Has anyone attempted to use FreePBX for a business in production mode? Initial take is there are lots of things scripted but a lot of limitations in terms of supporting basic business functions. Inability (or lack of flexibility) is handling multiple incoming pstn lines, dialplan limitations, poor/no documentation, etc, to mention a few. Maybe its just me, but it appears its no where near usable even with the latest beta1 code. Is it just me or what? Rich
Rich Adamson wrote:> Maybe its just me, but it appears its no where near usable even with the > latest beta1 code.Its just you. I have FreePBX running on 6 production boxes across the country. I do very little additional scripting. 5 of the servers have a Eicon Diva Server V-4BRI card. The other (head office) server has a Digium TDM400P (4x FXO) and a Sangoma a101u (ISDN20). FreePBX manages all of those lines just fine. What problems are you having? Personally, I don't have any requirements over and above the standard FreePBX installation. And if I do, I just go bug the developers until they put it in. :) cYa, Avi -- National Manager - Special Projects < Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra / Hobart / London /> 2/340 Gore Street T: +61 (0) 3 9486 0411 Fitzroy, VIC F: +61 (0) 3 9486 0611 3065 W: http://www.squiz.net/ .....>> Open Source - Own it - Squiz.net ...../>
Its just you. There is much more flexibility on handling incoming pstn lines than there was in the last version of AMP If you like manually creating config files with custom settings for each user, then a GUI is not for you. I have several clients using freePBX because it is easier to maintain some of the features they wanted this way than dealing with the config files. Kerry Garrison Director of Technical Services Tech Data Pros - Orange County's Mobile IT Service Provider (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com http://www.techdatapros.com> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Rich Adamson > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 2:20 PM > To: Asterisk Users-List > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FreePBX in production? > > Has anyone attempted to use FreePBX for a business in production mode? > > Initial take is there are lots of things scripted but a lot > of limitations in terms of supporting basic business > functions. Inability (or lack of flexibility) is handling > multiple incoming pstn lines, dialplan limitations, poor/no > documentation, etc, to mention a few. > > Maybe its just me, but it appears its no where near usable > even with the latest beta1 code. > > Is it just me or what? > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Rich Adamson wrote:> Has anyone attempted to use FreePBX for a business in production mode?Yes it works great in business applications.> Initial take is there are lots of things scripted but a lot of > limitations in terms of supporting basic business functions. Inability > (or lack of flexibility) is handling multiple incoming pstn lines, > dialplan limitations, poor/no documentation, etc, to mention a few.Yes it does have limitations, which you can get by with some use of there custom.conf files. Documentation for asterisk and freepbx is done via the users and there is not much on it. But it's getting better. You can see lot of info for it on http://aussievoip.com.au/wiki/ . Also there is a new update that you can route on the Zap channel number now.> Maybe its just me, but it appears its no where near usable even with > the latest beta1 code.If your able to work with asterisk without a GUI it's better due to you can do more. But remember Freepbx has asterisk as it's main part and it works just the same. It's easyer for many to use it but again this comes with some short commings. But all around for the price is the best GUI out there.> Is it just me or what? > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> > So, how do you know which conf files one can hand edit versus those that > > might be overwritten? > > You may only change the *_custom.conf files. :)And the *_additional.conf files are the ones overwritten by the config in the DB. So you can edit the other ones. hth
Wouldn't use it in production for a customer personally. Too many limitations in terms of having a flexible diaplan. What would be nice though is if they were to produce a 'lite' version that gave a gui interface to add/change/move things - sip.conf, voicemail.conf, meetme.conf but staying well away from extensions.conf Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Adamson" <radamson@routers.com> To: "Asterisk Users-List" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 5:19 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] FreePBX in production?> Has anyone attempted to use FreePBX for a business in production mode? > > Initial take is there are lots of things scripted but a lot of limitations > in terms of supporting basic business functions. Inability (or lack of > flexibility) is handling multiple incoming pstn lines, dialplan > limitations, poor/no documentation, etc, to mention a few. > > Maybe its just me, but it appears its no where near usable even with the > latest beta1 code. > > Is it just me or what? > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Rich Adamson wrote: > Let's see if I can summarize various recent postings relative to the> broader topic of whether FreePBX/AAH is production-ready.It's not proper to put FreePBX/AAH in the same breath. AAH puts FreePBX ontop of their build, along with a bunch of other software. Although AAH gets 'most of the credit,' the 'value' that most users are exposed to is FreePBX (or AMP). Not to trivialize the 'integration' work that AAH does. However - I say don't put them together because all too often I have seen AAH drop things on top that break FreePBX. If you want a pure system, build your own ISO and drop FreePBX on top of it. Rich Adamson wrote: > Seems the general consensus is that AAH and/or FreePBX is considered> production ready if the functionality embedded in AMP (primarily) > happens to fit the specific small business requirements...and "Craig" wrote: > Too many limitations in terms of having a flexible diaplan. What would be nice> though is if they were to produce a 'lite' version that gave a gui interface > to add/change/move things - sip.conf, voicemail.conf, meetme.conf but > staying well away from extensions.confWhat one considers 'prodcution ready' is a very subjective evaluation. However, I will say that I have yet to find something I can't do on a system that FreePBX has. What I mean by that is that I can modify any macro or part of the core dial plan I don't like by overriding it in the _custom file as well as add any custom dialplans or other configuration that I need. I'm sure there is something out there I will run into where this doesn't work - but I haven't hit it yet. (And if I do, I'll do the needed changes and submit it back to FreePBX). I think it is fair to say that if you really understand Asterisk and then spend a small amount of time understanding what FreePBX is doing, you can easily accomplish the best of both worlds. If you don't have that level of understanding, you may be thankful for those 'magic scripts' that are making a working system behind the scene from the FreePBX GUI. If you are not interested in the fundamental functionality and 'fat/rich' dailplan, then you are better off using something else though. Remco Barende wrote: > There are still some basic things missing (for example if you don't use> voicemail it is not possible to set a destination for the call if not > answered, you have to create a ring group for each extension to work > around it, this is a major issue)Remco - take a look at the Follow Me module I added. It is basically a presonal ring group for each extension. If you want to do the above, just define the Follow-Me settings to ring your own extension (or more if you want) and then choose any destination you want. It effectively does 'creat a ring group for each extensions' that wants one, but it does it in such a way as to be separate and work side by side with normal ringgroups, and there is a direct link between it and the extension (or user) so that navigation is very easy as you can bounce back and forth with a single mouse click. p --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1?/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060501/94f92ff0/attachment.htm