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Contents 1 Taridium comms 2.5 1.1 Release 2.5-a (Alpha) 2 Taridium comms 2.4 2.1 Release 2.4-x (X-Ray) 2.2 Release 2.4-w (Whisky) 2.3 Release 2.4-v (Victor) 2.4 Release 2.4-u (Uniform) 2.5 Release 2.4-t (Tango) 2.6 Release 2.4-s (Sierra) 2.7 Release 2.4-r (Romeo) 2.8 Release 2.4-q (Quebec) 2.9 Release 2.4-p (Papa) 2.10 Release 2.4-o (Oscar)

Taridium comms 2.5

Version and support information:

Type	major
Official Public Release	2.5-a (Alpha)
Date	2016-05-20
Supported Operating Systems	RHEL/CentOS 5 & RHEL/CentOS 6
Supported Asterisk Versions	1.8 (limited) & 11
Supported Database Backends	MySQL 5.5+ & MariaDB 5.5+
Expected EOL	Q4 2017

Release 2.5-a (Alpha)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-05-20
Configuration Database Tag	5095
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Admin

  • Layout fixes on status page.
  • The default expiry of transaction log data is now 1 year. See $cfg['TransactionLogMaxAge'] (seconds).

• Enterprise

  • Updated Enterprise stats to new rendering engine for extensions, groups, DIDs etc.
  • New option to record un-bridged calls. See Features > Call Recording > Scope. This will records calls, even if there is no conversation. This option is turned off by default. Look for the $cfg['CRUnbridged'] parameter to enable this. This parameter/setting applies to both enterprise recordings and personal 'always' recordings.
  • Changed wording in enterprise black list. Added info box with reference to patterns.
  • Fixes Extension Provisioning when selecting a specific Organization.
  • New Organization field for extension provisioning. See Extensions > Provisioning > CSV Provisioning Format. This is only available to admin class logins.
  • Fixes MOH path settings in musicclass table when using $cfg['FSSwitchPrefix'] = TRUE. This was a particular issue when using experimental streaming MOH and switching back to file based music.
  • Accounted calls can now optionally also be exported with column headers.
  • Export from Received/Placed calls now include the caller ID name and call disposition.
  • The access editor now allows users to be created with view permissions only. Previously it was necessary to add the user with view+edit and then edit the user to restrict access.
  • Limited access users 'view only' can now change their own password in the enterprise panel.

• Switch

  • Fixed dial operator function in dial by name function when dialing from unauthenticated trunks.
  • Minor fixes in IVR digit matching.
  • International call reports now also include the BTN if set/available for the rated CDR.

  Console

  • The number input now scrubs telephone numbers from the most common separators: -.()[space] - This allows easy copy paste from other sources.

Taridium comms 2.4

Type	major
Official Public Release	2.4-c (Charlie)
Date	2015-08-07
Supported Operating Systems	RHEL/CentOS 5 & RHEL/CentOS 6
Supported Asterisk Versions	1.8 & 11
Supported Database Backends	MySQL 5.5+ & MariaDB 5.5+
Expected EOL	Q2 2017

Release 2.4-x (X-Ray)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-05-06
Configuration Database Tag	5094
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Admin

  • comms Management Server overview now shows the number of turn ups for enterprises and mailboxes in the last 24hrs
  • CDR maintenance now features a second aging parameter 'CDR Records Maintenance Zero Length Calls' which deletes zero length calls (billsec=0) only. This provides on average a 20% reduction in CDR records. See General > System Setup > System Maintenance.

  Notifications

  • Updates to subscribed fields in enterprise, did, voicemail and user_info tables so we can track Turn ups better. See $cfg['TurnUpNotificationTime'] in version 2.4-w

• Enterprise

  • Extension groups now feature a 'One Touch Recording Mailbox', similar to call Queues. This allows the one-touch recording of calls to group members and delivers them to the set mailbox.
  • Sidecar editor now supports star codes (non validated) and correctly displays and filters invalid extensions.

• Switch

  • mail2fax now reports to syslog when there is an issue with file permissions in the call spooler.
  • Verbose message in postcall AGIs now indicate the applicable enterprise.
  • re-designed one-touch recording management. This now supports the continuous recording of calls, even if they are transferred to another extension.
  • New configuration parameter $cfg['ConferencingPINTimeout']: sets how long to wait in milliseconds until the input is accepted when entering a conf PIN. The hardcoded value was 30000ms. The new default value is 30000ms.
  • New configuration parameter $cfg['DialByNameTimeout']: sets how long to wait in milliseconds until the input is accepted when dialing by name. The hardcoded value was 3000ms. The new default value is 6000ms.

