[asterisk-users] * as VM for legacy PBX?

[Daniel Hazelbaker]

As others have said, this is certainly possible.  Our old NEC phone  
system had us in the same boat. It "triggered" voicemail by ringing  
the VM extension(s) and sending a DTMF burst of the extension to  
record VM for within 1.5 seconds.  In our case, when any call came it  
in went to the voicemail system to play the main menu and allow the  
person to dial an extension.  With that we were able to move a small  
set of "power users" to SIP phones for testing before we decided on a  
final phone and moved the whole campus.

Daniel

On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:

> Hi, all.  I've got an old Telrad PBX with an Emagen(?) voicemail  
> box.  The
> VM box, itself, is beginning to show its age.  Big-time.  We're  
> thinking it
> might be time to look for a replacement.  I'd love to install Asterisk
> with an FXO card or something, but I don't think it supports whatever
> protocol legacy PBX's used to speak to VM systems.  If someone can  
> tell me
> I'm wrong, a six pack of their favorite $BEVERAGE will magically  
> appear at
> their door.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> -Ken
>
>
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