On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Darrick Hartman (lists) <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/09/2011 02:57 AM, Dan Journo wrote: >> >> > could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener >> >> > "hardphone" system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to >> >> > asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. >> >> I would recommend using a normal doorphone, and connecting it to a SIP >> gateway like the PAP2T. >> >> Otherwise, you need a network connection directly into the doorphone >> unit, and some people don't like that because it can give a >> hacker/burglar, direct access to your internal network. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Dan Journo > > That's not always true. Some door phones have a remote unit that connects > to the network and a local device at the door, giving some better security. > > I've used the Valcom VIP-172 phones. They are simple and work well. Very > good support if you need to call them. > > http://www.valcom.com/Home_links/sipdoorintercom.htm > > Darrick > -- > Darrick Hartman > DJH Solutions, LLC > http://www.djhsolutions.com
To repeat and support Darrick's point. Using a doorphone that is analog and or coax for the last 3+ meters will save some headaches down the road. I have used Valcom, Viking and others. With a Xorcom appliance you can also have the contact closure I/O to open doors or ring phones. ~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham [email protected] ~~~ -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
