[Freeswitch-users] Better approach for multi-tenant SIP testing (part 1)

[William King]

Cal,

I took a different approach and took advantage of a rack of Polycom
phones and a bit of electronic tinkering.

http://imgur.com/a/9JfcR

I took the Polycom 550s and, using the built-in XML Command Push and the
state polling features, plus some perl automation, I was able to
automate a large batch of call scenarios. Then when I found that SLA and
BLF lights weren't available, I assimilated the phones borg style.

In the album, I'm using an Arduino board, a muxer(to talk to multiple
chips easily), and a set of light sensors(color, and intensity) to now
detect presence issues in FreeSWITCH.

William King
Senior Engineer
Quentus Technologies, INC
1037 NE 65th St Suite 273
Seattle, WA 98115
Main:   (877) 211-9337
Office: (206) 388-4772
Cell:   (253) 686-5518
william.king at quentustech.com

On 05/28/2013 07:03 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> After nearly a year of active development on building our own voice
> platform, we've adopted some cool tricks to speed up the workflow and
> make testing less tedious.
> 
> Over the next few months I'll be posting more articles on the tricks we
> have used and the lessons we have learnt.
> 
> Here is part 1 - a write up about a neat hack we used to virtualize
> phone testing;
> http://blog.simplicitymedialtd.co.uk/533/quick-and-easy-approach-for-multi-tenant-sip-testing
> 
> For those that don't have time to read, here is a screenshot;
> http://i.imgur.com/e9kUdxg.jpg
> 
> This trick, which we've used in development for approx 6 months, has
> saved countless hours in development overheads, with one-click
> start/stop functionality and all the necessary modules right there in
> one place.
> 
> Of course, this should never be used as a full replacement as nothing
> beats a proper hardware test to catch those weird edge cases, but it
> does allow you to do the majority of your testing (95%) from a single
> screen rather than a desk full of phones. It also makes attaching
> wireshark a lot easier, without having to use span ports and the alike.
> 
> Hope this helps someone else!
> 
> Cal
> 
> 
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