[Asterisk-Users] Norstar MICS

[Todd Lieberman]

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David Gomillion wrote:

>I am currently working on an Asterisk test system, and will be
>presenting a demo to the Board of Directors tomorrow night.  I want to
>make sure I have all of my ducks in a row.
>
>The Asterisk system will be used to replace a Norstar MICS.  The
>location has two PRI's coming in, with a few hundred DIDs.  I know how
>to make * use the DIDs incoming, and I know how Nortel uses the DIDs.
>Now for the question: I wish to put * between the telco and the Nortel
>PBX.  How do I set up dialing out a PRI from * to the Nortel and sending
>the 4 digits so that the legacy phone system knows which extension to
>route the call to?
>
>Am I thinking about this wrong?  It seems to me that I need to buy a
>4-port T1 card, take in the 2 PRIs on two of the ports, do the * magic,
>and output 2 PRIs on the other 2 ports, thereby connecting the Nortel
>and * and the P$TN.  Has anyone actually done this?
>
>Can it work?  I really don't want to lie... If I need to present the
>plan as replacing the entire system all at once, that's fine, but
>they're a lot more likely to sign off if we can do it as a phase-out
>instead of a forklift upgrade.
>
>Thanks,
>David Gomillion
>
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