[asterisk-users] Polycom DND + Intercom/Paging Override?

[Nathan Anderson]

On Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:31 AM, John Kiniston wrote:

> There is one product that I know of that is Compatible with Polycom
> paging. The Algo 8180 Audio Alerter. [snip]
> 
> You can call it via SIP from asterisk and it can multicast in the special
> Polycom format to your phones. 

Wow, I had no idea!  I have looked at SIP-based PAs in the past, including this one, but this completely escaped my attention.  I just browsed through the manual, and sure enough, this is an advertised feature.

Kinda weird that you have to buy an all-in-one loudspeaker to acquire a device that can act as a SIP-to-Polycom-multicast bridge...it would be nice if they sold a cheaper version that omitted the speaker.  (Or, even better yet, if Asterisk just supported this natively so that you didn't have to buy some hardware box.)  But still, it's nice to know that this exists and is an option.

Thanks for the heads-up!

-- 
Nathan Anderson
First Step Internet, LLC
nathana at fsr.com