums rather than rows.