Raspberry Pi as a PBX and a Miner.
Hello and thank you for your attention once again. I'm Toll a proficient technology advocate. I enjoy calculating how to use different devices in diverse ways. Today I will discuss various ways to use a Raspberry Pi which is a tiny and affordable computer.
A few years back I was introduced to the Raspberry Pi by a friend on IRC. He sent me a picture of this tiny computer board, and told me that he had been mining various cryptocurrencies with it. I was immediately interested and ordered a Pi for myself to become more familiar with. I used the Pi with Gridseeds to mine a few different cryptocurrencies like PPC, BTC, and LTC but this was only temporary. I had a few Antminers going already so I decided to find another application for my new Raspberry Pi.
Being that I am end to end Solutions Architect for a telecom provider I have great access to carrier grade hardware along with end user costumer accounts. My role is as it sounds, I solve problematic opportunities all the way from D/C power to splicing fiber to Junos configuration. I decided to see if I could find another application for the Pi trying to integrate it into my network and I certainly did...
I solve and offer enterprise/business class VoIP services(to name one), so I decided to see if I could run my PBX software across the Pi. It took a bit of time to finally load the software but the Pi took it and seemed to reboot just fine(except for the password issue).
I assign the address, I add the number, add the inbound and outbound routes, add the ring groups, add the IVR, add the extensions, basically finish my configuration making the Pi compatible with a few Polycom IP phones. Well, it works like a charm! As long as the network latency isn't over 150ms then voice services are achievable even over a little cost effective computer. I essentially turned a tiny computer into a phone server.
I added about 10 Raspberry Pi to our network at medium sized medical offices with less than 10 extensions. Each Pi worked well(with a few ticks) for about 18 to 24 months. Then they started crapping out one by one. I then replaced them with a cloud based solution, but I did really enjoy finding other applications for these cool little computers we call Raspberry Pi...
*Cases are from Etsy and they are more than the Pi itself!
Looks like your picture links are broken. Wish I had the skills to build a pbx. Nice work. Some day I want to build a tiny computer out of a Pi for my boys. Stick them on linux from the beginning
The picture format is very frustrating. My preview shows correct format but when I upload not so much. And I have tried multiple browsers. The best part of my article was the pictures of the PBX cases I got from Etsy too. I'll have to keep experimenting...
I think it's because you didn't put http:// in front of the links. I notice that people forget this a lot and I think it makes steem think that it's a relative path, which means that it's looking for the image on it's own servers, which isn't exactly what you want.
Thank you so much! I'll be following you and showing my gratitude! I really appreciate it!
Excellent article. I would like to figure out the easiest way for me to get an Odroid set up to mine Nexus Niro. Have you worked with them before?
I have never mined before but we have an easy CPU mining video tutorial that I would like to give it a try. I think I have to flash this device as it's got a shitty wallet for staking right now and I might as well put it to good use as it's faster than a pi
Thank you and I appreciate the upvote. I should get time this weekend to read your Crypto Wars series...
Thanks bro. I hope you like it! Make sure to let me know!