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class=484081917-05082003>Chris:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=484081917-05082003>Try not to be so worried about sound card, analog
(FXO/FXS), digital (ISDN, BRI, PRI) and what is available by connecting device.
The channel drivers take care of making the devices available to Asterisk.
In turn Asterisk makes all the features such as voice mail, call parking, and
conference bridges available to the channels. It is a beautiful and
flexible design. many thanks to Mark! With a few exceptions most
features will be available to all connection methods.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=484081917-05082003>Yes you can upgrade the TDM400P. My thinking was to get
at least two ports on it when I purchased it originally so I could call
phone-to-phone internally without using our only external phone line. That way I
could learn to configure and use asterisk with out annoying my friends in family
trying to call in.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=484081917-05082003>Zapateller does not stop telemarketers it stops the
predictive dialers they use. Ever received a call and answered hello two or
three times before you get a person? That is a predictive dialer loaded with a
list of numbers dialing all of their phone lines as quickly as possible. It will
do it more efficiently than a group of agents with a phone number list in
hand. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=484081917-05082003>When you answer the dialer takes a moment to
diagnose the fluctuations in the voice. The dialer makes a
determination if someone even answered and if so if you are a person or an
answering machine. If you turn out to be what it thinks is a
real person it must find an available agent. That is what causes
the pregnant pause. It has to find someone since you turned out to be a real
person.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=484081917-05082003>Now what Zapateller can do is answer the phone and play
the SIT (special information tone). When the dialer hears this it thinks your
number is no longer in service and hopefully removes your number from that
companies list. The other thing it can do is just play the SIT tones to any
incoming call not providing caller id.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=484081917-05082003>Just take the plunge, buy the equipment, play around
and come back here when you get stuck,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=484081917-05082003>Matt</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR><FONT size=2>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris Hirsch
[mailto:chris@base2technology.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 05, 2003
12:13<BR><B>To:</B> asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Asterisk-Users] Newbie just starting out with *<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV>So its sounds like I do have a clue then...can analog devices have their
own extension and do call parking, and paging and all that? I assume the
caller id gets passed from the POTS CO to the internal phones?<BR><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=484081917-05082003> </SPAN><BR><BR>So from my
understanding I can get a TDM400P with one port now and upgrade to additional
ports? Thats what comes with the dev kit right?<BR><BR>Tell me more about
Zapateller..is that the script that I've seen a description of that gives the
fake line-disconnected tone?<BR><BR>McAughan, Matt wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Chris:</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>I started using Asterisk for very much the same reason. To
blast those telemarketers and to improve my knowledge of PBX and telco. You
have got a good start for a newbie.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Yes the Wildcard X100P will terminate the POTS CO in to your
Asterisk Linux Box. Then you have to figure out how to get everything
"internal" connected up to it. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I have a TDM400P. It can be purchased with up to 4 ports. I
purchased three to save money. That gives me three "internal" extensions to
plug analog phones in to. I just use three cordless phones with the base
stations plugged in near the Asterisk computer. We leave one phone in the
kitchen, one in the garage, and one in the bedroom. They can call each other
when we are too lazy to go get one another or too far to scream at each
other. They can all also share the one "external" line. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Asterisk has been wonderful using Zapateller to blast those
damn predictive dialers. The Asterisk voice mail has been wonderful too as
it sends the recorded message to me and my wife at work as an attachment to
an email.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Best of luck,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Matt</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
Chris Hirsch [<A
href="mailto:chris@base2technology.com">mailto:chris@base2technology.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:30</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>To: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com">Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie just starting out with
*</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Hey all...I'm brand new to * and I want to convert my home
into a pbx </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>type setup. I've figured out that I want
a Wildcard X100P to bring my </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>single POTS CO into my
Linux box. My problem is that I'm sure sure what </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>I
need to do to get my analog phones connected up into a structured
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>phone system. It *looks* like I can go the route of
the Cisco Analog -> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>VOIP for about $100 on ebay.
That will get me two analog devices on the </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>system.
If I have four analog devices (2 normal phones, 1 fax and one 4
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>phone cordless system) is this the best setup? Do I
need the TDM10B with </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>the Asterisk TDM Dev Kit or
does that just let me do one analog phone </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>into the
system? When converting from analog to VOIP do I get all the
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>same features that I would if I got a TDM400P (4
ports of analog devices)?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>As I said I'm new and I would LOVE any pointers, HOWTOs or
any good </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>advice from people who have already done
something similar. This project </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>started out because
I'm tired of the telemarketers calling and it looks </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>like this will be the best and most flexable way to get my phone
system </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>wired up. I'm interested in any opinions on
any real VOIP phones for a </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>house (assuming VOIP) is
the way to go.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>I envision that I could have a phone in every room, be able
to do an </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>intercom, MOH so I can hear music in each
room etc....ideas?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Thanks for the help and your patience,</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Chris</FONT> </P>
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