Category: trixbox

Fonality Names Dean Mansfield as CEO

Fonality Names Dean Mansfield as CEO

Fonality, the makers of trixbox Pro / PBXtra and trixbox CE, the open source PBX platform have named Dean Mansfield as the new CEO. Founding CEO, Chris Lyman will remain as Chairman of the Board. What impact this will have on Fonality is too early to tell but Dean’s background and experience seems to play [...]

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Configuring snom MeetingPoint with trixbox CE

Configuring snom MeetingPoint with trixbox CE

The snom MeetingPoint conference phone is a great addition to any office environment and setting it up to work with trixbox CE is actually very simple. Once we create the extension within trixbox CE, we then only need three pieces of information to put into the MeetingPoint’s web interface to get the phone up and [...]

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Get trixbox Pro's HUD 3.0 working on OSX 1.06

Get trixbox Pro’s HUD 3.0 working on OSX 1.06

If you are an Avid Macintosh fan and you are using trixbox Pro with HUD3, you probably noticed real quick that the two are not compatible. Running HUD3 on OSX 10.6 will simply crash and since HUD3 is such a useful tool, there are a lot of people who really want this to work properly.
Fortunately, [...]

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Installing a Sangoma A101 PRI Card into trixbox Pro

Installing a Sangoma A101 PRI Card into trixbox Pro

Getting a Sangoma A101 PRI card working in a trixbox Pro system is actually pretty simple and the Sangoma cards are the only interface cards actually certified by trixbox Pro. If you have the card inside the system during the actual installation, you are pretty much done unless you need to change some of the [...]

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Interview with Andrew Gillis

Interview with Andrew Gillis

Back in November of 2004 Andrew Gillis put out the first version of Asterisk@Home, the first ISO that would install Linux and Asterisk automatically. While Asterisk was set to change the landscape, Asterisk@Home brought the power of Asterisk to people who would never given it a second.

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Configuring snom 3xx series phones with trixbox Pro

Configuring snom 3xx series phones with trixbox Pro

At this time, snom phones do not auto-configure with trixbox Pro but can be setup manually. In this tutorial we go through the setup process by configuring the phone device and extension inside of trixbox Pro and then configuring the phone itself via the phone’s web interface.

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Help!  My trixbox won't automatically power on!

Help! My trixbox won’t automatically power on!

We have seen a few issues with trixbox appliance power recently, and have found a quick fix.
The Enterprise trixbox appliances ship without a power button…they are configured to power on as soon as they detect a power source bring plugged in.  This feature is great in many case, because you never have to worry about [...]

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How to: Setup trixbox PRO's FindMe

How to: Setup trixbox PRO’s FindMe

Without a doubt, FindME is one of the most useful features that trixbox PRO has to offer.

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trixbox CE 2.8 Released

trixbox CE 2.8 Released

After quite a while going through the beta process, trixbox CE 2.8 is finally ready for production use.  The two main changes from previous versions are that trixbox CE is now based on a newer CentOS kernel which should provide more hardware support for newer machines. Secondly, Asterisk 1.6 has replaced Asterisk 1.4 as the [...]

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FreeSWITCH aquired by Barracuda Networks - Rumor

FreeSWITCH aquired by Barracuda Networks – Rumor

While it is no surprise to some of us that FreeSWITCH finally found the right business partner to associate themselves with, it is interesting to note that even the most devote anti-corporate open source project leaders (Phillipe – FreePBX, Anthony – FreeSWITCH) have both recently been acquired by large companies. In both cases, these open [...]

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