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This tutorial will show you how to convert your call recordings into MP3 files, complete with meta data and cover art, and browse them with Cover Flow in iTunes on a Mac. Along the way, you’ll also learn about call recordings and making Switchvox API calls with Perl.
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This tutorial will show you how to create a reminder system that will call you to remind you of upcoming meetings.

Ten minutes before each event in your calendar, your Switchvox PBX will call you to remind you that you have an upcoming appointment. If a phone number is found in your meeting description, you will have the option to press ‘1′ and have the Switchvox PBX call you back and connect you to that number at the meeting time. When your PBX calls you to connect you to that number, it will read to you any pin or extensions that it found in the appointment description before connecting you to the call.
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Imagine that you’re a school system and you want to create a scheduling system that calls parents when their child is absent from class. You’re already running the very intuitive, user friendly Switchvox system, and you know it has some neat programming interfaces that allow you to do many interesting things. This post will strive to satisfy your needs using the Switchvox Extend API’s and a little PHP programming to interface with your Switchvox.

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Switchvox SMB 4.5 introduces the ability to expose the PBX’s operational data with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Now you can keep tabs on your Switchvox along with other devices on your network in a single SNMP monitor.

In this post I’ll give you some quick examples of things you can do with this. Here at Digium’s San Diego office we use Zabbix 1.8.2, but the principles are the same for any network monitor capable of working with SNMP.
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This tutorial describes how to use the popular cURL commandline tool to upload a voicemail greeting using the Switchvox Extend API.

I wrote a very similar tutorial a while back called Interacting with the Extend API using Wget. cURL is very similar to Wget, but is a little better at uploading files, which is why I choose to use it for this tutorial. cURL can be found on most Linux systems, and can also be downloaded for all major operating systems. For more information on cURL, see Wikipedia.

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This tutorial shows you how to add a ‘Let us call you’ feature on your website. When your customers enter their phone number, Switchvox calls their phone, and when they answer, Switchvox connects the call to you. The call can come to your customer-service call queue, an IVR, or even an external phone number.

You’ll need some experience in PHP and JavaScript to get this done, but I’ve included code samples to make it as easy as possible for you.

If you want to see the final product of this tutorial in action, then check out my Full Working Demo.

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