Unistim Channel Improvments

Distro Discussion & Help
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Hey folks,

I finally decided to join the community and share my knowledge and also ask for some help.

My main focus right now is finding a way to update the Unistim Channel in my FreePBX Distro. I’ve been reading and reading non-stop for weeks now and frankly, I’m still confused. I’m currently running FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 1.8.12 in a live environment and I really love it. My SIP phones work great, but sadly my Nortel Unistim phones, tend to crash/reboot. I’ve been searching the internets for updates and I finally found a fella named; Igor Goncharovsky. He advised me that he has recently updated the Unistim Channel quite a bit and has released patches for asterisk 1.8 and 10 (his updates will be included in Asterisk 11 I guess).

For those interested in the updates:

Asterisk Wiki:
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Unistim+channel+improvements

His Personal Site:
http://unistim.igorg.ru/

I ran a test system using FreePBX Distro w/Asterisk 10 fully expecting his improvements to be included, but was sort of shocked that they weren’t. I then started a new test system with FreePBX Distro w/Asterisk 1.8.11 and did a Asterisk Upgrade/Update. This did update everything, including Unistim, but broke everything else!

So I come to the FreePBX community in seek of answers to this question…How can I get Igor’s improvements into my FreePBX system without causing havoc?

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How did you do this update (specific steps you took).

Trying to figure out if you need info on how to update Asterisk by hand or other assistance.

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I followed some generic steps provided by HERE and from Igor himself.

Basically I used the “svn checkout” and performed a make install. To be honest, it was on a hope and a prayer.

Thank you for the quick reply. :slight_smile:

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Any tips, from anyone? Should I just wait for Asterisk 11?

I’d really love to have the improvements, and I’m surprised that more people around the web aren’t interested. Igor has added several great features.

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I don’t know anyone who has the phones.

If you just want someone to build it for you could buy an hour of support.