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On 24/10/09 00:59, Lyle Giese wrote:
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PATRICK KANGETHE wrote:
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<div>I want to interface asterisk with a legacy pbx that has around
23 extensions through my 8 fxs card, how do i work around this?<br>
Hint: I have already terminated 8 extensions from the legacy PBX, i was
thinking whether i can peer the extensions from the PBX i.e like 5
extensions be peered to one extension connecting to the fxs? How can i
do this?<br>
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Thanks in advance,<br>
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Are you planning to get rid of the legacy PBX completely? Or is
Asterisk going to be a second PBX?<br>
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I am going to assume you are replacing the legacy PBX. You can setup
analog extensions so that you have multiple phones on each FXS
channel. But they will be like a party line. If you put 6 phones on
one FXS, all 6 ring at the same time, only one person can use that
extension at a time.<br>
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However you can add SIP phones to Asterisk and each can have their own
extension instead. It just requires cat 5 cable back to a switch for
each phone.<br>
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Lyle Giese<br>
LCR Computer Services, Inc.<br>
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Just to add my 5 cents - connecting too many phones to an FXS port can
cause problems. The term is REN - ring equivalent number, and it's used
to describe the maximum phones to attach to an FSX port (from memory)<br>
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PaulH<br>
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