DialFox Callto

DialFox Callto is a super handy web-based dialer designed for Asterisk PBX and AMI Call Management. What’s cool about it is that you can use an HTML hyperlink tag to call numbers using the callto://+44441234567 URI. It makes calling easier, right from your browser!

Requirements for DialFox Callto

If you want to get started with DialFox, here are the requirements you need:

• Asterisk 1.2 or above


• Mozilla Firefox


• An Apache 2.0+ Web server daemon with PHP-4.3 HTML-embedded scripting language

How to Run DialFox Callto

You can run it right in your browser! Just navigate to: http://your_pbx/callto/callto.php. Remember to replace your_pbx with your valid host name or IP address.

Setting Up Your Prefix

You’ll need to consult the file manager.php for some tweaks. Go to line two where you see $prefix="0"; and set your prefix correctly. Usually, a prefix of zero is used for outgoing trunk calls, like in Switzerland.

Using the DialFox Interface

If you're building a webpage, here’s how you can set up a clickable link:

<p><a href="callto://0441234567">

<img src="dialfox_icon.gif" width="80" height="15" border="0"

title="callto 0441234567" alt="callto 0441234567"></a></p>

Asterisk Manager Configuration

If you're using Asterisk Manager, you'll need to do a bit of editing. Open up /etc/asterisk/manager.conf and enable Asterisk Call Management support.

Your Example Setup:

[general]

enabled = yes

port = 5038

bindaddr = 0.0.0.0



[admin]   # Logon name

secret = amp111   # password

deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0

permit=127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0

permit=192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0   # allow your local subnet

read = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user

write = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user