System information

Conclusion—Easy Reference Cheat Sheet
As you can now see, there are quite a few things to change in order to fully localize your
Asterisk-based telephone system, and not all of them are in the Asterisk, or even
DAHDI, configuration—some things need to be changed on the connected IP phones
or ATAs themselves.
Before we leave the chapter, have a look at Table 9-1: a cheat sheet for what to change
and where to change it, for your future reference.
Table 9-1. Internationalization cheat sheet
What to change Where to change it
Call progress tones • IP phones—on the phone itself
• ATAs—on the ATA itself
• Analog phones—DAHDI (/etc/dahdi/system.conf)
Type of PRI/BRI and
protocol
DAHDI—/etc/dahdi/system.conf and /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf
Physical PSTN connections • Balun if required for PRI
• Get the analog pair to middle 2 pins of the RJ11 connecting to the Digium card
Caller ID on analog circuits Asterisk—/etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf
Prompt language and/or ac-
cent
• Channel—/etc/asterisk/sip.conf, /etc/asterisk/iax.conf, /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf,
etc.
• Dialplan—CHANNEL(language) function
Voicemail time/date stamps
and pronunciation
Asterisk—/etc/asterisk/voicemail.conf
Tones delivered by Asterisk Asterisk—/etc/asterisk/indications.conf
May all your Asterisk deployments feel at home…
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