this all is a little off topic... this guy has 2 phone lines and just needs a couple of cheap analog phones on them...
get a couple gateways and be done with it... in an environment like he's putting it in, keep it simple stu.... On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Josh M. Patten <jpat...@co.brazos.tx.us>wrote: > You know I used to be a very active member of the trixbox community and > when I finally decided to leave it (about 3 months ago) I hadn't seen a > developer post in a really long time. > > It really is up to your preference what kind of open source PBX you decide > to start with. If you're familiar with Asterisk and would like a GUI on top > of it that can manage most of the operations of the system and you don't > need a redundant system or complete phone provisioning, then a FreePBX > system such as trixbox or Elastix is probably what you should use. > > If you want a system that has seamless integration of all components in a > clean UI and need some level of redundancy then sipX is more logical. > > If you want a system where the documentation is maintained by 1 or more > paid professional technical writers and if you find it all "too hard to > learn" contact a VAR to install a Cisco CallManager system. > > NO system is without gotchas and bugs. sipX moves at a very fast pace and > is a very complex piece of software so there will always be bugs or > workarounds and the documentation doesn't always keep up with changes to the > system. The fortunate thing about this project is that the developers are > almost always watching this list and if you've done your due diligence to > craft a mailing list post that details the problem you're having with > information that can help the developers, such as a snapshot, then there is > usually a fix available or something that can be done to work around your > problem, and if not you can file a bug report in the tracker that details > the problem so the developers can work on it. > > Or, if you're feeling adventurous you could help straighten out the > documentation by requesting rights to modify the wiki or even help with the > development of the project to help it suit your needs. Get involved in the > project and contribute what you can, when you can and you'll find that > you'll become a lot more familiar with sipX and understand why the system is > designed the way it is. > > In the world of open source software that costs nothing to download and > use, filing complaints gets nothing accomplished and serves no other purpose > than to discourage and enrage those that do contribute. Making constructive > suggestions and feature requests (which you did do to a small degree) goes a > lot further. Actually helping make those suggestions and feature requests a > reality by contributing to the project is what open source is all about. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [ > sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] on behalf of Tim Ingalls [ > t...@sharedcom.net] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:27 PM > *To:* Discussion list for users of sipXecs software > *Subject:* Re: [sipx-users] Suggestions? sipX or not, and if not... > > > Michael Scheidell wrote: > > On 3/30/11 11:27 AM, Tim Ingalls wrote: > > Bluebox would be an improvement over Trixbox since its not using Asterisk > as the back-end. > > except BB is not freepbx+ > > I'm not sure what you mean. FreePBX is a front-end for Asterisk. When they > started to make FreePBX 4.0, they did it only for FreeSwitch, and they > renamed that project to Bluebox. So it's pretty much FreePBX for Freeswitch. > > instead of a user friendly gui (BB) for a phone system/pbx, its a GUI to > help you edit freeswitch xml files .. > there is a difference. > > I'm not really seeing what the difference is. I found FreePBX an easier > GUI than sipXconfig. The Bluebox GUI doesn't look that different. I had > Trixbox set up in a week, but I'm still finding inconsistencies and glitches > with sipX that cause me problems 4 months into it. The sipX project has poor > documentation on the wiki that conflicts with itself in several places, is > out of date, or is incomplete. Supposedly the sipX book is the best way to > learn the system, but from my reading, it seems out of date and limited in > the details of how to set things up. The Web site has false statements about > the features sipX has (i.e., how redundant is HA mode, the fact that media > does in fact use the server in sipXbridge, etc.) > > I'm not trying to be a sipX hater, but it's definitely not an easy system > to learn and install if you are a newbie to the project. There seem to be > surprises around every corner. There is so much you don't understand if > you're new to sipXecs that you won't find out until you wade through 6+ > months of sipx-user discussion list posts for the most common issues. > > I don't really see sipXecs as the best server for a small business to use. > It's too hard to learn and get right. Maybe if the learning curve were less > steep and the main bugs and limitations were communicated up front better, > someone getting involved in the project wouldn't get so frustrated. Some > instructional videos and tutorials would go a long way. Having a real user > forum (instead of a mailing list that also gets posted to the Web) that is > monitored by a commercial entity (like Trixbox is) would also have a big > impact, because it would be easier for newbies to ask questions and search > for answers. > > > support is only via IRC (if the single developer is on) > > good support when you get him, but unless you are a freeswitch expert, > don't try it. > > > I haven't actually installed Bluebox (I'm doing it today), so I'll have to > trust you on the support issues. > > > -- > Michael Scheidell, CTO > o: 561-999-5000 > d: 561-948-2259 > ISN: 1259*1300 > > *| *SECNAP Network Security Corporation > > - Best Intrusion Prevention Product, Networks Product Guide > - Certified SNORT Integrator > - Hot Company Award, World Executive Alliance > - Best in Email Security, 2010 Network Products Guide > - King of Spam Filters, SC Magazine > > > ------------------------------ > > This email has been scanned and certified safe by SpammerTrap®. > For Information please see http://www.secnap.com/products/spammertrap/ > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing listsipx-us...@list.sipfoundry.org > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list > sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > -- There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't. mpic...@gmail.com blog: http://www.sipxecs.info call: sip:mpic...@sipxecs.info
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