4PSA VoipNow® 1.6.4 Release Notes

Manual Version 41952.19 at 2008/09/25 14:21:27

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Requirements
Installation
Version History
Get Support
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Requirements

Hardware requirements are strongly related to the expected load and concurrent calls. PBX Asterisk server, MySQL server and PHP front-end interface are the most intensive components on a 4PSA VoipNow server. We recommend quality server hardware with redundant storage system.

Minimum suggested hardware configuration:

  • Intel x86 compatible PC server 2Ghz clock speed / IBM PowerPC server 1.6Ghz clock speed
  • 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM
  • 36 GB RAID storage system
  • 100 MB/s network card

Such a minimal hardware configuration can handle around 500 registered extensions and over 50 calls simultaneously. For a complete list of requirements, including the operating system compatibility, check this document.

4PSA VoipNow is shipped in ready to install templates, compatible with Virtuozzo, in standard and EZ format.

4PSA VoipNow is also available in VMware image format, which can be run under VMware Server, VMware Workstation or VMware Player. It can also be converted to run on VMware ESX using VMware Converter. This image is based on CentOS 5.1 operating system.

Installation

Installation can be performed in three ways:

  • Using the Command line installation script (see this article for more details)
  • Using the ISO Image (see this article for more details)
  • On a Virtuozzo/OpenVZ server (see this article for more details)
  • On a VMware Server, VMware Workstation or VMware Player. Also on VMware ESX, deployed with VMware Converter.

Version History

Warning

Due to a change in the upgrade algorithm, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to upgrade from any previous version of VoipNow to VoipNow 1.6.3 using the web interface updater! Please use the command line installer for this upgrade.

What's new in 4PSA VoipNow 1.6.4 release 080925.05

[+] Modified SIP package sent to an extension in order to be able to connect two 4PSA Voipnow servers. #12208,#12210
[+] Added CACNOCACCODE variable and mechanism to enable cardcodes verification based only on pin. #12293
[+] Added newextcall function to callapid .This function allows users to initiate phone calls that connect two numbers on the public phone network. #12477
[=] Extensions that aren't multiuseraware can now call forbidden extensions. #12151
[=] Improved open menu display in several pages. #12239
[=] Updated SOX version. #12310
[=] Greatly improved memory consumption on vdialroute #12542
[-] Fixed callback and calling card behavior when dealing with voicemail #11318
[-] Fixed notification area from client and extension account. #11898
[-] Fixed call recording on ringall and cascade calls. #12045,#12311
[-] Fixed extended local transfer on IVR calls. #12096
[-] Fixed problem with pagination in call flows page. #12130
[-] Fixed billing problem on calling card and callback extensions that caused false end of credit announcements. #12145
[-] Fixed incorrect iteration of frames on SpanDSP that can lead to crash. #12176
[-] Fixed possible crash in queue. #12214
[-] Fixed few interface problems on updating server services status. #12215
[-] Fixed callback and calling card behavior on caller hangup before we got the chance to connect to destination. #12218
[-] Fixed billing problem generated by CHANNELID being inherited on local channels. #12335
[-] Fixed callscreen to take the correct DB_HOST from voipnow.conf. #12454
[-] Fixed several problems on vnrestore. #12483
[-] Annoying Asterisk CLI messages moved to debug level #12044

Legend:

[+] new feature
[-] bug fixed or removed
[=] bug fixed or improved functionality

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Contact Information

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