<div dir="auto">No. The SNOM PA1 are headless SIP clients which you configure in auto answer and connect to an amplifier to drive PA speakers. The phones are where you make the announcements from.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 5:07 PM Antony Stone, <<a href="mailto:Antony.Stone@asterisk.open.source.it">Antony.Stone@asterisk.open.source.it</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thursday 21 March 2019 at 21:59:51, Darryl Moore wrote:<br>
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> For a paging system? No you don't. A number of SNOM PA1's and a few<br>
> grandstream phones and you're golden.<br>
<br>
Are you suggesting using standard telephones (presumably in auto-answer <br>
speakerphone mode) as paging devices?<br>
<br>
Depending on the environment, it can work very well (quiet office) or not at all <br>
(noisy workshop, large factory floor).<br>
<br>
> If you do need FXO or FXS, they are just as easy to setup as well, and there<br>
> are lots to choose from.<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 4:45 PM Ryan, Travis, <<a href="mailto:RyanT@oscarwinski.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">RyanT@oscarwinski.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > You need more than an ATA. You need something with an FSO and FXO. I’ve<br>
> > used Linksys/SPA3102-3.3.6 and been happy with it.<br>
> > <br>
> > *From:* asterisk-users <<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>> *On<br>
> > Behalf Of *Sebastian Nielsen<br>
> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2019 3:01 PM<br>
> > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' <<br>
> > <a href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</a>><br>
> > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Paging systems?<br>
> > <br>
> > How did the page system answer the call when it was used with the analog<br>
> > system?<br>
> > <br>
> > You could propably ”fake” those signals from inside asterisk, and cause<br>
> > it to answer.<br>
> > <br>
> > *Från:* asterisk-users <<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>> *För<br>
> > *Michael Munger<br>
> > *Skickat:* den 21 mars 2019 20:00<br>
> > *Till:* <a href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</a><br>
> > *Ämne:* [asterisk-users] Paging systems?<br>
> > <br>
> > Does anyone have an (overhead) paging system that they like that works<br>
> > with SIP?<br>
> > <br>
> > We’ve got a client with an old paging system that (supposedly) just takes<br>
> > an rj11 POTS connection, but when we put an SPA Cisco adapter on it, it<br>
> > doesn’t auto-answer the call, so paging never happens.<br>
<br>
I'm still intrigued to know how this really was plugged in and how it <br>
operated.<br>
<br>
<br>
Antony.<br>
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