[Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?

[Steve Lane]

Unless you use a Valcom or Belkin solution. They make all different
types of amplifiers and zoning solutions for paging. Asterisk can work
with what ever you want hardware wise and the actual paging will sound
better than your typical phone system with paging.

Steve Lane

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of John
Schmerold
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:15 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?

*'s paging solution is a bad solution in light of today's phone systems.

  If you need it anywhere but in a barnyard, you should plan on 
selecting a different phone system.  It might work in a Sams, but 
certainly not in an office.

I like * & as soon as I find time to get it setup, I intend to use it in

our offices, but we don't use paging, I don't like paging.  There are 
offices that use paging all day long to announce calls "Joe pickup on 
line 2"

To answer your question, as I understand *'s paging implementation, you 
assign an extension to be the "page extension", calls placed to this 
extension are routed to Asterisk's sound card which can then be wired 
into an amplifier & speakers where you want them.  As stated in 
paragraph 1, this is fine for a barnyard or a Sam's (think barn with 
stuff for sale).  It doesn't work in an office without putting speakers 
in every nook & cranny of the office.

Gene Kochanowsky wrote:

> What is overhead paging and how is it done with asterisk?
> 
> Gene
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Spencer [mailto:markster at digium.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:09 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Is Asterisk ready for "real" use?
> 
> 
> 
>>It bugs me not having intercom/paging features.  It also bugs me not
>>being able to look at my phones to see who's on/off.
> 
> 
> You can do overhead paging and even stream mp3's using nbsd
> 
> Mark
> 
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