[Asterisk-Users] FRS & *: an actual business use

Glenn Powers glenn at net127.com
Sat Feb 26 17:34:42 MST 2005


Rich Adamson wrote:

>>I've noticed a growing number of stores using FRS radios. It would make 
>>sense to interface (via soundcard/console driver, with the nessacary 
>>electrical conversion) a VOX FRS radio to asterisk to allow someone in 
>>the office to page/talk with people on the floor or warehouse. You could 
>>throw that call (ie, all the radios) into a meetme conference. Then, you 
>>could have people in the office either dial that extension and/or have 
>>some of them always in that conference on a speaker phone (muted usually).
>>    
>>
>
>Unless I'm not understanding your comments, the meetme conference isn't
>needed (assuming all radios are on the same channel). The radios 
>become the meetme for all practical purposes. (When the base radio
>transmits, all remote radios listen.)
>  
>

I had intended for the meetme conf to allow more than one /phone/ user 
to communicate with
the radio users at the same time.

cheers,
glenn




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