[asterisk-users] implementing an intercom with asterisk

[Steve Totaro]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Drew Gibson <drew at oanda.com> wrote:
> Jonathan Disher wrote:
>> I am looking to replace the phone system at my father's shop with an
>> Asterisk box and some Cisco phones, but one piece of the
>> implementation is tripping me up.  He has two buildings (the office,
>> and the shop proper), separated by about 3-400 yards.  Currently with
>> the ancient Meridian system installed, there is a paging intercom (to
>> page employees, etc) on a dedicated extension - play a loud tone, then
>> set up a 2 way channel.  Anyone got any ideas, hardware wise, on how I
>> might implement this with an Asterisk system?
>>
>> Thanks, and if this isn't appropriate for this list, if anyone has a
>> better destination for the question, I"d be quite appreciative.
>>
>>
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> how is the existing intercom implemented? Is it on the phones or
> separate speakers?
>
> If it is a paging system wired into the Nortel, you may be able to reuse
> it via an ATA,
>
> If it's done through the phones, try
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Paging+and+Intercom
> for ideas
>
> That is, once you've bridged the ethernet across the 3-400 yards. You
> can use fibre, wireless or Thicknet. Fibre is the most robust, wireless
> is the cheapest and Thicknet, well, good luck getting the parts! :-)
>
> regards,
>
> Drew
>
> --
> Drew Gibson
>
> Systems Administrator
> OANDA Corporation
> www.oanda.com
>

http://www.zaptech.net/index.php?copperlinkmodel2172

These work very well.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro