[asterisk-users] Paging systems?

[Antony Stone]

On Thursday 21 March 2019 at 21:59:51, Darryl Moore wrote:

> For a paging system? No you don't. A number of SNOM PA1's and a few
> grandstream phones and you're golden.

Are you suggesting using standard telephones (presumably in auto-answer 
speakerphone mode) as paging devices?

Depending on the environment, it can work very well (quiet office) or not at all 
(noisy workshop, large factory floor).

> If you do need FXO or FXS, they are just as easy to setup as well, and there
> are lots to choose from.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 4:45 PM Ryan, Travis, <RyanT at oscarwinski.com> wrote:
> > You need more than an ATA. You need something with an FSO and FXO. I’ve
> > used Linksys/SPA3102-3.3.6 and been happy with it.
> > 
> > *From:* asterisk-users <asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com> *On
> > Behalf Of *Sebastian Nielsen
> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2019 3:01 PM
> > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' <
> > asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Paging systems?
> > 
> > How did the page system answer the call when it was used with the analog
> > system?
> > 
> > You could propably ”fake” those signals from inside asterisk, and cause
> > it to answer.
> > 
> > *Från:* asterisk-users <asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com> *För
> > *Michael Munger
> > *Skickat:* den 21 mars 2019 20:00
> > *Till:* asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > *Ämne:* [asterisk-users] Paging systems?
> > 
> > Does anyone have an (overhead) paging system that they like that works
> > with SIP?
> > 
> > We’ve got a client with an old paging system that (supposedly) just takes
> > an rj11 POTS connection, but when we put an SPA Cisco adapter on it, it
> > doesn’t auto-answer the call, so paging never happens.

I'm still intrigued to know how this really was plugged in and how it 
operated.


Antony.

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