FreeSwitch Video Calls Bria iPhone Client
I have been playing around trying to get my iPad and iPhone using Bria to work with video it *seems* that FreeSwitch is passing the signaling to both devices and FreeSwitch is holding the media due to the NAT issue of the devices - I just wanted to know before I spent too much time on this (not a high priority) if anyone else has gotten FreeSwitch to work with Bria for iPhone or Android? Thanks
FWIW, I was trying to replace SPA962s with Bria on iPads in our office. Had several issues, at least 6 open problems with Counterpath, they were great at trying to help but pointed the finger at FreeSwitch. I posted here for months to no avail so I assume no one here using Bria to this extent. FYI, all my issues are ringing/answering related (listed below). If you find anything please post here as I plan t do the same to keep someone else from pulling their hair out. 1. Bria does not always ring the iPad so you can't answer. I am using TCP to avoid battery drain although UDP did not seem to help. 2. Bria rings, but when you hit answer there is nothing there and the other extensions keep ringing. FS trace shows FS disconnecting. 3. If Bria is not in the foreground and a ringing alert is displayed, pressing it sometimes results in the last issue of not answering (FS says hangup) but other phones ring. 4. Not a Bria or FS issue but a pain: Apparently Apple limits the alert to 25 seconds, if you don't press it in that time it closed and you can't answer. This is an IOS issue that Apple needs to allow more flexibility with. Once a call is connected there are no issues with the recent Bria iPad updates, there were some issues a month ago. I highly recommend opening an issue with Counterpath as they seemed to know SIP and understood some of the FS trace stuff. They are very quick to update the Bria if an issue is found. But in my case, after 6+ months of traces we can't find the culprit. I have no Nat issues at all using Zyxel routers with SIP support. Good luck to you, I am writing the president of CounterPath to see if they can get a FreeSwitch to test with since it would be great for both to work together. Mario G On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I have been playing around trying to get my iPad and iPhone using Bria to work with video it *seems* that FreeSwitch is passing the signaling to both devices and FreeSwitch is holding the media due to the NAT issue of the devices - I just wanted to know before I spent too much time on this (not a high priority) if anyone else has gotten FreeSwitch to work with Bria for iPhone or Android?
Thanks
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You know your zyxel could be the issue for lots of that . Sip aware Nat router = sip ALG = black magic going on that neither end can predict. Remove or disable the alg and try again . On Sep 24, 2012 4:10 AM, "Mario G" <mario_fs@mgtech.com> wrote:
FWIW, I was trying to replace SPA962s with Bria on iPads in our office. Had several issues, at least 6 open problems with Counterpath, they were great at trying to help but pointed the finger at FreeSwitch. I posted here for months to no avail so I assume no one here using Bria to this extent. FYI, all my issues are ringing/answering related (listed below). If you find anything please post here as I plan t do the same to keep someone else from pulling their hair out.
1. Bria does not always ring the iPad so you can't answer. I am using TCP to avoid battery drain although UDP did not seem to help. 2. Bria rings, but when you hit answer there is nothing there and the other extensions keep ringing. FS trace shows FS disconnecting. 3. If Bria is not in the foreground and a ringing alert is displayed, pressing it sometimes results in the last issue of not answering (FS says hangup) but other phones ring. 4. Not a Bria or FS issue but a pain: Apparently Apple limits the alert to 25 seconds, if you don't press it in that time it closed and you can't answer. This is an IOS issue that Apple needs to allow more flexibility with.
Once a call is connected there are no issues with the recent Bria iPad updates, there were some issues a month ago. I highly recommend opening an issue with Counterpath as they seemed to know SIP and understood some of the FS trace stuff. They are very quick to update the Bria if an issue is found. But in my case, after 6+ months of traces we can't find the culprit.
I have no Nat issues at all using Zyxel routers with SIP support. Good luck to you, I am writing the president of CounterPath to see if they can get a FreeSwitch to test with since it would be great for both to work together. Mario G
On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I have been playing around trying to get my iPad and iPhone using Bria to work with video it *seems* that FreeSwitch is passing the signaling to both devices and FreeSwitch is holding the media due to the NAT issue of the devices - I just wanted to know before I spent too much time on this (not a high priority) if anyone else has gotten FreeSwitch to work with Bria for iPhone or Android?
Thanks
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
I agree I am not seeing any issues on call setup / take down or audio RTP or SMS only issues with the video setting up correctly Have you tried to remove the ALG and reproduced the same issue? Sent from my iPhone 4S On Sep 23, 2012, at 5:39 PM, jay binks <jaybinks@gmail.com> wrote:
You know your zyxel could be the issue for lots of that . Sip aware Nat router = sip ALG = black magic going on that neither end can predict.
Remove or disable the alg and try again .
