FreeSWITCH IP PBX update

On Thursday, the FreeSWITCH programming team announced the release of version 1.0.3.  Most of the 127 items in the new version are "bug fixes, tweaks and improvements," but there are some new things in the latest version as well.

New features include a module for real-time debiting of cash/credits while calls are in progress, a least-cost-routing module that can operate as a true dialplan or a dialplan application from a command line, and implementation of the Opal open phone abstraction library. The Opal module supports H.323 and IAX2.

An event socket library (ESL) wrapper has been created for enabling a standardized means of communicating with FreeSWITCH through the event socket. Supported languages are Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, and Rub, and FreeSWITCH provides examples written in Perl and PHP on its site.

Other enhancements include the addition of channel variables to the dialplan for more control of dialing and handling of call results, including a variable for failure causes, setting an instant ringback tone flag, and one for monitoring earlier media for failure conditions.

For more:
- Read the official blog update here.

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