Comments on: The Sensational Raspberry Pi 3 Featuring Incredible PBX GUI with Raspbian 8 Jessie

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 27 May 2016 14:15:37 +0000

So I can restore config backup from FreePBX to IncrediblePBX?
Can that be done over different versions too?

[WM: Nope. Sorry. Only works with the same version of FreePBX and Incredible GUI at both ends, i.e. 12.]

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:24:21 +0000

Wish I’d found IncrediblePBX before I found FeePBX(not a typo). Is there any to convert. I’ve spent so many hours getting the FreePBX to work as I want it, I’m hesitant to start over?
Currently on a Pi2 running Jessie and FreePBX12.

[WM: A FreePBX backup and restore should get you just about everything.]

By: MisterQ

MisterQ — Sat, 21 May 2016 11:19:53 +0000

I don’t seem to see any mention of the previous need for partition resizing – not needed? Or did I miss something?

[WM: Yep. You missed something. It’s performed during the first phase while logged in as pi.]

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 04 May 2016 00:33:30 +0000

Can I build and test this on an Raspberry Pi 1 or 2, and then deploy it on a Raspberry Pi 3 later — just by copying the SD Card image? Or, does it depend upon any features that are unique to the 3?

[WM: Should work on a RasPi 2B. Probably won’t work on a RasPi 1 because of memory limitation.]

By: Unlocker-ROC

Unlocker-ROC — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:03:54 +0000

Hi, I just wonder if my RasPi3 is on official Debian Jessie and has already installed lots of different services such like Shadowsocks server, USB scanning server and so on. Is it possible to install incredible PBX without making a new SD card image? Or is there any way to install Incredible PBX and keep all current service untouched? Thank you.

[WM: Incredible PBX uses a customized version of Debian known as Raspbian which is a subset of Debian that’s been customized to better suit the Raspberry Pi 3 hardware. Incredible PBX for the Raspberry Pi 3 currently is available only in image format which means it overwrites any image currently on your SD card.]

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 05:50:13 +0000

The Google Sendmail needs to be cleaned up a bit. The Makefile needs instead of Sendmail-cf, to be Sendmail/cf all the way through each entry. [WM: Thanks, Jared. It's actually more places than just Makefile. We've covered the procedure in our tutorial to install Gmail as a SendMail Relay Host.]

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:21:38 +0000

Nate did bring up an issue. The problem is not with the image, it is with the link. If you don’t read and select the first big green download button instead of looking and selecting the proper link it will download an iso and not a SD Zip image. Easy mistake to make.

Cheers

By: Dave Gray

Dave Gray — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:47:48 +0000

I’ve been happy getting Raspberry Pi stuff from Newark Electronics (they’re Element 14’s American partner.) Ordered my Pi3 and case on the first, shipped by the 11th – at retail price, and reasonable shipping. Note that the ship date they tell you, is almost always overly conservative (going back to when I got my first 2 Pis from them.)

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 07:16:49 +0000

Hi There... While I'm super excited by your distro, I have one small favor. Please add an extra safeguard during installation that alerts the user that their hard drive is about to be changed. I thought the iso I had was a live boot image. Most OS installers will require the user to type "yes" or some other specific to prevent people from blindly clicking thru and having their hard drive modified. I don't think I lost too much data, but none the less, I'm really bummed that I've just overwritten my current working OS, when all I wanted to do was test drive your distro. [WM: Hi, Nate. Not sure I quite understand what you did. Because this build is a disk image rather than an ISO, there really is no way to warn users that are trying to transfer it to an SD card. We've referred everyone to the Raspberry Pi site for detailed instructions on creating disk images. Their instructions include the following warning: "Be careful to select the correct drive; if you get the wrong one you can destroy the data on your computer's hard disk!" So, yes, if you burn the image to the wrong device, you get quite a mess. Not sure how we could go about preventing that when the operating systems and disk imaging tools offer little or no warning. Sorry you had a problem.]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:47:38 +0000

How many concurrent calls can the Pi 3 handle? Would it be suitable for use in a small business with 15-25 extensions?

[WM: Shouldn’t be a problem unless they all talk on the phone at the same time. Certainly worth the $35 gamble.]

By: alfe

alfe — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:18:00 +0000

As a follow up to the above comment because I am used to being able to complete an install with the rPi headless. You are required to: Plug in a keyboard Plug in a monitor And actually LOG IN to the raspberry pi. You clearly state log in physically, but as donnib stated... I had doubts. [WM: Actually, you only need a USB keyboard (no monitor) if you know the "secret handshake." Details here.]

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:28:29 +0000

Hi, I can’t get the incrediblepbx image linked to boot, I’ve tried it with multiple SD cards, and multiple Raspberry Pis (Ver.3 Mod. B). All of the cards and pis have worked with other distros.
I read a forum that suggested using the RasPBX image, and then installing IncrediblePBX (as described here: http://nerdvittles.com/?p=8222). That script completes, but with multiple errors, and it will not start the Asterix server even after multiple reboots.

I did manage to get IncrediblePBX running in VirtualBox, and it’s really impressive – it would be great to get it running on the Pi.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Thanks in advance 🙂

[WM: Please head to the PIAF Forum for support. Can’t really do it in blog comments. Sorry.]

By: donnib

donnib — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:57:02 +0000

Hi, I am in doubt, does the above require me to login into the rPi physically before i can use SSH?

[WM: Yes, as a security precaution.]