Release 2.4-w (Whisky)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-04-22
Configuration Database Tag	5093
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Admin

  • Fixes rendering of pre-assigned DIDs in enterprise editor.
  • Adds device variable %%gmtoffsethour%%. GMT offset in hours for set timezone, e.g.: +01:00 or -11:00. This format follows Cisco SPA timezone specifications.
  • Adds daily turnup notifications. $cfg['TurnUpNotificationTime'] sets the time in 24hr format: "14:00" and $cfg['TurnUpNotificationEmail'] allows for a custom address.
  • New auto-complete search boxes for various configuration elements, such as enterprises, resellers, devices etc.

• Enterprise

  • New auto-complete search boxes for various configuration elements, such as extensions, trunks and groups.

• Switch

  • Improved recording_spooler with support for locally cached call recording.
  • The default config distribution now includes courtesytone=beep in features.conf for Asterisk.

Release 2.4-v (Victor)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-04-15
Configuration Database Tag	5093
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Admin

  • Billing rates can now be edited in place.
  • New star code/feature: 'Toggles VM phone notification on/off for extension' (See User Panel).

• Switch

  • Fixes superfluous User Agent and IP lookups on non-SIP channels.
  • Fixes star code access when using legacy SIP proxy.
  • Basic Instant messaging support (SIP SIMPLE) for Asterisk 11 installs. See additions in install files for /etc/asterisk/sip.conf and /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf (comms-im). Supported clients include: Bria Mac/iOS/Windows, Zoiper iOS/Android, Jitsi. Receiving only: Cisco SPA and Polycom phones.
  • Fixes file name collision in the recording_spooler for one-touch recordings where recordings would be delivered to the wrong user.

• User Panel

  • New option to toggle VM phone notifications on/off (See Voicemail Settings).

Release 2.4-u (Uniform)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-04-09
Configuration Database Tag	5092
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Switch

  • Updates now automatically install memcached libraries for web console support.

• Web

  • Updates now automatically install memcached libraries and memcached server for web console support.

• Admin

  • New System Status overview now includes top 10 talkers and 24hr call activity.
  • Improved uptime display in switch overview.
  • New preset routing feature for custom reseller, plan and enterprise routes: Use the $cfg['CustomRoute'] array to add preset routes. See default.php for details.
  • The switch status is now updated asynchronously which improves status page load times. The updates will now happen every minute.

Release 2.4-t (Tango)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-04-01
Configuration Database Tag	5092
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Web

  • SECURITY: Fixes security issue which would allow an SQL injection when using custom host names (e.g. reseller hosts)

• Authentication

  • All pre-authentication database queries on the web interface are now performed with a separate user. This is the default configuration with user 'commsa'. See default.php > $cfg['DBAHost'], $cfg['DBAUser'] etc. WARNING! Upgrading will require an update to DB permissions. See install/comms-useradd.sql for further details. In order to ensure continuous service it is crucial to add the user permissions prior to upgrading the web packages.

• User Panel

  • New option for copy one-touch/on-the-fly recordings to enterprise store 'copy recordings to store and delete' which won't create an e-mail.

• Switch

  • Fixes direct access of mailbox when using new anonymous voicemail feature (introduced in 2.4-s) which would allow PIN-less access when $cfg['VMAccessSkipPW'] = TRUE was set.
  • Introduces a new performance view 'sip_switch' to the database which only returns the associated sip peers when Asterisk performs the select. To use edit /etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf and replace the 'sip' table with 'sip_switch'. NOTE: This requires consistent naming of servers and DNS lookups for MySQL. Requires MySQL/MariaDB 5.5 or higher. Please also note that this will prevent non-associated SIP peers from registering on the server.

Release 2.4-s (Sierra)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-03-18
Configuration Database Tag	5091
CDR Database Tag	5005
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• UI

  • General updates on table widths.

• Enterprise Panel

  • Support for Opus codec in enterprise trunks (Requires Asterisk 11 w Opus compiled)
  • Updated CDR viewer which indicates if the call was sent to voicemail.

• Admin Panel

  • New reseller totals show the number of channels configured.
  • Display of peer IP address in CDR records. See $cfg['CDRSaveIP'] (default is TRUE).

• Switch

  • Fixes star code access from supplemental/softphone lines.
  • Support for peer IP address tracking in CDR. Requires adjustments in either cdr_mysql.conf, or cdr_adaptive_odbc.conf files.
  • New configuration parameter $cfg['IntlReportActivityAlways'] boolean value, causes international call reports to be sent out even if there are none. (default is FALSE)
  • Anonymous voicemail access now supports the passing of an optional mailbox and optional PIN:
    E.g. code set to *88, mailbox 4000 with PIN 1234
  1. Dial *88, system asks for mailbox and PIN.
  2. Dial *884000, system attempts login to mailbox 4000 and asks for PIN.
  3. Dial *884000*1234, system grants immediate access to voicemail box.

• User Panel

  • Fixes custom enterprise logo display on user panel (this would only show if also logged into the enterprise panel, due to an incorrect URL)
  • Support for call forwarding and follow me destinations that are enterprise trunks. See 'T' button on extension editor and forward/follow-me. The system will ring the extension's primary DID on the selected trunk. NOTE: this will only display when there is at least one trunk and a primary DID assigned to the extension.

Release 2.4-r (Romeo)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-02-21
Configuration Database Tag	5090
CDR Database Tag	5004
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Enterprise Panel

  • Adds new option to display/edit the Pilot/BTN for extensions and trunks in the Enterprise DIDs table (Features > Enterprise DIDs)
    Requires $cfg['DIDAssignPilot'] = TRUE to be active. This is only available to administrator logins.

• User Panel

  • New option to copy call one-touch/on demand recordings to the central enterprise store.
    See End User Panel > Features > Call Recording > Copy recordings to enterprise store.

• Switch

  • New config option $cfg['FaxReceiveNotifyErrors']. Allows enabling/disabling of fax error notifications on receive (default is TRUE).
  • New config option $cfg['IPSIgnoreIPPPChange']. Whether to ignore changes of IP when the UA remains the same, even when changing from private to public.
  • New config option $cfg['IPSBlockIntlOnly']. Whether to drop international calls only (blocks will still remain active
  • New AGI pilot2clid.agi which will override caller ID numbers on outbound calls (e.g.911 calls) and use the most relevant value
    See also Pilot/BTN settings for DIDs in Enterprise Panel.

Release 2.4-q (Quebec)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-01-29
Configuration Database Tag	5089
CDR Database Tag	5004
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Admin Panel

  • International call control and reporting functions
  • Adds international call blocking option and international auto-block threshold (business/after hours) (see $cfg['IntlAutoBlockCheckPeriod'])
  • comms-task now tallies costs of international calls and optionally reports activity via e-mail (see $cfg['IntlReportActivity'])

• Switch

  • fixes international call blocking when using e.164 (+) style dialing to prevent calls from being blocked that are domestic.
    This also introduces the $cfg['IntlExclusionPattern'] variable which indicates which numbers with + should always be considered international.

Release 2.4-p (Papa)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-01-24
Configuration Database Tag	5088
CDR Database Tag	5004
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• UI

  • Updated standard menu rendering for better legibility.

• Enterprise

  • New support for Acapela Group Text to speech prompt generation. Requires Acapela account and TTS module installed. http://www.acapela-vaas.com/ - initial support for US/UK English, Spanish and French.
  • New Activity menu shows call graphs with 24hr and monthly call activity.

• Switch

  • Improved error reporting and feature/star code reporting.
  • Fixes re-record prompt star code issues on 32bit platforms.

Release 2.4-o (Oscar)

Type	maintenance/zero downtime
Date	2016-01-09
Configuration Database Tag	5088
CDR Database Tag	5004
Released by	bdept@taridium.com

• Admin

  • Access editor now supports the selection of multiple enterprises for individual users.

• Enterprise

  • Adds on-the-fly/one touch recording mailbox to Queue editor
  • Fixes queue 'announce to agent' and 'periodic announcements' which would keep their selection stored on the switch even when 'none' was selected.
  • Adds 'record review' option to conference rooms which toggles the record review option when 'announce users' is checked. The default behavior for existing rooms is 'on' and 'off' for new rooms.

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