On Sep 24, 2012 4:10 AM, "Mario G" <mario_fs@mgtech.com> wrote:
FWIW, I was trying to replace SPA962s with Bria on iPads in our office. Had several issues, at least 6 open problems with Counterpath, they were great at trying to help but pointed the finger at FreeSwitch. I posted here for months to no avail so I assume no one here using Bria to this extent. FYI, all my issues are ringing/answering related (listed below). If you find anything please post here as I plan t do the same to keep someone else from pulling their hair out.
1. Bria does not always ring the iPad so you can't answer. I am using TCP to avoid battery drain although UDP did not seem to help. 2. Bria rings, but when you hit answer there is nothing there and the other extensions keep ringing. FS trace shows FS disconnecting. 3. If Bria is not in the foreground and a ringing alert is displayed, pressing it sometimes results in the last issue of not answering (FS says hangup) but other phones ring. 4. Not a Bria or FS issue but a pain: Apparently Apple limits the alert to 25 seconds, if you don't press it in that time it closed and you can't answer. This is an IOS issue that Apple needs to allow more flexibility with.
Once a call is connected there are no issues with the recent Bria iPad updates, there were some issues a month ago. I highly recommend opening an issue with Counterpath as they seemed to know SIP and understood some of the FS trace stuff. They are very quick to update the Bria if an issue is found. But in my case, after 6+ months of traces we can't find the culprit.
I have no Nat issues at all using Zyxel routers with SIP support. Good luck to you, I am writing the president of CounterPath to see if they can get a FreeSwitch to test with since it would be great for both to work together. Mario G
On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I have been playing around trying to get my iPad and iPhone using Bria to work with video it *seems* that FreeSwitch is passing the signaling to both devices and FreeSwitch is holding the media due to the NAT issue of the devices - I just wanted to know before I spent too much time on this (not a high priority) if anyone else has gotten FreeSwitch to work with Bria for iPhone or Android?
Thanks
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Thanks for the response! I have tested without ALG months ago to no avail. No problems for over a year, it started when I upgraded FreeSwitch from early 2011 to early 2012 version. However, at the same time added the iPads/Bria and switched the Linksys SPA962s from SLA to individual user IDs. I am suspecting the Linksys SPA962s doing something wonky (and affecting Bria?) which is why I am replacing them. Wanted to go all iPads, especially since Apple may come out with a 7 incher soon. Otherwise looking at SNOM 870s and Polycoms. This is driving me nuts since some days no problem and some days it's bad with no pattern. Lots of traces. FreeSwitch is connected to the Zyxel using multiple WANs (static + dynamic) which balance and backup each other. Works great, can pull the plug on either at any time and FreeSwitch goes merrily along and recovers (when I get this problem sorted out I will add a wiki about the setup). Using the router FreeSwitch knows nothing about the IPs, NAT, etc. no messy setup. SIP ALG is always suspected first since it gets such a bad rap but so far no issues here. The problems below don't seem to be related to it. If I ever get this sorted out I will post in case some other poor soul runs into this. Thanks again! Wish I could have helped with your issue. Mario G On Sep 23, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I agree I am not seeing any issues on call setup / take down or audio RTP or SMS only issues with the video setting up correctly
Have you tried to remove the ALG and reproduced the same issue?
Sent from my iPhone 4S
On Sep 23, 2012, at 5:39 PM, jay binks <jaybinks@gmail.com> wrote:
You know your zyxel could be the issue for lots of that . Sip aware Nat router = sip ALG = black magic going on that neither end can predict.
Remove or disable the alg and try again .
On Sep 24, 2012 4:10 AM, "Mario G" <mario_fs@mgtech.com> wrote: FWIW, I was trying to replace SPA962s with Bria on iPads in our office. Had several issues, at least 6 open problems with Counterpath, they were great at trying to help but pointed the finger at FreeSwitch. I posted here for months to no avail so I assume no one here using Bria to this extent. FYI, all my issues are ringing/answering related (listed below). If you find anything please post here as I plan t do the same to keep someone else from pulling their hair out.
1. Bria does not always ring the iPad so you can't answer. I am using TCP to avoid battery drain although UDP did not seem to help. 2. Bria rings, but when you hit answer there is nothing there and the other extensions keep ringing. FS trace shows FS disconnecting. 3. If Bria is not in the foreground and a ringing alert is displayed, pressing it sometimes results in the last issue of not answering (FS says hangup) but other phones ring. 4. Not a Bria or FS issue but a pain: Apparently Apple limits the alert to 25 seconds, if you don't press it in that time it closed and you can't answer. This is an IOS issue that Apple needs to allow more flexibility with.
Once a call is connected there are no issues with the recent Bria iPad updates, there were some issues a month ago. I highly recommend opening an issue with Counterpath as they seemed to know SIP and understood some of the FS trace stuff. They are very quick to update the Bria if an issue is found. But in my case, after 6+ months of traces we can't find the culprit.
