Pbx

Note: This post was originally published on iamianwright.com it’s been moved here for archival purposes. In a moment of clarity I realised I was massively overcomplicating how to go about directing calls. I had wanted the PBX to know if I was out of the house and route calls to the extension on my iPhone instead of my Mac. When I thought about it this evening I realised that’s completely unnecessary as FreePBX lets you set a rule for what to do if an extension is unreachable. So I have now set it up so that if the softphone on my Mac isn’t signed in then the call forwards to the extension for my iPhone. ...

Note: This post was originally published on iamianwright.com it’s been moved here for archival purposes. I’ve been looking at a cheap and flexible solution to having a separate phone number for business calls. I recently came across a post detailing how to use the Raspberry Pi as a PBX. It seems like it will more than cover my needs and as it comes in at under £50 for everything I figured it was worth a go. ...