[Asterisk-Users] RE: Panasonic PBX

[Chris Sutton]

Hi C F,

Thanks..  I was figuring something with FXO..  The Panasonic box we have Is
a VB-42050 for System 824.  The phone vendor told us we didn't have any
ports open or something and would need to add something onto it (not sure
what as I got this 3rd hand), hence the reason I want to use Asterisk as the
Voicemail.

So...  the 2 ports I would use are the same types of ports that the phones
themselves connect to?  If I'm out of ports, can I remove 2 phones and use
those to ports for the * box?  

Do you know where the documentation is that?  Our vendor wouldn't help us
(especially since I'm not using their voicemail system).  Will the message
waiting lights work at all with Asterisk on the Panasonic phones?  

And the last 2 questions I have (at least for the moment) are:  1) how do
our employees transfer someone to the voicemail system (and can they go
directly into a particular voicemail box or will it have to be a general
one) and 2) do you have the commands I need to enter to tell the Panasonic
system about the * box?

Thank you again!!!

Chris

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Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 13:36:23 -0400
From: "C F" <shmaltz at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Panasonic PBX
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You should use 2 FXO ports on asterisk to accomplish it, make sure the
ports supports flash, otherwise you will have a hard time transferring
back to the PBX. BTW, panasonic has one of the best documentation for
foreign voicemail integration, just tell the panasonic PBX that you
are using DTMF voicemail, and on what ports (usually 7 & 8)
What Panasonic system is it?

On 5/30/06, Chris Sutton <csutton at ruoktech.com> wrote:
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> The place I currently work at has a Panasonic Key system with 9
extensions,
> and no voicemail.  It services 2 PSTN lines.
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> I am hoping to use Asterisk to host voicemail (I would like to use the IVR
> also, but I don't even know if or how it would work).
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> Do I need to use a PRI between the two, or is there a simple solution?  I
> would like people to be able to answer the phone and transfer the call to
> voicemail if the person is not there, or after so many rings, it goes
right
> to voicemail.  I'm not sure what is needed?  I have seen the integration
> How-To but that requires the PRI, and wasn't sure if that was the ONLY way
> to go.
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> Thanks!
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> Chris