Asterisk on Mac OS X
Asterisk Installation Package for MacOS X
Asterisk turns any Macintosh running MacOS X into a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system and voice over IP (VoIP) telephony server supporting H.323, IAX, MGCP, SCCP and SIP protocols.
Upcoming Asterisk 1.0.9 build and Installation Package
Asterisk 1.0.9 has now reached release candidate status for a new OSX installation package after succesful tests on MacOS X versions 10.3.9 ("Panther") through to 10.4.3 ("Tiger"). Please check this page for updates.
Asterisk 1.0.7 build for MacOS X versions 10.3 and 10.4
Prior to public availability of the Asterisk 1.0.9 build, the previous test build based on Asterisk 1.0.7 is available for download as a tarball which contains an installation and upgrade script. This build has been released in April 2005 and it has since been tested and proven to be reliable on both MacOS X 10.3 ("Panther") and MacOS X 10.4 ("Tiger") in hundreds of installations. It will run on MacOS X 10.3.8, 10.3.9, 10.4, 10.4.1 and 10.4.2.
The MD5 checksum for this tarball is 6f6d6cd5777666a6ca078cdcd3bcb1b0.
Pre-1.0 build for MacOS X versions 10.2.8 and 10.3
In addition, a now outdated MacOS X installation package which was based on Asterisk CVS-28/10/03 works with MacOS X version 10.2.8 (and 10.3) and is still available for download here.
The CVS-28/10/03 release is not being maintained any further and any bug reports related to it will be ignored. It has neither been tested nor is it recommended for use with MacOS X 10.4 ("Tiger"). Mac users running MacOS X 10.3 or 10.4 are advised to use the Asterisk 1.0.7 build instead.
Uninstalling Asterisk and making a backup of an Asterisk configuration
The tarball installers come with three shell scripts to install and uninstall Asterisk and to make a backup of your Asterisk configuration, log files etc. These shell scripts are also available as a separate download.
Asterisk and the MacOS X GUI
Asterisk is a faceless Unix server application which runs as a background process (daemon). The Asterisk server
application consists of a variety of files which are installed in the BSD layer of MacOS X, it does not have an
application icon and it will not show up in the /Applications folder in the Finder. It also does
not have a graphical user interface. For front end applications to control and configure Asterisk from the
MacOS X GUI see:
An integrated Asterisk GUI application for MacOS X is also under development:
Asterisk Support for Apple's Voice Modems
We are working on a voice modem channel driver for the Motorola SM56 modem used by Apple in recent Macs and in the external Apple USB Modem. This will allow Asterisk to use the modem for answering machine and IVR applications. The channel driver is scheduled for release with the upcoming new installation package.
Asterisk AppleScripts
The Asterisk AppleScripts are a collection of clickable AppleScript script applets for basic control of Asterisk, such as start, stop and reload, further to set and query some of the entities in Asterisk's internal database.
Click here to download the Asterisk AppleScripts.
Please Donate to Support the Development Work
Please note that all the tools are provided as free downloads. They are fully featured versions. We need your donations and corporate sponsorships to continue the development work. Please make a donation if you are using the software.
Thank you.
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List membership is free. Click here for more details.About Asterisk™
Asterisk™ is a complete PBX telephone exchange in software, originally developed for Linux by Mark Spencer of Digium and released under the General Public License (GPL). Asterisk™ provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. It does voice over IP (VoIP) supporting multiple protocols, and it can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware.
Asterisk™ provides Voicemail services with Directory, Call Conferencing, Interactive Voice Response, Call Queuing. It has support for three-way calling, caller ID services, ADSI, SIP and H.323 (as both client and gateway). Please visit the Features section of the official Asterisk™ web site for a more complete list of features.
About Sunrise
Sunrise Telephone Systems Ltd is a PBX and VoIP systems integrator and solutions provider specialising in open source based telephony and VPN solutions. Our head office is in Tokyo, Japan and we have a presence in Australia and the Middle East. Our contact details are: 9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Tel.: 03-5420-5502 Ext. 1010. You can also call us on Free World Dialup # 36505
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