[Asterisk-Users] Connecting to Exicom GSX 418/816

[Nick Cobley]

Excellent news :) 

We will be hooking up our system to a number of PABX's over the next
few months, of which I expect a lot of them to be pre stone age. Is
hooking it up this way preferable to using an FXO module? I can see
there is a cost advantage as a lot of these systems are maxed out or
not able to provide the 2 wire extensions, but in a lot of cases they
seem to have CO lines spare.

But just wondering if there is actually any technical advantage to
hooking it up this way?


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:58:41 -0600, Eric Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
> Nick Cobley wrote:
> 
> 
> > I have a need to connect up asterisk to an Exicom GSX 418/816, this
> > will be a very simple setup, just one extension on the Asterisk box so
> > only one line to the PABX required.
> >
> > Problem lies in the Exicom being a Key system and and we cannot source
> > any Single Line Modules for this system to allow me to interface this
> > with and FXO module. So I was thinking, would it be technically
> > possible to use one of the CO and hook that upto an FXS module on
> > Asterisk?
> >
> > I'm kinda desperate to make this work!
> 
> This is the best way to do it.  Use a Digium FXS module and plug it into
> the CO port on your PBX.
>