[Freeswitch-dev] Question about BLF

Tue Nov 6 17:42:35 EST 2007

Anthony --

Thanks for your response.

I took the liberty of updating the Installation Wiki regaring trixswitch
source installation, once I got it working.

> 5.  I would like to get a few hours of Anthony's time to film a code
> walkthrough that could be posted on the website.
>>>> dunno maybe =D

I can cover a few hours of your normal consulting rate, if that would help
justify the time input.

Also,  I am trying to figure out how to get Busy Lamp info out of the
switch, if this is not being done already.  I guess one would have to
figure out which extension is doing what on which channel.  If someone is
working on this or had done it, I would like to hear from them.

Thanks.

Edward
Seattle

>
> From: "comments at freecle.com" <comments at freecle.com>
> To: freeswitch-dev at lists.freeswitch.org
> Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 1:12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows?
>
>
> Comments and questions:
>
> 1.  I tried to compile with VC++ Express 2008, and got so many errors I
> have not figured it out yet.
>
>>>> IIRC you also need the "platform SDK" when using the express version.
>
>
> 2.  The Trixswitch ico worked great right off ... much better than
> Trixbox, which seemed to required a Microsoft-style activation code and
> contact with the home office via internet before it would work.
>>>> Doesn't appear to be a question, more of an observation.
>
>
> 3.  I am a hazy about the programming interface to Freeswitch ... is
>  there
> a tcp or udp socket to which I can just send commands?
>>>>You can use a tcp socket connection with mod_event_socket
>>>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Event_Socket
>>>> or via XML RPC with mod_xml_rpc
>
> 4.  Also, it seems like trixswitch does not have the source code for
> freeswitch in the ico... is that true?
>>>> I don't know but i bet they would be willing to add it.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Edward
> Seattle
>
>
> Anthony Minessale II
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>> Another consideration is that since our code is cross-platform, it
>  has to
>> have an abstraction layer to normalize some bits of code to be
>  platform
>> agnostic.
>> One major issue with this is that oftentimes, when a function that is
>> commonly used
>> in UNIX is missing in windows, a poor substitute is written to fill
>  in the
>> void.
>> This can lead to assumptions that it's robust when it isn't in the
>  case of
>> things
>> like precision timing (many gettimeofday emulator functions are
>  completely
>> inaccurate
>> and give the impression that the windows is not as good). We do our
>  best
>> to make
>> sure we have it working on all platforms but to really succeed, we
>  need
>> the help of
>> many people who regularly use each platform to test and provide
>  feedback
>> about their
>> favorite platform.  For a high scale operation any variant of UNIX
>  will be
>> a better choice than windows from at least a cost standpoint since
>  the
>> version of windows that can take advantage of several CPUs is much
>  more
>> expensive than the regular version of windows and also if you plan to
>  do
>> any development, the free version of the compiler is not really so
>  great
>> so you will end up having to buy the MSVC 2008 as well.
>>
>> The most common used platform during core development is currently
>  rhel4
>> iirc which is more or less the same as centos4 the only reason for
>  that
>> choice is the particular dual-cpu box with onboard RAID I do my dev
>  on
>> only worked for RHEL due to silly binary drivers where something
>  claims
>> they support linux and only gives you a redhat rpm (but that's
>  another
>> rant).  Nonetheless, we move  around and test the code on all
>  platforms we
>> support, *but*, linux currently still receives the most total hours
>  of dev
>> time to date.
>>
>> We do have many Windows users, so maybe they could chime in about how
>  the
>> Win32 experience is going for them.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Anthony Minessale II
>>
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>>
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>> MSN:anthony_minessale at hotmail.com
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>> IRC: irc.freenode.net #freeswitch
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Ian Gregson <contact at iangregson.com>
>> To: freeswitch-dev at lists.freeswitch.org
>> Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2007 11:41:05 AM
>> Subject: [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or Windows?
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>> I was wondering if anyone can offer any info with regards to
>> go linux or windows.
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>>>From what i gather the freeswitch works on both ... so
>> obious linux is free (opensuse i was thinking of.. maybe something
>> better?)
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>> But what about hardware support, i presume windows would
>> have better hardware support?
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>> Any info would be gratefully appreciated
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>> Ian
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