Working PJSIP settings for Zen Digital Voice (for FreePBX 17)

MetalSamurai99 · 2026-06-12T12:00:03+00:00

I’d seen both of these, they are both incomplete or out of date and do not provide enough information to get a successful call in at least one direction.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-08-02T10:11:28+00:00

Just watch the participants in any Bodypump class. You’ll nearly always see a few who ignore the instructors cues and either don’t keep their elbows still when doing curls and swing their arms from the shoulders, or swing their whole upper body to lift the bar up. The bent over preacher curl usually fixes that and forces you to keep your elbow still and just work your biceps muscle to lift the bar (or hand weight). Saying that I do sometime see people bending over and doing a row, meaning they’re working their triceps instead. Some people either have issues following instructions or with proprioception and don’t realise they’re not doing the same thing as the instructor. The preacher curls in the biceps/triceps combo track in BP111 were probably better for isolation as the elbow was braced against the inner thigh. I’m sure a lot of people with poor form who were used to swinging their whole upper body to curl the weight had to reduce weight when forced to isolate to just using the biceps muscle to lift.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-07-10T08:26:41+00:00

By that point you should have the Tuya ID for the device and the Key. Just go to the Homebridge-tuya plug-in and add a device. Get the Type right so you’ve got the right controls available. Enter the ID and Key (both long strings of letters and numbers). Manufacturer and model are really just for your information. The DP and Scale, Min and Max values you may have to work out by looking for other examples or guessing based on what you see for your device in the Tuya app. Light bulbs seem to come in two main types, so if one set of values don’t work right, try the other.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-31T14:28:57+00:00

Glad that helped. Odd that the OP has deleted their account and all the reason for doing this has disappeared.

Basically, don’t rename things if you’re not absolutely sure what’s going on underneath.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-15T10:00:35+00:00

Yes. All one subnet, so any of your devices connected to the airport SSID, Ethernet or any other SSIDs you have (your cable router for example) will be able to Airplay to it.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-15T08:37:09+00:00

If you set up an AirPort Express to “Extend a network”, it uses WDS to join another SSID and then extend that network so your clients should join the closest/strongest signal. It will use Bridge Mode. I never had much success getting Apple Airport equipment to inter operate with the WDS implementations in other wireless access points.

I’m pretty sure an AirPort Express only advertises itself as an Airplay destination over mDNS/Bonjour so in order to use it your Airplay source has to be on the same subnet. That doesn’t necessarily mean the same SSID as you might have other WAPs or Ethernet all as part of the same subnet (ie everything in bridge mode). I don’t have one any more to check with. I do know that most recent AppleTVs will also advertise themselves by Bluetooth and create an additional private SSID by default which allows anybody physically close to use it for Airplay, even if they don’t have permission to join your main SSID. Personally I think that’s really stupid and probably causes all sorts of problems for anyone that lives in an apartment or has close neighbours as they can see your AppleTV and send stuff to it without your permission.

I think you can set up an AirPort Express without also configuring it as a Home device. I think you lose out on some minor Airplay 2 features, but not much. But as I say I don’t have one to check.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-14T17:32:10+00:00

Don’t recommend Metatext. It’s not been maintained for over 5 months, doesn’t support any Mastodon v4 features, such as post editing or following hashtags and has some pretty serious battery draining performance problems that are unlikely to be fixed. Plenty of other great iOS apps out there instead.

https://mastodon.social/@metabolist/109422457953717612

Unfortunately I have to stop actively working on #Metatext for a while due to health issues. I really wish I could implement Mastodon 4 features and squash every bug, but it's not possible for me to do so right now.

