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

[Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]]

Lmao - that is pretty freaking awesome, thanks for sharing!

This certainly takes automated unit testing to a whole new level, and would
be great for blackbox tests on real phones - it would be interesting to see
this approach on multiple different phone models as well.

Cal


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:07 AM, William King
<william.king at quentustech.com>wrote:

> 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
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> 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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