Getting Up and Running

  • Insert the SD Card you’ve flashed with PlugPBX OS
  • Plug the SheevaPlug into your network with a DHCP host (as the PlugPBX will try and get an IP Address)
  • Power it on and wait approximately 30+ seconds for it to boot and Get an IP Address
  • Try to connect to the following URL if your DHCP hosts become DNS entries, or your system can resolve WINS network names (typically windows hosts)
HTTP://PlugPBX
  • If you are using a MAC OS X system, or Modern linux system (or you’ve installed Apples Bonjour software onto Windows)  you can also try the following URL
HTTP://PlugPBX.local

PlugPBX will advertise itself via Windows WINS name advertisements, and ZeroConf network name broadcasts. It should also appear on networks where it hasn’t gotten an IP via ZeroConf (.local example above). Worse case you can use the serial console connection via USB to gain access but almost all modern networks will accommodate the two above methods easily.

From here on out, the PlugPBX is a standard Linux system, running a standard install of Asterisk and FreePBX – and you can follow those existing systems documentation to perform all other setup and configuration tasks! We’ll touch on a few basics here as time permits.

We’ve included some of the most helpful links on the site to help get you started into the exciting world of FreePBX and Asterisk!

Please Note:

  • The SheevaPlug does NOT have enough power to power 2.5″ USB hard disks, always use enclosures with their own power supply, or a powered USB hub with unpowered disks. It has enough to power USB Thumb Flash disk though…

  • DO NOT expose this system or any of its services directly to the Internet, it is not designed secure out of box. It is intended for use inside a protected network. CHANGE THE SYSTEMS ROOT password, from its default of ‘password’.