Using Any OBi as a Home PBX
giqcass:
I was very seriously looking at Raspberry Pi prior to the Obi but the Obi is packed up in a neat little box with thoroughly tested software and regular updates.
QBZappy:
A full blown PBX in a Flash ( http://pbxinaflash.net/ ) setup on a Raspberry PI has a lot more going for it. Considering that it as simple as embedding an image on the Raspberry PI. You get a real traditional PBX with all the bells and whistles including the usual MOH, IVR, Trunks, web based configuration and other unusual features such as built in fax server, to name just a few things.
The OBi is not designed to be a PBX. However it will do if you can live within the limitations of the product. I think we can fairly say that the OBi can be seen as a supercharged ATA or a poor man's PBX. Although we can sense that it would not take much to blur the lines even more if a few more key PBX like features were added to the OBi.
Ostracus:
For a PBX one could use something like this instead.
ianobi:
@ QBZ and giqcass: Thanks for the feed back. As you suspected I am trying to extract the last drop of value from an OBi device :)
A further function that I forgot to mention is DID (Direct Inward Dialling). As there is now a look-up table within sp2’s InboundCallRoute, extensions can be called directly from any remote location. This relies on the OBi PBX user having a fixed external IP address or a dynamic dns address. For instance to call extension 605 from a remote site send:
605@myddns.com:5471
5471 in this case is the UserAgentPort of sp2, so the digits 605 get sent to sp2’s InboundCallRoute, where the look-up tables (Mextns and Msoft) direct the call to the correct extension address.
By the way, sp2’s InboundCallRoute could be simplified. All those **7 rules are there because I use a sip2sip account on my mobile to call in to sp2. If the **7 rules are removed, then also remove the **7 prefix rule from the CSipSimple example.
vtsnaab:
I have always been fascinated by PBXIAF and at the same time reluctant to keep h/w running 24/7 for functions that are excessive for a tiny apartment with only 2 people...
That having been said - the Raspberry PI idea comes close to using almost no electricity to gain alot of goodies so I've been watching to see when it comes closer to being a full & tiny single board PC.
The other thing I think most homes will benefit from is small Android powered PCs like the Odroid mentioned in posting #7 (for US folks - http://ameridroid.com/).
Again - when such devices arrive with all ports on-board and of good quality so that they may have a nice, big touchscreen with tiny & easy to hide h/w, many cool ideas will arrive for them, I think.
In the meantime, to make a full PBX on a $35 Quad core ARMv7 PC is a pretty cool idea IMO.
I may consider suggesting this idea for a friend's small office when he needs to replace his ancient phone system.
All good stuff - great info - great thread !!!
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