[Asterisk-Users] FRS & *: an actual business use

[Glenn Powers]

I've noticed a growing number of stores using FRS radios. It would make 
sense to interface (via soundcard/console driver, with the nessacary 
electrical conversion) a VOX FRS radio to asterisk to allow someone in 
the office to page/talk with people on the floor or warehouse. You could 
throw that call (ie, all the radios) into a meetme conference. Then, you 
could have people in the office either dial that extension and/or have 
some of them always in that conference on a speaker phone (muted usually).

While I haven't tried this (yet!), it does seem like it would be a 
useful feature. The restriction against PSTN interconnection would be 
met UNLESS your dialplan allowed outside (PSTN) callers into that 
conference. You /could/ allow remote softphone users into the conference.

cheers,
glenn