<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">I agree with Chad on this one. FreePBX is for a different kind of installs from what you described. I believe if you pitch it as your solution; as you have stated you will be disappointing. Before you start offering it up to the bosses as the silver bullet. I would do a test install on some spare hardware (You can use VM Ware or Hyper-V if you know what you are doing). Other wise you might be the one being shot with the silver bullet. We have used free PBX and it works great as long as your install needs are standard, but if you go beyond the standard you need something more. We are a sip trunk provider and hosted PBX provider, and we have wholesalers that try to use FreePBX to deliver customer sip trunks and they have issues.. It is the square peg round hole issue. Get the right shape peg for your communications hole..<br />
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<div>Thanks<br />
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Bryant Zimmerman (ZK Tech Inc.)<br />
616-855-1030 Ext. 2003</div>
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<strong>From</strong>: "Chad Wallace" <cwallace@lodgingcompany.com><br />
<strong>Sent</strong>: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 8:13 PM<br />
<strong>To</strong>: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<br />
<strong>Subject</strong>: Re: [asterisk-users] Replacing PBX with Asterisk, need feedback on my new architecture.</span><br />
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On Mon, 07 May 2012 06:40:46 -0600<br />
Nunya Biznatch <asterisk@ihearbanjos.com> wrote:<br />
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> >> I need to plan to use FreePBX on all Asterisk Servers, but I don't<br />
> >> intend to install it until I'm in regular MAC maintenance mode.<br />
> >><br />
> > It is ashame you are going this far with your setup to rely on <br />
> > FreePBX. For something this complex, you are setting your self up<br />
> > for some heartache.<br />
> ><br />
> It is my intention to do everything from the command line. However, <br />
> there will be times when I'll have Interns coming in and doing some<br />
> of the MAC activities, and I thought this might be an easier way for<br />
> the day to day to get done. I've never seen it myself either, so am<br />
> curious. Finally, there's the "glitter" factor. When my bosses come<br />
> in and want a dog and pony show on the new phone system, they want to<br />
> see fluffy bunnies and kittens, not the Ox that's doing the pulling.<br />
> CLI = "old" in the minds of those that don't comprehend.<br />
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I just installed FreePBX, and I'm pretty sure that "do everything from<br />
the command line" and "use FreePBX" are mutually exclusive situations.<br />
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When you install FreePBX, it replaces (overwrites!) your config, and<br />
then you manually enter everything (devices, queues, IVR, etc.) in the<br />
GUI--or use a bulk import/export tool if there is one. It takes over<br />
your Asterisk install, and you have to adapt to it, not the other way<br />
around.<br />
<br />
If you want to set it up with standard Asterisk configs and your own<br />
dialplan, you'll need to find another way to do the GUI for the<br />
noobs/interns.<br />
<br />
For the bosses, I would suggest sending them to an actual dog and pony<br />
show instead. But that's just me. ;-)<br />
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C. Chad Wallace, B.Sc.<br />
The Lodging Company<br />
http://www.lodgingcompany.com/<br />
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