I think that's a good idea, I turned an AA50 into just a trunk device for a sip box and it worked for a long time
The other things that are small and work are the atcom ip Pbx series http://www.atcom.cn/products_ippbx.html They are pretty cheap in NZ but not as low as the beaglebone suggestion Cheers Duncan > On 29/12/2013, at 8:37 am, Todd R. <[email protected]> wrote: > > May not be what you are looking for exactly but search Google for "Nerd > Vittles BeagleBone". I am not suggesting you use that exact solution but, > reading the article with give you all sorts if ideas about what you could use > in your situation. > > The BeagleBone is a small form factor computer like the Raspberry Pi but more > powerful for not much more $$. They have a few builds you can out in it with > full instructions. For your analog lines you could just use a couple if cheap > SIP gateway devices which I think run $50-80/ea. USD. > > In a small environment, this is what I would be using these days and I am > itching to build something on the BeagleBone boards. > > Total solution with a few SIP gateway devices should not cost you much at > all. The boards are under $50 and a nice little case can be had for under $18 > or maybe way less. > > You could likely use your existing device as a pass through for your analog > lines if you don't want to purchase the SIP gateways right away. > > Let me know if you go down this road and what your results are. Good luck. > > > > >> On Dec 28, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Lincoln King-Cliby" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Thanks for all of the help I've been given in the past and info I've picked >> up from this list over the years. >> >> I have an "official" Asterisk appliance (the AA50) running my PBX at home >> (we previously also had an AA50 in a satellite office-that one was recently >> retired and replaced with Asterisk running on commodity server hardware). >> >> Anyway - the AA50 software/Asterisk version is beyond outdated at this >> point, and the GUI has done nothing but infuriate me. Has anyone - or does >> anyone know if it's possible to - replace the "commercial" Linux/Asterisk >> running on the AA50 with another Linux flavor (say Ubuntu) and current open >> source Asterisk (ideally 11.something with Gareth's Cisco patch). >> >> I don't need - or want - a pretty GUI... just something I can SSH into and >> perhaps manhandle config files with Nano or something similar - worst case, >> something I can FTP/TFTP configuration files to. >> >> If that isn't feasible, anything low power/low profile/low cost that's >> particularly popular these days [bonus points if it's wall mountable/about >> the same size as the AA50]? My demands really aren't that severe -- one FXO, >> two FXS, a SIP "trunk" to the office (via hardware VPN), and maybe a half >> dozen Cisco 79xx phones. >> >> If it's not already apparent, I'm a relative Linux newb, but I'm farly well >> versed in patching and building Asterisk from source and generally getting >> things done once I have the pointers. >> >> Thanks in advance -- and happy new year! >> >> -- >> Lincoln King-Cliby, CTS, DMC-D >> Commercial Market Director >> Sr. Systems Architect | Crestron Certified Master Programmer (Silver) >> ControlWorks Consulting, LLC Crestron Services Provider >> http://www.controlworks.com >> >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
