Installing the Call Center module

The working principle of this module is to take advantage of Asterisk's queue system. Its main features are as follows:

  • Inbound and outbound calls
  • Predictive dialing
  • Multiple queues and campaigns can operate at the same time
  • Scripting
  • Call agenda
  • Callback login
  • An agent can log in on multiple queues or campaigns
  • Reports
  • Call monitoring and recording

It is important to mention its limitations. It is not possible to send calls to a queue without agents (in case of trying to implement a scenario where calls are dialed and then answered, a recording is played and then the call is ended). In this recipe and the next, we will cover the following processes:

  • Installation of the Call Center module
  • Configuring the Call Center module ...

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