Install on the RasPBX (Asterisk for Raspberry Pi)
A 4GB card is required. First download the image disk to flash it in your MicroSD.
Get it from :
The latest image available for download is based on Raspbian (Debian 8 / Jessie) and includes:
- SD Image name raspbx-22-09-2016.zip (for 4Go microSD)
- Asterisk 13.11.2
- FreePBX 13.0.188.8
Install the RasPBX suite
Follow those instruction to flash the SD image :
Connect to SSH (raspbx/raspberry) to complete the installation with the Voximal installer package. The default login acces is :
SSH login:
- user: root
- password: raspberry
Default FreePBX login:
- user: admin
- password: admin
Raspbian GNU/Linux8 raspbx tty1
raspbx login : root
Password:
Welcome to RasPBX - Asterisk for Raspberry Pi
RasPBX is based on Debian. The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux
system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are
described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
RasPBX comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
List of RasPBX specific commands:
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raspbx-upgrade Keep your system up to date with the latest add-ons and
security fixes
configure-timezone Set timezone for both system and PHP
install-fax Install HylaFAX
add-fax-extension Add additional fax extension for use with HylaFAX
install-fail2ban Install Fail2Ban for additional security
install-dongle Install GSM/3G calling capability with chan_dongle
raspbx-backup Backup your complete system to an image file
Last login: Sat Mar 5 18:56:10 2016
Once your RasPBX has successfully booted, run this command on the console to install the latest additions and improvements:
root@raspbx:~# raspbx-upgrade RasPBX upgrade tool Run "raspbx-upgrade --help" for additional options Base version: 06-03-2016 Installed upgrade: 21 Local upgrade available: 21 Online upgrade available: 24 Running apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. ... (lot of logs...) 132 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 164 MB of archives. After this operation, 10.4 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ... (installing packages...) Setting up libraspberrypi0 (1.20160620-1) ... Setting up libraspberrypi-dev (1.20160620-1) ... Setting up libraspberrypi-doc (1.20160620-1) ... Setting up libraspberrypi-bin (1.20160620-1) ... Setting up raspbx-upgrade (1.0-43) ... Setting up raspi-config (20160527) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/raspi-config ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.120+deb8u2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u4) ... Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u4) ... Installing upgrade 22. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixing Asterisk startup problems in recent 2016 images -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installing upgrade 23. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Increasing swap size to 200MB; installing en_US locale -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generating locales (this might take a while)... en_GB.UTF-8... done en_US.UTF-8... done Generation complete. Installing upgrade 24. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Updating GPG keys for FreePBX 2. Enabling Apache2 rewrite module -------------------------------------------------------------------------- gpg: refreshing 2 keys from hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net gpg: requesting key 69D2EAD9 from hkp server pool.sks-keyservers.net gpg: requesting key B33B4659 from hkp server pool.sks-keyservers.net gpg: key 69D2EAD9: "FreePBX Mirror 1 (Module Signing - 2014/2015) <security@freepbx.org>" 2 new signatures gpg: key B33B4659: "FreePBX Module Signing (This is the master key to sign FreePBX Modules) <modules@freepbx.org>" 2 new signatures gpg: Total number processed: 2 gpg: new signatures: 4 gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 1 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u gpg: depth: 1 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 1m, 0f, 0u Enabling module rewrite. To activate the new configuration, you need to run: service apache2 restart Finishing RasPBX upgrades installation, installed version is now: 24 root@raspbx:~#
Install the Voximal module
RasPBX already install Asterisk with FreePBX so you only need to complete your installation with the Voximal package :
Get it from :
You can directly download the Voximal package with the wget tool :
root@raspbx:~# wget http://downloads.voximal.com/voximal/raspbian8/armhf/latest.tar.gz --2016-09-13 16:52:21-- http://downloads.voximal.com/voximal/raspbian8/armhf/latest.tar.gz Resolving downloads.voximal.com (downloads.voximal.com)... 84.246.228.252, 2a02:23e0:0:4:9458:e0ff:feb7:e457 Connecting to downloads.voximal.com (downloads.voximal.com)|84.246.228.252|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 7819312 (7.5M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: ‘latest.tar.gz’ latest.tar.gz 100%[=====================>] 7.46M 3.34MB/s in 2.2s 2016-09-13 16:52:23 (3.34 MB/s) - ‘latest.tar.gz’ saved [7819312/7819312]
Untar and execute the installation script :
root@raspbx:~# tar xfz latest.tar.gz root@raspbx:~# cd voximal_14.0_2016xxxx_0voximalxxxraspbian8_armhf/ root@raspbx:~/voximal_14.0_2016xxxx_0voximalxxxraspbian8_armhf# ./install.sh Compatible module found : app_voximal.so.asterisk_v13.11.2 --- Voximal V14.0 Installation --- Creating directories Installing binaries Installing VoiceXML examples Installing default voximal.conf Installing libraries Installing Voximal module for asterisk Installing additional sounds User asterisk exists, set permissions Restarting asterisk............................................... Configuring VoiceXML examples Installing Voximal FreePBX module Configuring Voximal FreePBX module Adding accounts... - Account "helloworld" added - Extension 8965 added Wildcard extension added Voximal license updated Voximal configuration updated Voximal TTS configuration parsed Generating CSS...Done Module voximal successfully installed Updating Hooks...Done Reloading FreePBX Successfully reloaded --- Voximal V14.0 installation has finished ---
Connect with WIFI (option)
If you want to connect you raspberry with Wifi, please follow those steps :
Use a GSM/USB dongle (option)
A highly affordable GSM access can be obtained using Huawei E155X or compatible USB modems and chan_dongle, providing both inbound and outbound calls on GSM/3G networks.
Chan_dongle is able to work with many different USB modems from Huawei, such as K3715, E169 / K3520, E155X, E175X, K3765 and others.
You can use the integrated dongle channel to get calls from a plug.
root@raspbx:~# install-dongle Installing GSM VoIP gateway with chan_dongle. Please read the documentation at http://raspbx.org/dongle Please enter the phone number of your SIM card (defaults to +1234567890 if left blank): Send incoming SMS to email address (leave empty to disable SMS forwarding): Forward incoming SMS to mobile phone number (via dongle0) (leave empty to disable): Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libjim0.75 usb-modeswitch-data ... Would you like to install a webpage for sending SMS with chan_dongle? (http://raspbx/sms/) [y/N] n Please wait... !!!!amportal is depreciated. Please use fwconsole!!!! forwarding all commands to 'fwconsole' Running FreePBX shutdown... Shutting down Asterisk Gracefully. Will forcefully kill after 30 seconds. Press C to Cancel Press N to shut down NOW [============================] 1 sec Running FreePBX startup... Starting Asterisk... [============================] 57 secs Asterisk Started Your configuration has been saved successfully to these files: /etc/asterisk/dongle.conf root@raspbx:~#
You will need to configure and inband route to link the incomming calls to the Voximal application and account.
Test your installation
You have two simple ways to test and validate your installation :
- With a soft phone : Soft Phone connection
- With the test numbers : Call the test service