IAX2/Asterisk + Openmoko FreeRunner

[Brandon Kruse]

On May 18, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Al Johnson  
<openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I never said it was perfect, just another option. I have no  
> affiliation to
> either digium or trixbox, but I did try both ISOs when i was  
> starting out
> with asterisk. I don't use either any more - CentOS, asterisk, vi.
>
> I didn't give AsteriskNOW much time because it wouldn't play easily  
> with the
> non-digium passive BRI card I had at the time. I found the install- 
> zaphfc
> script for trixbox and it 'just worked' so I stuck with it. It  
> probably
> helped that I was already familiar with CentOS too.
>
> The 'FreePBX overwrote my edits' issue is a bit limiting. For most  
> things you
> can edit the whatever_custom configs which it includes and does not
> overwrite, but there are things you just can't do this way. That's  
> why I now
> use vi ;-) OTOH most people running a small setup won't need to edit  
> the
> configs.
>
> I agree with Andy about the concept of the internal http server, and  
> trixbox
> runs too many things on the PBX for my taste, but to be fair I  
> haven't seen
> this cause any problems in a small setup. Small was ~20 SIP clients  
> and a
> single BRI running on a passively cooled Via C7, so not exactly a
> powerhouse :-)
>
> When I get the Freerunner one of the first things I'll be trying  
> will be VoIP,

>
> so it's great to see someone at digium looking at this.
I am from digium, but this is not a "digium product", nor am I working
On it at digium on the clock.

Just clearing things up :)

> If it's going to gain
> openmoko features I might have to look at the GUI again too ;-)
>
> On Saturday 17 May 2008, Brandon Kruse wrote:
>> Heh,
>>
>> Try to actually edit the config files and then use it :P
>>
>>> From experience, asteriskNOW is my favorite, and the first platform
>>
>> I am going to get the client to work with automatically.
>>
>> (I am going to add an 'openmoko' option in the AsteriskGUI)
>>
>> AsteriskNOW Also has Digital / Analog card support for detecting /
>> installing / configuring all digium Hardware.
>>
>> It also has auto provisioning for polycom phones.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> But, I work for Digium, so I am somewhat biased right? :P
>>
>> I will push for more features based on openmoko, in the GUI, however.
>>
>> -bk
>>
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Al Johnson <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk 
>> >
>>
>> wrote:
>>> Another bootable ISO to look at its trixbox
>>> http://www.trixbox.com/products/trixbox-ce/features
>>>
>>> Both make setting up an asterisk server very easy. They also run
>>> reasonably in
>>> a virtual machine. trixbox has a few more bells and whistles;  
>>> whether
>>> this is
>>> good or bad is a matter of opinion, as is preference between the
>>> different GUIs.
>>>
>>> On Friday 16 May 2008, Brandon Kruse wrote:
>>>> Yes,
>>>>
>>>> The iaxclient library I am implementing it in supports very very  
>>>> low
>>>> bandwidth protocols.
>>>>
>>>> I have made a call of GPRS before, the only thing is the latency,  
>>>> but
>>>
>>> it's
>>>
>>>> somewhat useable still.
>>>>
>>>> I have worked on the GUI for Digium, so go here and install  
>>>> asterisk +
>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>> asteriskGUI (AsteriskNOW bootable ISO)
>>>> to get asterisk up and running quick:
>>>>
>>>> http://asteriskNOW.org/install-related
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Travis Tabbal <travis at tabbal.net>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> As a future user, I'm glad to hear about progress in this area. It
>>>
>>> might
>>>
>>>>> get me to actually set up an Asterisk server. :) Can we really get
>>>>> the datastream small enough for GPRS?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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