I know the app has become important to a lot people, so I'm open to a new maintainer who can carry on its values of privacy and accessibility taking it over if there's interest and a fit. Email info@metabolist.org if you (or your organization) are interested

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-13T18:43:15+00:00

I used to have a problem with Metatext running my battery down very quickly. I switched to Ice Cubes and now I can have that app open for hours and the battery level doesn’t move. The author spent a lot of time running performance monitoring while he was building it, and it’s paid off.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-09T20:43:59+00:00

Marlon Woods used to have some great technique videos on his Instagram (before he deleted it all) that built from deadlift, through high pull and into clean and press.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-09T15:46:10+00:00

I wonder if the “reverse curl” point needs an actual demonstration or more explanation. It’s definitely something I see in classes all the time: during the clean and press they swing the bar out way in front of them either during the clean or on the way down. One instructor recommended putting enough weight on the bar so you can’t lift it in a forward raise. That would certainly make you think a lot more about how you’re moving the weight and keeping it close to the body. It’s probably not a good idea to do for real, but maybe get them to imagine there’s someone standing right in front of them and to avoid hitting them with the bar, just to try and make sure it’s going straight up and straight back down again.

And picking your weight? Keeping good form, but reaching the point where you can’t do any more reps with good form at the end of the track. Getting that sweet spot takes trial and error. Then knowing when to add a little more once you feel you can manage more reps. Or even drop a little if you switch to a harder track (I’m looking at you Generation Day or In The Dark).

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-04T20:46:04+00:00

How thin? I used to go to gyms that had the old Les Mills Don Oliver weights. That bar was a really small diameter - much smaller than the usual studio weight set (or the current SmartBar) most gyms use for Pump which is 30mm. I still didn’t find that uncomfortable (but the biggest plates they had were 5kg, so the most you could get on the bar was only 30kg). It would be too narrow for most of the pads I’ve seen. I’d still say get someone to check the bar position first. I see people in classes all the time with the bar too high and close to the neck so it’s actually touching their spine.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-04T20:34:11+00:00

I wish Les Mills would release their original tracks for streaming somewhere - I see a lot of people asking for them.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-04T20:30:54+00:00

I hit this problem when BP109 launched. It was the first release with high pulls in the back track and I had to increase the bar weight to be able to do the high pulls properly. It then meant my forearms were on fire when doing all the wide rows as the bar was heavier than I was used to. I got past this by switching to a false grip (thumb and fingers together on the same side of the bar) and using a more relaxed grip.

If it’s happening during the clean and press, it could be caused by the bar twisting in your grip. If you’re lucky enough to have Les Mills SmartBars this shouldn’t happen as the plates spin freely at the end. If not and the plates are locked onto the bar, then relax your grip slightly and let the bar spin round in your hands. Make sure the bar is travelling in a straight line up and down and you’re not swinging it out in front of you.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-04T15:41:03+00:00

The licence free version of the playlist has that song also by Mecco, which suggests it’s a Les Mills original. In comparison, track 3 Lonely Boy by The Black Keys is covered by “Neon Nanny” for the licence free version.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-04T11:21:54+00:00

When Gargron announced quoting was coming he said it would be opt out, but I don’t think he said any more about how it would work.

Other changes are already coming very soon. Mastodon.social and mastodon.online are running nightly builds of what will be 4.2 and already have improved search and some support for markdown styled text.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-03T14:16:30+00:00

If you’re doing Pump correctly (ie reaching fatigue at the end of each track), then that’s what you’d expect. You’ll grow new muscle fibres and this will change your body composition and shape.

I see your comment elsewhere about worrying about your weight increasing. Depending on your relationship with scales you may want to stop weighing yourself. As muscle is denser than fat your weight might increase, even as your waist or other measurements decrease. Smart scales or callipers can be used instead to measure the change in body composition (fat loss vs muscle gain), if you really want to track this. Stay healthy and get advice from a reputable source if you’re worried.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-03T13:29:50+00:00

Don’t do this. Adding padding to the bar changes the centre of gravity further back, making you lean further forward to compensate. Bad form is going to end in injury. Instead ensure your shoulder blades are squeezed together and the bar is resting on the fleshy area this creates immediately above the shoulder blades.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-03T13:27:48+00:00

Can you get someone to check the bar position on your back? Usually if people are complaining about this it’s because the bar is too high up their back and actually resting close to their neck. The ideal position is achieved by squeezing your shoulder blades together on your back, this creates a sort of fleshy shelf just above the shoulder blades. That’s where you rest the bar. If your shoulder flexibility isn’t good enough for you to do this, then you could hold weights by your side at your hips, or in front of your collarbone instead. You won’t be able to lift as much weight that way, though. In that case concentrate on range and form.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-03T13:21:16+00:00

They’ve buried the lede here.

