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<p><font size="+1">All you need then is a loop start trunk port. Any
SIP ATA designed to connect to an ANALOG PSTN line.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">The doc you sent doesn't show any rj11, so
someone probably installed one to the first pair out of the 25
pair cable, blue/white</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">If you were to plug any old phone into that you
should at least hear a live connection and dial tone from the
box</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">You will need to send dtmf tones to the box for
specific zones, or all call. That may be one reason you think
but don't get an "auto answer" IF you are using an FXO ATA then
it is sitting there waiting for some DTMF digits 1-9 for the
zones, and zero for all call</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">This is also a "talk back" system. Does the
customer expect to use the talk back feature?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">You will need to put that into your dialplan<br>
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<p><font size="+1">All easy to do in Asterisk</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Similar but quite different than what I have. I
announce incoming call numbers through the system, as well as
quarterly time announcements through call files and a cron job.
I use an FXO port off a channel bank, but an ATA with an FXO
port should do the trick</font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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Does it expect to see a POTS line with battery on it?<br>
Then a Cisco or other ATA that would work to supply service
to a POTS phone should work<br>
OR:<br>
Does it expect to see a POTS connection from a PBX trunk,
and supply battery TO the trunk?<br>
Then you would need a Cisco or other ATA with an FXO
connection.<br>
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Both types of paging systems have been made and both styles
of connections have existed through the last 30 + years, and
since you haven't revealed the brand and model of paging
system it makes troubleshooting difficult.<br>
Using the existing system can be made to work<br>
I use a very old Harris PagePak VS that was used with a
Western Electric Horizon system back in the dark ages with
Asterisk
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