With pen in hand, Colin Anderson succussfully stormed bulwarks which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed, and said ... > Um, not trying to be a smartass, but a simple 2 way splitter like the one > you get in the dollar store would do the trick nicely. Then you could just > plug in a POTS phone and turn the ringer off. Don't think it would suck > too > much voltage so your FXO card shouldn't notice. > > hth
Great! I thought of that too, but not knowing the required voltage/current levels made me hesitate even suggesting it. I think I have a couple of those laying around in the bottom drawers in just about every room in the house. Thanks for a simple answer to what is probably percieved as a "simple" question. :-) John C. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New To Asterisk/POTS - Hardware Setup Question > > Regards to All, > > I recently setup an Asterisk system ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and it works like a > charm so > far. It is in a SOHO behind another Linux iptable NAT firewall with no > problems. > > Hopefully this isn't too dumb a question, and its the right place to ask > it. > > The situation is that at this time I have only one incoming PSTN line > which I have not yet hooked up (I have a single port FXO wildcard arriving > soon for test purposes) which I would like to have available whether the > server is available or not. > > I'm thinking that a Sipura or Grandstream analog adapter with PSTN > passthrough is the solution, but I'm not sure, as I'm new to the whole > PBX/POTS system. Everything I've seen with passthrough is also a > router/gateway. Is that necesary and will it work or is there a better > solution? > > For example, we have regular power outages here at my location lasting > anywhere from 1 minute to two hours and if the system is down I would like > to still have access to local 911 as well as other local numbers. > > The obvious thing to do is just unplug one of the phones and plug it > directly into the POTS line, but I'm hoping there is a product available > that will work with both Asterisk and allow passthrough that will not only > transparent, but be less expensive than setting up a UPS system that will > hold the server up for an hour or so. A UPS to hold up the adapting device > and phone for an extended period would be far cheaper, I think. > > TIA for any replies. > > Regards, > > John C. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
