[Freeswitch-users] SwitchPi

[Stanislav Sinyagin]

Ken, you probably hit this bug with faxing:
https://freeswitch.org/jira/browse/FS-8651

we're still waiting for Steve's feedback on that one.





On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Ken Rice <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:

> Why the Pi you ask? Why custom hardware to go with it?
>
>
>
> Generic X86 Hardware is not the end all be all. While the X86 based CPUs
> means that there can be less portability issues than say something like ARM
> or SPARC or other architectures, the PI still typically offers several
> other capabilities that may not be offered on the other Single Board
> Computers at a $35 price point.
>
>
>
> Then there is the well documented pile of GPIO ports that make it quite
> easy to drive things like custom keypads, servos, steppers, etc etc etc…
>  this means you can spin a small custom board (in my case its about 1.5
> square inches) that has the specific additional hardware for adding an
> additional 24 GPIOs giving room for a combination of something like 36
> buttons worth of keypads and 12 other dry contact inputs and outputs (if
> you use 12 of the GPIO pins to drive a keypad array you can get 36 buttons.
> Basic formula  for max number of potential keys   (n/2)^2 where n is the
> number of GPIO pins used in the keypad array.
>
>
>
> Now mix that with that fact that ARM is not a second class Linux citizen
> anymore, we can pretty easily copy the source over compile and go. And
> things just work (barring the occasional endian issue that happens when
> taking software between architectures that are big vs little vs bi endian)
>
>
>
> Now theres always talk of a new cheap x86 based SoC such as the Edison, or
> other Arm based SBC like the odriod, or the CHIP, but I have yet to see one
> that is as readily available as the Pi at the $35 with the myriad of addons
> and software already running on it.
>
> (Yesterday I installed FreeSWITCH on a Pi and it took about 45 minutes…
> there was 1 issues with Faxing that we are looking into and its probably an
> endian issue)
>
>
>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Colton Conor
> *Sent:* Friday, June 3, 2016 7:59 AM
>
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] SwitchPi
>
>
>
> May I ask the question of why make something customer just to run on the
> Rasberry Pi? There are X86 SOC coming to the market that will be close to
> the cost of the Pi, and be much more powerful. Plus, you can run regular
> x86 operating systems.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Ken Rice <krice at freeswitch.org> wrote:
>
> The custom boards allow for hardware DTMF keypad interface, hook switch
> and a few other things like LCD for CLID on old school phones with that
> provision.
>
>
>
> There will be official Raspian packages sooner or later… theres a know
> issue with the cowbuilder that’s blocking this at this time, we’re working
> on a work around…
>
>
>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *William
> Scott
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 6:52 PM
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] SwitchPi
>
>
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> Yes, I have FusionPBX/freeSwitch running on a RPi3. Will the ARM build
> ever become "Official"?
>
>
>
> I've watched a 'tube video or two. What is the functionality of the custom
> boards?
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
> consulting at freeswitch.org
> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>
> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
> http://www.freeswitch.org
> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
> http://www.cluecon.com
>
> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users
> http://www.freeswitch.org
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
> consulting at freeswitch.org
> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>
> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
> http://www.freeswitch.org
> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
> http://www.cluecon.com
>
> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users
> http://www.freeswitch.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.freeswitch.org/pipermail/freeswitch-users/attachments/20160604/b788a197/attachment.html