[Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question: Building an Asterisk system toreplace an old PBX but using existing phone

[Michael Boger Jr]

Sean,

What kind of hotel do you have? Some PMS vendors require the call accounting
and check-in interfaces to their system. I am not aware that asterisk
supports these serial interfaces.

Regards,

Mike

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Sean Rima
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question: Building an Asterisk
system toreplace an old PBX but using existing phone


Tom Rymes wrote:
> On Aug 11, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Sean Rima wrote:
>
>> Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday 11 August 2005 09:31, Sean Rima wrote:
>>>
>>>> They are standard phones but I also want them to have all the  features
>>>> that Asterisk does provide, so I may build a bos for my house and  show
>>>> them that as well
>>>>
>>>
>>> Standard phones can still do MWI (if they have a light), call
>>> transfers,
>>> three-way calling... all the good stuff that any Zap channel can
>>> provide.
>>>
>>> If they have displays and conform to ADSI they can even have soft
>>> buttons and
>>> so on.  I have that at my house.
>>
>> Nope nothing like that only basic telephones
>>
>> Sean
>
> This may be heresy for some, but  I would look into A at H for a
> reasonably sized hotel. It has wakeup calls & weather built-in, easy
> for the hotel to configure, etc, and despite the "home" in the name,  it
> is solid and robust. Contrary to popular belief, you can also  extend it
> as needed by using the extensions_custom.conf file.
>

I will have a look at that and see if it helps, byt the sounds itmay

Sean

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