[asterisk-users] Convert Asterisk Appliance (AA50) to "Open" Asterisk?

[Duncan Turnbull]

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. <tjrlist at live.com> 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" <lincoln at controlworks.com> 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 Anyway - the AA50 software/Asterisk version is beyond outdated at this point, and the GUI has done nothing but infuriate me.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
>> 
>> 
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