Lorne Gaetz
lgaetz.bsky.social
Lorne Gaetz
@lgaetz.bsky.social
VoIP Tinkerer, Asterisk and FreePBX User, OSS Booster, Flatpicker, Wood Shaper, Globetrotter.
More than a few streak freezes were used.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They: We're running into issues when we try to send a 1000 page f*x.
Me: [tries to mask my complete lack of surprise]
August 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
August 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
August 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New #FridayFun post on the #TangoPBX forums, simple dialplan to allow a ring group to have a variable delay for each ring group participant
#FreePBX, #Asterisk
community.tangopbx.org/t/creating-a...
Creating a Ring Group with Cascading Style Ring Delay
Got tied up again last Friday, so once again I consult my excuse oracle, the delay for last week’s #FridayFun was due to an intermittent media crash. A few jobs ago I worked in an office served by a ...
community.tangopbx.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forum, a newbie friendly way of viewing SIP signaling for encrypted endpoints. #TangoPBX #FreePBX #Asterisk

community.tangopbx.org/t/getting-pc...
Getting PCAPs for endpoints using encrypted signaling
Last week’s #FridayFun gets delayed a few days due to […checks notes] a localised Paging Lockout. Apologies for the disruption. Quick one this week, but I think it’s a good one. I presume most peopl...
community.tangopbx.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Got some cherry tomato plants outside on my deck. They've been over my head for weeks, and it looks like we're going to get a bumper crop this year. 2025 will be the #SummerOfSalsa
July 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums explains how to extend the fpbx generated dialplan with your own custom dialplan, how to jump back and forth between the two in a supportable way. #FreePBX #TangoPBX #Dialplan

community.tangopbx.org/t/how-to-use...
How to use a Custom Destination
I expect that many are aware of dialplan hooks as a means of adding your own custom Asterisk dialplan to the FreePBX call flow. If you’re not, then you can review this thread which has updated instruc...
community.tangopbx.org
July 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Lorne Gaetz
Always great to see Allison Smith... even if only on this video (from Queuemetrics)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wair...
Behind the Voice: The Art and Future of IVR with Allison Smith
YouTube video by QueueMetrics
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July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A special Independence day edition of #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums. Create an in-call feature code to flag a call for follow-up by support.
community.tangopbx.org/t/how-to-fla...
How to flag a call for future follow-up
Earlier in the week we celebrated the anniversary of Canada’s confederation, and it appears there’s a similar sort of holiday taking place to our south today, so today’s #FridayFun is topical (if only...
community.tangopbx.org
July 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This week's #FridayFun on the #TangoPBX forums is a discussion about how to hack into the transfer context to run your own custom dialplan. #FreePBX #Asterisk
community.tangopbx.org/t/hacking-in...
Hacking into the fpbx transfer context
This week’s #FridayFun relates to something that came up this past week. Without sharing exact details, imagine the PBX system serves a facility where calls to and from some of the extensions are care...
community.tangopbx.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Need to add custom SIP headers to your #FreePBX, #TangoPBX system? Today's #FridayFun on the Tango forum will get you there ...
community.tangopbx.org/t/manipulati...
Manipulating SIP headers
This week’s #FridayFun is a deep dive into SIP headers in TangoPBX. This is something I’ve been meaning to write up for years, but have been putting it off due to all the different permutations of fpb...
community.tangopbx.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Want to setup some old-school BLF buttons for your FreePBX queue members to toggle queue login? This week's #FridayFun on the TangoPBX forums:

community.tangopbx.org/t/setting-up...
Setting up BLFs for Queue Feature Codes
As a result of a question that came up earlier in the week, I thought I would focus this week’s #FridayFun on how Queue feature codes work in FreePBX. If you browse to Admin → Feature codes and scroll...
community.tangopbx.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Que bueno!
May 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
April 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Waiting to get on a 777 and the departure gate has seating for 36 people. #SitOnTheFloor
April 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My wristwatch turns 29 years old today. It was a wedding gift, so it must be our 29th anniversary!
April 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Lorne Gaetz
Open Page is a brand new FREE advanced paging module for FreePBX / TangoPBX - so glad to see these modules rolling out! youtube.com/shorts/OY93u... #freepbx #tangopbx #voip
Completely Free Advanced Paging Module for FreePBX / TangoPBX!
YouTube video by Crosstalk Solutions
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April 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Should we splurge for a room with a balcony? It might be nice to sit and sip coffee in the morning.

The balcony ...
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM