Jul 16 2010
When deploying the PIKA Warp appliance in the field, there is a high probability that the Warp will be behind a firewall. Unless there is a VPN client running on the Warp, the only way to access it is to open the ssh port on the firewall. But the firewall (router) is not necessarily accessible by the Warp’s installers.
This post will go through the steps to incorporate openVPN into an image using PADS.
May 31 2010
The following is an example of how you could use the GSM module to send SMS messages. It was shared by skar to me. It requires a GSM module and a software version of at least 2.2.x. This example modifies Asterisk so that whenever a voicemail is created, an SMS message will be sent to notify a person that a voicemail has been received. Continue Reading »
Apr 30 2010
A new Warp release versioned 2.2 is now available. It can be obtained from www.pikatech.com/appliancedownloads
Informally here are some of the highlights of this new release.
Mar 02 2010
There has been a new release of the PIKA Application Development Suite, PADS, to version 2.1.0.403. This is a major update to PADS that all users of FreePBX on the WARP should upgrade to. Read more about this PADS release in the post on it.
Editor Note: This post was updated on March 12, 2010 at 16:50AM EST to include a patch that prevents multiple runs of the autorun script which could lead to bad burns and to allow people who have flashed default PADS images (or production WARPs) to the latest FreePBX images.
Mar 02 2010
The 2.1 maintenance release of software for the WARP appliance is now available. You can retrieve it from the PIKA website from the WARP downloads page.
This release is a must for all WARP users for many reasons. The most important reason is discussed in this technical bulletin but there are also a ton of fixes in this release. Read the Release Notes for more details. This release requires a special upgrade procedure so make sure you read the section on that in the Release Notes.
Feb 11 2010
Many people have asked for support for Aastra XML scripts on the WARP, including posts on our forum here and here. So I endeavored to create a package that can be installed on WARP Enterprise. I think I have succeeded but I would love to get feedback on this.
The package I have created contains version 2.2.1 of the Aastra XML scripts and version 2.5.1 of the firmware and language packs. To use this package requires that you be using the FreePBX package for the WARP and have an SD card installed. To get further details on how to install the package on the WARP and what it can do, please read here.
Have fun
Feb 04 2010
There has been a new release of the PIKA Application Development Suite, PADS, to version 2.0.14.5. This is a minor update since the last time we released a build of FreePBX on the WARP here. The most significant fix is an additional fix to FAX that improves reliability of FAX when using a FAX machine attached to an FXS port on the WARP.
Jan 14 2010
There has been a new release of the PIKA Application Development Suite, PADS, to version 2.0.13.3. This update provides many improvements to the WARP appliance since the last time we released a build of FreePBX on the WARP here. The most significant fix is FAX over BRI now works properly. If you suffered from fax failures using BRI lines, you should use this update.
Dec 14 2009
When adding different packages in the PADs framework, I frequently find myself searching for a list of PADS variables and their values. With PADS residing on my machine in the ‘/home/mark/pads/2.0.11.2′ directory, below are my variables.
Nov 25 2009
This article illustrates how to customize the Warp’s LCD by adding a second text line on the screen when the IP address is displayed in the FreePBX image.
