My SIP Switch

Since December 07, My SIP Switch can be installed on your own server or local computer with .Net (ie: Mono for Linux or Windows XP or Vista)

The news was given by Aaron on My SIP Switch forum : Local version of My SIP Switch

Here are a few tips to install it on Windows

You can download the zip file here :

http://www.mysipswitch.com/downloads/sipswitch-v0.2.zip

To check for newer versions, please, refer to the news section of My SIP Switch forum

The 1st thing to mention is that there is a readme file inside the zip with already many information about the installation and configuration.

The aim of this article is to provide further help for less technical people.

You’ll see that there are 2 ways of using My SIP Switch on your own : directly in the Windows command (console app) or as a Windows service.

CONSOLE:

The console application is probaby easier to put in place but if you close the window then My SIP Switch stops … so that can be unconveniant. That can be a 1st step in order to test and to get more familiar with My SIP Switch.

You simply need to edit the XML configuration files and the sipswitchconsole.exe.config file.

You need to modify the local loop IP (127.0.0.1) by your server IP (it can be a private IP, for instance, 192.168.1.1). Note that for localsipsockets and registrarrealms I also used my private IP.

SERVICE:

If you want to install it as a Windows service, you’ll find information in the readme file. Here are a few tips that came to my mind when I tried to install it myself on my laptop, running Windows XP:

Installation :

InstallUtil.exe is not in the system32 directory, so you’ll need to specify its path when trying to install the service; for instance:
E:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\InstallUtil.exe “C:\_PATH_\sipswitchservice.exe”
Replace “C:\_PATH_” by the complete path to the .exe to install.

If after the installation you don’t see it in the list of windows service; look at the installation logs. If you have an error like : ” The inner exception System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception was thrown with the following error message: Access Denied”.  Make sure you have admin rights on your computer.  If the error persists, try to install it on a different directory (a simpler one, for instance : C:\Program Files\mysipswicth)

Configuration:
You need to modify the local loop IP (127.0.0.1) by your server IP (it can be a private IP, for instance, 192.168.1.1). Note that for localsipsockets and registrarrealms I also used my private IP.

Database / XML files :

You can use either of these technologies to store your data. Although note that XML are much simpler to edit (you simply need a text editor) than the DB (where you’ll need a PostgreSQL application such as PGAdminlll)

If you prefer to use a DB, then you can use the .sql file in the zip. Remember to uncomment the database related lines in the config file and to comment the lines related to XML files.

Then, to start the service: go to Start > right click on “My Compter” > Manage > Services and Applications. Select My SIP Switch and right-click to open the properties.

In the tab called “Connexion”, you need to make sure that the account using the service as administrator rights : either enter the admin login / password or use the “local system” if you are the admin your computer. If you don’t set this you’ll notice strange error messages when you’ll try to run the service saying that the connection to such or such address:port was not granted because of insuffisant rights.

All these should help you to get started properly

If you need further help, please, do not hesitate to post in My SIP Switch forum : http://www.mysipswitch.com/forum/index.php

By Guillaume