[hackerspaces] Possible interhackerspace telephony network using XiVO IPBX OpenHardware (beta-testers wanted)

[Blackhold]

hi, maybe this project could be interesting to join with an other
project that we are depeloping.

it calls phone liberation project PLN (http://phoneliberation.net)

is a distributed network of telephony servers.

- Blackhold
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2013/2/28 massoud <masssoud at free.fr>:
> Dear hackers,
>
> We've been developing an open hardware, x86 Asterisk-based IPBX called "XiVO
> IPBX Open Hardware" (sources: <http://git.xivo.fr/?s=xioh>). We would like to
> develop a community around this hardware project and are interested in using
> them for hackerspaces and education.
>
> As we presented during a lightning talk at 29c3 [1], we are now entering a
> beta-test period [2] before Avencall starts with series production. Because this
> is an Open Hardware project it is obviously possible for a community to organize
> its own production batches.
>
> Specifications
> --------------
>
> XIOH is an x86 (Intel EP80579 SoC integrating CPU, TDM, USB, RAM, SATA, UART
> controller) based IPBX that is suitable to run Asterisk and XiVO [3] or anything
> else you might want on a Linux-based operating system. In terms of interfaces,
> we have:
> -3 GbE interfaces
> -4 BRI interfaces (ISDN Basic Rate Interfaces)
> -1 FXO (to be plugged to analog PSTN)
> -1 FXS (to plug analog phones or systems)
> -2 USB, 2 RS232 UART
> -2 SATA interfaces
>
> The hardware can support up to 50 SIP users and could have 10-20 simultaneous
> calls internally or externally.
>
> The CPU is a Pentium M running at 600MHz with 256KB of L2.
> Note that the SoC also include a crypto-engine but we got rid of the Intel
> provided driver for USA export control reasons.
>
> Open Hardware and possible hackerspaces hardware production of boards
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The PCB had been design and routed with CadSoft EAGLE v6 and we have published
> our design files (.sch, .brd and BoM) and software repositories [4].
>
> The software consist of :
> - An embedded microcontroller (MSP430) firmware handling the board's power
>   sequence
> - A CPU firmware/bootloader based on Coreboot
> - Linux + DAHDI (with some of our drivers)
> - Debian + Asterisk + XiVO
>
> Again, everything here is free software :) There is still one firmware blob
> running on a co-processor in the SoC though - that's one thing we couldn't get
> rid of.
>
> Idea of inter-hackerspace telephony network
> -------------------------------------------
>
> As we discussed it at the /tmp/lab and other hackerspaces, building a
> interhackerspace telephony network could be great and having IAX trunks between
> the different IPBX even more, ideally using open source solutions.
> As we enter the beta-tests period, we could have some appliances shipped to some
> hackerspaces to start building this interphony network using Asterisk (our
> hardware could also host others softswitch solution)
>
> As it is open hardware, if the need arises, we could imagine launching a
> hardware production (ideally in Europe where we are based) for hackerspaces at
> cost price.
>
> So anyone interested, please tell us about it! Disclaimer: we don't know exactly
> how many appliances we will be able to send out as part of the beta-testing
> program, and how fast we will be able to do that. We will try to keep you
> updated :)
>
> Cheers,
> Xavier Carcelle, Guillaume Knispel, Noe Rubinstein.
>
> [1]: http://youtu.be/3V4G5ANbjmk?t=1h10m15s
> [2]:
> http://blog.xivo.fr/index.php?post/2013/01/10/Starting-beta-test-period-for-XIOH-power-users-and-developers
> [3]: https://wiki.xivo.fr/index.php/Accueil
> [4]: http://git.xivo.fr/?s=xioh
>
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