81.8. How to register an IAX telephone onto Abilis

The IAX telephone can be an IP phone or a softphone running on a PC. It can be registered in the Abilis private or public side.

Enter into the Abilis control-program or open the configuration file with the Console configurator and type the following commands.

a res:ctiiax

or

s act res:ctiiax

Add the CTIIAX resource.

or

If the resource already exists, set it active.

s p ctiiax act:yesEnable the CTIIAX runtime functionalities.
a user:iax_phone pwd:iax_phone iax:yesAdd the username and password associated to the IAX telephone and enable it to IAX protocol.
s user:iax_phone iax-number:61Configure the IAX telephone number.
s user:iax_phone iax-maxses-bid:4Configure the maximum number of IAX bidirectional sessions.
save confSave the configuration.

On a working Abilis, a system restart is required to make the CTIIAX resource running.

[Note]Note

The previous configuration can be applied also when Asterisk must register itself onto Abilis.

[Tip]Tip

For the softphones configuration, refer to Chapter 90, Softphones.