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

[Michael Wareman]

I wonder if APP_RPT would be any help....

see http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+Rpt and
http://zapatatelephony.org/app_rpt.html

Michael.


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:06:27 -0500, Mark Phillips <kc2eni at nyc-ares.org> wrote:
> I see that to be fraught with problems.
> 
> Speaking as a radio ham, I find that non radio savvy folks have little
> appreciation of the unique "problems" surrounding radio users.
> 
> Sure you'll be able to connect up your phone patch device to a
> conference (radio<>phone patch<>SIP ATA) but your radio users will never
> get a word in. For all the time that your conference users are talking
> the "base station" radio will be transmitting and thus shut out the
> radio users.
> 
> One solution for this could be to use a full duplex radio system. You'd
> use 2 radio's and radio channels (much like a repeater). This way if
> your radio users need to comment on something they can key up on the
> other channel. Problem here is that FRS radio's don't have this ability
> and radio's that do are not cheap!
> 
> Mark
> 
> Glenn Powers wrote:
> > Rich Adamson wrote:
> >
> >>> 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).
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Unless I'm not understanding your comments, the meetme conference isn't
> >> needed (assuming all radios are on the same channel). The radios
> >> become the meetme for all practical purposes. (When the base radio
> >> transmits, all remote radios listen.)
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I had intended for the meetme conf to allow more than one /phone/ user
> > to communicate with
> > the radio users at the same time.
> >
> > cheers,
> > glenn
> >
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