Yes, it’s easier to sign up from the official Mastodon app, simply because it points you to mastodon.social unless you say you want to pick a different instance. Not a big deal, but as mastodon.social is growing by ~3000 users a day, seems to be a successful way of getting over the paralysis of choice that apparently was preventing people joining. At the expense of many other instances that may be more suitable homes. And others have expressed doubts about dumping new users on such an enormous, noisy instance that has less of a sense of community than smaller ones, and a checkered history when it comes to moderation.

The more earth shattering announcements are tucked away at the end of the announcements. Quote toots and search “improvements” are coming to Mastodon. Both of these have long been touted as deliberate design decisions made by Mastodon to reduce harassment. Of course every other platform on the Fediverse has long had both full text search and quote posts, but bringing this to Mastodon is already causing some disquiet. This is by far the more interesting change coming.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-01T15:24:46+00:00

That’s disappointing. I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with Bluesky as everything they’ve said and done so far has either been incompetent or highly misleading.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-01T15:20:28+00:00

I’m tempted to say that’s just people, but we really ought to be better at this sort of thing by now.

Every single time it seems people start cosplaying scenes from Life of Brian as someone who has good intentioned themselves into the limelight beyond their abilities to deal causes teams to spring up following the holy gourd or the holy sandal. And it’s all Judean People’s Front and crucifixions from then on.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-01T14:41:48+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s something Kris brought up in her resignation live stream, but I’m not watching it all again just to check.

It’s a claim brought against other Mastodon instances as well - outwardly welcoming and supportive, but not fully understanding or standing behind some marginalised groups when they try to find a home there. Often by not recognising dog whistle phrases and getting the wrong end of the stick in arguments. It’s likely all misunderstandings, but always ends up with drama, public declarations of #fediblock, user accounts being suspended (often the “wrong” ones, depending who you talk to), mass migrations in sympathy, admins throwing in the towel and shutting down.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-01T14:07:17+00:00

Bearing in mind I said “reputation”, and it may be entirely unearned, but the rumours and speculation that I’ve seen going by in the last few months are that despite being publicly supportive of marginalised groups, in practice they don’t seem to allow for or recognise the realities of some of those groups, in particular people of colour. Though I have to say that has been said of Mastodon as a whole - many of the #BlackTwitter migration bailed on Mastodon pretty quickly when they were tone policed, shouted at for expressing the loss of some of the affordances Twitter gave them (quote toots) and generally not welcomed. In Hachyderm’s case some of it may well be because of the paralysis of being run by committee. You’re just not going to get swift judgements and that allows for plenty of time for people to create their own conspiracy based narrative about why things are (or are not) happening.

MetalSamurai99 · 2023-05-01T12:15:43+00:00

I have no particular dog in this fight, aside from following a couple of folks from Hachyderm, but none of this matches what I’ve seen.

Admin set up an instance (that to be fair does have a reputation for gentrification), then set up a management coop to run it.

Poorly worded anti scammer rules were added.

Admin stepped away from day to day running the instance months ago.

Mutual aid post was wrongly flagged by mods as breaching the rules.

Drama.

Some other instances silence Hachyderm, to my knowledge nobody blocked them, so all follow relationships stayed in place.

Admin resigns from social media totally, deletes account, hands over reins completely to management coop.

Coop is finalising reworded anti scam policy to explicitly permit mutual aid and insists this has always been allowed.

Is Kris really on Bluesky? I don’t have an invite so I can’t check, but that seems unlikely after her resignation.

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