AstA*UI (Asterisk® Appliance User Interface) is a web-browser based user interface for the configuration and management of Asterisk® based appliances. The software is optimized for performance and minimal resource usage. It is compatible with modern web-browsers like Firefox and Internet-Explorer. AstA*UI enables simple users to setup Asterisk® appliances as a modern and powerful telephone system. Currently, AstA*UI supports the Vdex appliance.
Highlights of AstA*UI in combination with the Vdex hardware:
- Mobile phones working as extension phones
- Outgoing calls from mobile phones via Vdex by using the office caller-ID
- International calls from mobile phones through Vdex
- Flexible auto attendant
- Trunk bundeling
- Forwarding voicemail files to email
- Welcome messages and incoming call distribution are time dependent
- Time dependent least cost routing
- Various possible actions in case of unanswered calls
- WiFi SIP phones fully supported as extension phones
AstA*UI allows the configuration of many features:
- SIP/IAX provider and FXO line support
- SIP/IAX phone and external phone (outside extensions, mobile phones) support
- Voicemailboxes (answering machine)
- Voicemail forwarding (via email with attached soundfile also via webmail)
- Different time periods (calendar days, week days, time spans)
- Day/time dependent call rules for incoming calls
- Day/time dependent least cost routing
- WAV audio file upload
- Customizable music on hold content
- Customizable welcome messages
- Automated call routing via interactive voice response menus (IVR, auto attendant)
- DISA (Direct Inward System Access)
- Personal conference rooms with conference recording capability
- Backup Support
At the request of system integrators, VARs and telephony providers AstA*UI can be enhanced, adapted and ported to other platforms.
