[Asterisk-Users] SIP ATA's as "house" phones

[Brian McSpadden]

On 7/27/05, Colin Stefani <colin.stefani at tideworks.com> wrote:
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> I've done a bit of searching and haven't found any good reference for this,
> so I figured I would ask the group next. Being new to Asterisk, we've been
> sucessful in figuring out most configuration items, however we're stuck on
> one thing... 
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> Using recent Asterisk stable, we have a situation where I have an analog
> door phone which, when the button is pushed, simply off hooks the line (no
> auto-dial) and acts like you just connected tip and ring. In our previous
> install we used an Inter-Tel Access which we simply created a "house" phone
> setup on that analog card extension which rang to an ACD group that hunted
> various people who were logged in. 
> 
> Is there an equivilent way to do this with Asterisk and a SIP ATA? We're
> trying to use a Sipura 1001 ATA with our Viking door phone (model info here:
> http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=104).
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> Any suggestions? 

Yes...you craft a dialplan string as a "hotline" as sipura describes here:
http://www.sipura.com/Documents/faq0.htm

Something like this should work:

 ( S0 <:1002@<ip of asterisk box>:5060> )

where 1002 is the extension at the asterisk box you would like to call.

Brian