I have no Nat issues at all using Zyxel routers with SIP support. Good luck to you, I am writing the president of CounterPath to see if they can get a FreeSwitch to test with since it would be great for both to work together. Mario G
On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I have been playing around trying to get my iPad and iPhone using Bria to work with video it *seems* that FreeSwitch is passing the signaling to both devices and FreeSwitch is holding the media due to the NAT issue of the devices - I just wanted to know before I spent too much time on this (not a high priority) if anyone else has gotten FreeSwitch to work with Bria for iPhone or Android?
Thanks
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org _________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Hi there, I somewhat managed to have it working but am experiencing a few annoying issues. 1. I had to go in my iOS Bria settings -> accounts -> account -> account specific features. 2. I checked always offer video and start sending video automatically. This seems to work when making calls. There may be issues on incoming calls though. It's a little more complicated on the Desktop side of Bria. There is no setting to always offer video during the session setup and it seems like FS does not support the update once the call is established. Is this a limitation? Any idea on how to optimize this so that video can be used selectively? Cheers Emrah On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Mario G <mario_fs@mgtech.com> wrote:
Thanks for the response! I have tested without ALG months ago to no avail. No problems for over a year, it started when I upgraded FreeSwitch from early 2011 to early 2012 version. However, at the same time added the iPads/Bria and switched the Linksys SPA962s from SLA to individual user IDs. I am suspecting the Linksys SPA962s doing something wonky (and affecting Bria?) which is why I am replacing them. Wanted to go all iPads, especially since Apple may come out with a 7 incher soon. Otherwise looking at SNOM 870s and Polycoms. This is driving me nuts since some days no problem and some days it's bad with no pattern. Lots of traces.
FreeSwitch is connected to the Zyxel using multiple WANs (static + dynamic) which balance and backup each other. Works great, can pull the plug on either at any time and FreeSwitch goes merrily along and recovers (when I get this problem sorted out I will add a wiki about the setup). Using the router FreeSwitch knows nothing about the IPs, NAT, etc. no messy setup. SIP ALG is always suspected first since it gets such a bad rap but so far no issues here. The problems below don't seem to be related to it. If I ever get this sorted out I will post in case some other poor soul runs into this. Thanks again! Wish I could have helped with your issue. Mario G
On Sep 23, 2012, at 6:59 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I agree I am not seeing any issues on call setup / take down or audio RTP or SMS only issues with the video setting up correctly
Have you tried to remove the ALG and reproduced the same issue?
Sent from my iPhone 4S
On Sep 23, 2012, at 5:39 PM, jay binks <jaybinks@gmail.com> wrote:
You know your zyxel could be the issue for lots of that . Sip aware Nat router = sip ALG = black magic going on that neither end can predict.
Remove or disable the alg and try again .
On Sep 24, 2012 4:10 AM, "Mario G" <mario_fs@mgtech.com> wrote: FWIW, I was trying to replace SPA962s with Bria on iPads in our office. Had several issues, at least 6 open problems with Counterpath, they were great at trying to help but pointed the finger at FreeSwitch. I posted here for months to no avail so I assume no one here using Bria to this extent. FYI, all my issues are ringing/answering related (listed below). If you find anything please post here as I plan t do the same to keep someone else from pulling their hair out.
1. Bria does not always ring the iPad so you can't answer. I am using TCP to avoid battery drain although UDP did not seem to help. 2. Bria rings, but when you hit answer there is nothing there and the other extensions keep ringing. FS trace shows FS disconnecting. 3. If Bria is not in the foreground and a ringing alert is displayed, pressing it sometimes results in the last issue of not answering (FS says hangup) but other phones ring. 4. Not a Bria or FS issue but a pain: Apparently Apple limits the alert to 25 seconds, if you don't press it in that time it closed and you can't answer. This is an IOS issue that Apple needs to allow more flexibility with.
Once a call is connected there are no issues with the recent Bria iPad updates, there were some issues a month ago. I highly recommend opening an issue with Counterpath as they seemed to know SIP and understood some of the FS trace stuff. They are very quick to update the Bria if an issue is found. But in my case, after 6+ months of traces we can't find the culprit.
I have no Nat issues at all using Zyxel routers with SIP support. Good luck to you, I am writing the president of CounterPath to see if they can get a FreeSwitch to test with since it would be great for both to work together. Mario G
On Sep 22, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Mike Burlingame wrote:
I have been playing around trying to get my iPad and iPhone using Bria to work with video it *seems* that FreeSwitch is passing the signaling to both devices and FreeSwitch is holding the media due to the NAT issue of the devices - I just wanted to know before I spent too much time on this (not a high priority) if anyone else has gotten FreeSwitch to work with Bria for iPhone or Android?
Thanks
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org _________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
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