[Asterisk-Users] Paging and intercom

[Henry Devito]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacob Cazzell" <jcazzell at gmail.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 4:21 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Paging and intercom


> On our existing phone system, if you dial an
>extention the other end will beep and then setup an intercom channel
>that's hands free for the called station.  I'm not sure how this would
>be duplicated in *, or is it more of a function of the phone we use?

Yes it is a function of which IP phone you use!


>We also have an overhead paging system, our current system is tied
>into a Valcom 3-zone paging system.  Would * support this paging
>system?  How do you get a connection to it, an analog port?

You are close,  I use an analog port(ATA) attached to a Viking page adapter. 
This answers the analog port and opens talk path so a page can be made.  I 
do use valcom self amplified speakers with this setup

Henry