On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Drew Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Disher wrote: >> I am looking to replace the phone system at my father's shop with an >> Asterisk box and some Cisco phones, but one piece of the >> implementation is tripping me up. He has two buildings (the office, >> and the shop proper), separated by about 3-400 yards. Currently with >> the ancient Meridian system installed, there is a paging intercom (to >> page employees, etc) on a dedicated extension - play a loud tone, then >> set up a 2 way channel. Anyone got any ideas, hardware wise, on how I >> might implement this with an Asterisk system? >> >> Thanks, and if this isn't appropriate for this list, if anyone has a >> better destination for the question, I"d be quite appreciative. >> >> > > Hi Jon, > > how is the existing intercom implemented? Is it on the phones or > separate speakers? > > If it is a paging system wired into the Nortel, you may be able to reuse > it via an ATA, > > If it's done through the phones, try > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Paging+and+Intercom > for ideas > > That is, once you've bridged the ethernet across the 3-400 yards. You > can use fibre, wireless or Thicknet. Fibre is the most robust, wireless > is the cheapest and Thicknet, well, good luck getting the parts! :-) > > regards, > > Drew > > -- > Drew Gibson > > Systems Administrator > OANDA Corporation > www.oanda.com >
http://www.zaptech.net/index.php?copperlinkmodel2172 These work very well. Thanks, Steve Totaro _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
