# Newbie Question

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/newbie-question/12791>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/newbie-question/12791 "2007-03-01T13:33:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rutski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/rutski/32/470_2.png) [@rutski](https://community.asterisk.org/u/rutski)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/newbie-question/12791/1 "2007-03-01T13:33:44Z")

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I’m completely new to the idea of a PBX, so please bear with me if my  
question seem very unenlightened.

I’m looking to hook a computer up as the gateway for all phone calls  
coming into my office. I would like to write some custom software to  
log all of my calls as they come into the office.

Can asterisk help me do that?

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**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/newbie-question/12791/2 "2007-03-01T14:13:57Z")

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Asterisk can replace any PBX you have (or link with it), and comes with Call Detail Reporting out-of-the-box so you can record details of all calls that go via Asterisk.