Asterisk SMDI (Simple Message Desk Interface) integration --------------------------------------------------------- SMDI integration is configured in smdi.conf, zaptel.conf, and voicemail.conf. Various characteristics of the SMDI interfaces to be used (serial ports) are defined in smdi.conf. SMDI integration for callerid and MWI are defined in zaptel.conf and voicemail.conf respectively. SMDI only works with Zaptel interfaces configured for FXS signalling. When SMDI is enabled and a call comes into Asterisk, the forwarding station number is used as the destination for the call and any callerid information present is used. This way you can configure your extensions.conf as follows to behave as a message desk. [default] exten => _XXXXXXX,1,VoiceMail(${EXTEN}|${SMDI_VM_TYPE}) exten => _XXXXXXX,n,Hangup exten => s,1,VoiceMailMain(${CALLERID(num)}) exten => s,n,Hangup The ${SMDI_VM_TYPE} variable will be set to u, b, or nothing depending on the contents of the type of SMDI message received.