Comments on: Time to Celebrate: Incredible PBX for Raspberry Pi Turns 21

By: jimbo99

jimbo99 — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:34:22 +0000

Apparently with the newest image file dated this March 05, 2013, the user name is either not pi or the password is not raspberry, making it useless to all at this point. [WM: As the latest documentation AND the readme file on SourceForge make clear: "Only the root user account is included, and the default password is raspberry. Change the password when you first log in."]

By: Dallas

Dallas — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:07:19 +0000

Have you done any testing with G729 codec?

WM: Probably not a good platform for transcoding. The processing would bring a RasPi to its knees.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:06:17 +0000

I purchased the recommended power adapter, two of them actually, and they do not provide enough power to run the Pi with just the ethernet and hdmi ports connected. My iPad adapter is working until I can find a better power adapter. Buyer beware..... [WM: As we have indicated from the outset, it depends upon what you plug into the ports. We've had no problems with a 5V, 1A power supply using a standard USB keyboard, an AirLink 101 WiFi adapter, and an HDMI cable connected to a monitor or TV. We've evaluated many adapters. You can review the results here. YMMV!]

By: Will

Will — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:21:49 +0000

If I paired this with an ATA adapter, would the raspberry/PBX be up to call screening and voicemail work? I'd love to have a low-power system that can handle hanging up on telemarketers, surveys, political calls and my mother-in-law. [WM: Perfect mother-in-law device. Just add the Blacklist app in FreePBX (Admin -> Module Admin -> Check Online), and you're all set.]

By: Nerd Uno

Nerd Uno — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:26:49 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:41:21 +0000

You say 3. NEVER MAP INBOUND INTERNET PORTS FROM YOUR FIREWALL TO INCREDIBLE PI So does that mean you can't have any offsite extensions, for example users with VoIP adapters such as those made by Obihai, Cisco, Grandstream, etc. or with IP phones? I don't understand how such devices or phones would be able to register with Asterisk if port 5060 at a minimum isn't mapped to the device. Would I be correct in thinking that you are advising this because the provided software doesn't have any sort of firewall such as iptables? If so that rather limits the usefulness of the Raspberry Pi in this application. Still, I suppose that in a way this is like the proverbial dancing bear, in that the fact that it works at all is amazing. [WM: This article was primarily for beginners. Read the original article if you want to use offsite extensions. All of the security components to support it (including preconfigured IPtables and Travelin' Man 3) are already in place.]