[Asterisk-Users] Re: Upgrade from Altigen

[Geoff Nordli]

> ----- Original Message ----- >
> 
> > Hi Everyone.
> >
> > I have a client that uses an Altigen system.  I am really new to PBX
> systems
> > so all this is totally foreign to me.
> >
> > They currently have 5 inbound trunk lines and about 20 
> analog phones.
> >
> > >From what I can gather they are using the Altigen Quantum 
> cards that
> support
> > 8 extensions and 4 trunks.
> >
> > >From what I can gather the solution is a TDM04B and TDM01B 
> to bring in
> the
> > lines from the CO.  A T100P to connect to a channel bank 
> for the analog
> > phones.
> 
> that should cover it.  You could also skip the 04 and just 
> build another
> group with the open 4 channels on the channel bank and set 
> them up as FXO
> ports.
> 
> would kill any station expansion though.  I have just heard 
> rumblings of
> problems if there are more than three cards in a box 
> (something with IRQ
> conflicts.)
> 
> think about gettting the T400 and doing everything through 
> channel banks.
> that single card would give you up to 96 ports of FX(x), much 
> more flexible
> etc.
> 
> good luck
> 
> Jason Kawakami
> 
> Open Telephony Labs
> 

Any suggestions on an inexpensive channel bank that can handle this
configuration?

Currently with Altigen if their PBX goes down then calls will automatically
route to some dedicated phones.  Is there a way to configure this with
Asterisk and the channel bank?

Altigen also has this feature called "boomerang" that allows a user to
listen to the voicemail, put the voicemail on hold (almost sounds like
parking), call the user that left the vm, and then return to the same point
within the message.  I got this information second hand so I am not sure how
accurate it is.  Can we do this with Asterisk?

Thanks,

Geoff