1 Information for Upgrading From Previous Asterisk Releases
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6 * The CallerID fields across Manager events have now been made more
7 consistent. CallerID Number will be sent as CallerIDNum and CallerID
8 Name will be sent as CallerIDName wherever used.
12 * Macros are now implemented underneath with the Gosub() application.
13 Heaven Help You if you wrote code depending on any aspect of this!
14 Previous to 1.6, macros were implemented with the Macro() app, which
15 provided a nice feature of auto-returning. The compiler will do its
16 best to insert a Return() app call at the end of your macro if you did
17 not include it, but really, you should make sure that all execution
18 paths within your macros end in "return;".
22 * The 'languageprefix' option in asterisk.conf is now deprecated, and
23 the default sound file layout for non-English sounds is the 'new
24 style' layout introduced in Asterisk 1.4 (and used by the automatic
25 sound file installer in the Makefile).
29 * The voicemail configuration values 'maxmessage' and 'minmessage' have
30 been changed to 'maxsecs' and 'minsecs' to clarify their purpose and
31 to make them more distinguishable from 'maxmsgs', which sets folder
32 size. The old variables will continue to work in this version, albeit
33 with a deprecation warning.
34 * If you use any interface for modifying voicemail aside from the built in
35 dialplan applications, then the option "pollmailboxes" *must* be set in
36 voicemail.conf for message waiting indication (MWI) to work properly. This
37 is because Voicemail notification is now event based instead of polling
38 based. The channel drivers are no longer responsible for constantly manually
39 checking mailboxes for changes so that they can send MWI information to users.
40 Examples of situations that would require this option are web interfaces to
41 voicemail or an email client in the case of using IMAP storage.
45 * ChanIsAvail() now has a 't' option, which allows the specified device
46 to be queried for state without consulting the channel drivers. This
47 performs mostly a 'ChanExists' sort of function.
48 * SetCallerPres() has been replaced with the CALLERPRES() dialplan function
49 and is now deprecated.
50 * DISA()'s fifth argument is now an options argument. If you have previously
51 used 'NOANSWER' in this argument, you'll need to convert that to the new
56 * The cdr_sqlite module has been marked as deprecated in favor of
57 cdr_sqlite3_custom. It will potentially be removed from the tree
58 after Asterisk 1.6 is released.
60 * The cdr_manager module has a [mappings] feature, like cdr_custom,
61 to add fields to the manager event from the CDR variables.
65 * format_wav: The GAIN preprocessor definition and source code that used it
66 is removed. This change was made in response to user complaints of
67 choppiness or the clipping of loud signal peaks. To increasing the volume
68 of voicemail messages, use the 'volgain' option in voicemail.conf
72 * chan_sip.c: a small upgrade to support the "Record" button on the SNOM360,
73 which sends a sip INFO message with a "Record: on" or "Record: off"
74 header. If asterisk is set up (via features.conf) to accept "One Touch Monitor"
75 requests (by default, via '*1'), then the user-configured dialpad sequence
76 is generated, and recording can be started and stopped via this button. The
77 file names and formats are all controlled via the normal mechanisms. If the
78 user has not configured the automon feature, the normal "415 Unsupported media type"
79 is returned, and nothing is done.
81 * chan_zap.c: In India, some carriers transmit CID via dtmf. Some code has been added
82 that will handle some situations. The cidstart=polarity_IN choice has been added for
83 those carriers that transmit CID via dtmf after a polarity change.