> I am supportive of the asterisk, but I have some concern, though the > concern also applies to traditional pbx as well. Hope someone can shine some > light into it. Thanks. > During a power failure situation, analog pstn lines that connect directly > to the analog phones will most likely still be able to make and receive > calls. > However, for the Asterisk implementation, unless you have a huge ups, you > will not be able to make and receive any call during power failure, since > there will be no power to the Asterisk server. And since all the incoming > lines, be it analog lines or T1/E1 are connected to the Asterisk, these lines > wont be able to function at all.
See google for powerfail transfer switch. Companies like Valcom make them. This is how you handle it on a hardware PBX. It sits in front of the pbx, and on powerfail switches over to an alternate output where you'd hang POTS phones. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
