As of January 2010, Apple had sold nearly 34.5 million iPhones worldwide, and there were more than 134,000 3rd party applications available in the Apple App Store.
Now there is an iPhone application for remote administration of Asterisk based IP PBX systems called PocketAsterisk. PocketAsterisk allows iPhone users who also happen to be Asterisk administrators an easy and convenient mechanism for managing servers right from their mobile phone. PocketAsterisk does not require any plugins, and can connect directly to your Asterisk server via internet or VPN using the Asterisk Manager Interface. PocketAsterisk comes in two versions, Lite and Pro, and is compatible with Asterisk version 1.4 or greater, as well as Trixbox and FreePBX.
Once installed on your Apple iPhone, PocketAsterisk allows you to perform a variety of tasks, including:
- Viewing active Channels and Details
- Transferring Calls
- Swipe to Hangup
- Recording Calls
- Monitoring Queues
- Managing Meetings (Mute and Kick Callers)
- Reloading Configurations
- Graceful, Convenient, and Immediate Restarts
In order to use PocketAsterisk, you’ll need to enable the Asterisk Manager Interface on your Asterisk server. Edit your /etc/asterisk/manager.conf file to look like this:
[general]
enabled=yes
port=5038[foo]
secret=bar
read=system,call,command
write=system,call,command
Once you have edited manager.conf, simply save and restart your Asterisk server and you’re ready to roll. PocketAsterisk can also reach Asterisk servers that are behind a firewall by simple port forwarding.
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