Comments on: The Gotcha-Free PBX: Raspberry Pi 2, Meet Incredible PBX for Asterisk-GUI ❤

By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:28:25 +0000

Just went from rPi B+ to rPi 2 and the switch from FreePBX to Asterisk-gui has a bit of a learning curve. One thing I can’t seem to figure out is how to have multiple google voice trunks/accounts like was easily done with freepbx and the motif module.

[WM: Coming soon. Stay tuned.]

By: Finley

Finley — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:42:40 +0000

Thanks for your help. I was able to migrate my pbx to the new generation hardware. It’s now running flawlessly on Raspberry Pi2. The performance improvement is quite noticeable both with the GUI and connections. Pi2 can definitely handle more calls without choking and the audio quality seems to be better.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 02:27:05 +0000

I must be missing something incredibly easy. I have followed the above instructions, but I can't receive or place calls via Google Voice. When checking the Call Detail Records I also notice outbound calls are being routed through SIP/Vitelity. I also don't see Google Voice listed in my trunks. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. WM: Did you complete the two steps outlined in the troubleshooting link in the article: 1. Google Voice Reset Procedure 2. Enable Less Secure Apps for Google Voice

By: Finley Parker

Finley Parker — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:47:30 +0000

I've been running IncrediblePBX on Raspberry Pi (Model B) for more than a year now. I am planning on moving to Raspberry Pi 2 and wondering if I could simply copy the content of my SD card to a micro SD and get going on the new hardware with my current setup and configuration. I realize that it might not give me the benefit of the quad core performance, but just a higher clock rate and double the amount of RAM might be worthwhile. I am just concerned about not being able to reconfigure a new system in an identical way as my attempts to backup and restore incredible pbx in the past have only partially succeeded. If this scenario doesn't work, what would you suggest? Thanks. [WM: Take a look at this thread on the forums.]

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:22:01 +0000

I followed all the instructions and everything seems to work. But, since I was used to Incredible PBX with FreePBX, I would like to have the FreePBX GUI. Is this possible? [WM: Assuming the new owners of FreePBX are planning to maintain it as an open source product, we plan to support FreePBX down the road. Because Asterisk-GUI and FreePBX are fundamentally different designs, it is not possible to migrate from one to the other. We have provided upgrade tips for migrating from Incredible PBX for the Raspberry Pi B+ (includes FreePBX) to the Raspberry Pi 2 platform.]

By: TimJ

TimJ — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:29:43 +0000

Thanks again for an awesome write up Mr. Ward.
Keep up the good work (and labor of love).

-TimJ

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:22:32 +0000

I’d pay some bucks for someone to put this in a file that I could just flash to a 16 gig card…. surely that has to be somewhere to download…

[WM: As we indicated in the article, we originally built images in the way you suggest. The problem with the approach was that the Raspberry Pi universe changes often and sometimes dramatically. That forced us to release new images constantly because the old ones simply blew up when someone attempted to use them. We wanted everyone to have the opportunity to use the latest and greatest RasPi advances without our having to babysit the Incredible PBX build which changes less frequently. After all, it’s a phone system. By separating the two pieces, we can accomplish that and eliminate the frustration that came from new (incompatible) Raspbian releases. The Incredible PBX install is a simple matter of running a couple commands once you have the latest Raspberry Pi platform in place. We don’t think you’ll find it burdensome at all. And the tradeoffs are well worth adding the second step. ]

By: Viktor

Viktor — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:29:38 +0000

What about calls on cubox?

[WM: It’s on my list. 🙂 ]

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:59:18 +0000

How many calls do you think this could handle (ulaw — no transcoding)?

[WM: My wag would be 20-30 simultaneous calls if you have the bandwidth to support that many. The Raspberry Pi 2 is an incredible performer. You’d be hard-pressed to find much performance difference comparing it with some pretty beefy Atom-based PCs. I’m sure there will be real tests in coming months but, for our target audience, we don’t foresee a performance bottleneck as long as you stick with ulaw.]

By: Trousle Undrhil

Trousle Undrhil — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:41:45 +0000

Will this setup work on a non-Pi 2?

[WM: NOT recommended, but… it boots on a RasPi B+. PortKnocker fails. Everything else seems to at least start up. If you have a working B+ with the older software, I’d recommend you stick with it.]