One more important thing to note: you can issue a restart when convenient (or type rest<tab>w<tab><tab> if you're lazy like me). This waits until the channels are free (correct me if I'm wrong).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Critchfield > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Static Config? > > On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 12:37, Storm D. J. Petersen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to asterisk. After fiddling a bit I got it to work. It seems > great. > > One question though, is it possible to configure asterisk when it is > > running? i.e. add new phones or do you have to restart it every time > you > > want to make changes? > > Depends on the type of changes you do. Changes to the dialplan are easy > and can be made with the reload command. Some services in asterisk > reread their config on each call so as to have the newest copy to use > all the time. Some changes need a restart. I think the zapata channels > require a restart. Of course if you are changing them, you probably are > in the middle of either hardware changes or initial setup, so restarting > isn't as inconvenient. I'm not sure about the VoIP drivers and how they > handle the configs as I haven't needed to worry about them of late. > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
