[on-asterisk] Re: [biz] Asterisk PA/Paging
Keith: We have several deployments that make use of loud paging from Asterisk. We always use the Viking products driven by the FXO port of a Linksys 3102. It works great. In addition, the same device can be used to provide loud ringing over the PA speakers by using the FXS port from the same Linksys 3102. They also have a music input so a radio or other music device can play music into the warehouse that gets automatically muted when the paging or loud ringing cuts in. Viking makes at least 2 products that will work in this environment. CPA-7B http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=29 PA-30 http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=330 The CPA-7B also comes with a small horn style speaker. We have found that for most of our installs the CPA-7B just didn't have enough power and we ended up using the PA-30. If you end up using these I have some dialplan configs that I can send you (its pretty straight forward though) Regards, Bill - Original Message - From: Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:37 PM Subject: [biz] Asterisk PA/Paging Hi All, We have a prospect in a warehouse that would require paging to be done on a PA type of system through the phone, i.e. someone answers an inbound call, puts the person on hold, enters a feature code and says, Keith line 1 please, Keith line 1. Similar to what you would find at the grocery store. We would like to deploy an Asterisk solution for them but, this is one requirement that is needed. If anyone would like to share their thoughts on this it would be appreciated. Thanks, Keith Major Business Development Manager Aquarius Telecom Inc. HYPERLINK http://www.aquariustel.com/www.aquariustel.com 416.800.0833 ext. 2005 ___ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.6 - Release Date: 17/01/2008 12:00 AM - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [on-asterisk] Changing Polycom Line Display Remotely
On Jan 18, 2008 10:51 PM, Elliott Jeyaseelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leif, Polycom 2.2+ version supports push xml configuration. The built in xhtml browser could be useful, somehow there is no mention of changing the line label. But, there is an idle browser which could be programmed to display what you wish etc Developers guide can be found here: http://www.polycom.com/common/documents/support/setup_maintenance/products/v oice/soundpoint_ip_soundstation_ip_developers_guide.pdf If you do find a solution, would love to hear about it. Thanks Elliot! This just might work... from the guide: The idle display Microbrowser is independent of the main Microbrowser, but is capable of rendering the same content. Its home page is configured via the mb.idleDisplay.home configuration parameter. The idle display Microbrowser does not accept any user input and will only appear when the user has no phone calls in progress and the phone is in the idle user interface state. The idle display Microbrowser can update its content based on a configurable refresh timer or by honoring the value of the Refresh header. I'm gonna give that a shot on my IP501 here and see if I can't make something work. If I come up with a solution, I'll be sure to let everyone know how I went about it. This is for a paid client, so I'll see if I can't release some of the specifics when I'm done (if indeed this approach works). Thanks again! -- Leif Madsen. http://www.leifmadsen.com http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [on-asterisk] Changing Polycom Line Display Remotely
Leif, You may find further info on the microbrowser and some useful scripts: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Polycom+Microbrowser I am sure you have seen the following link, but if you have not, there are info on the new firmware etc http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Polycom+Phones Just a note, if you are currently running firmware 1.6 series on your ip 50x series polycom phones, the 2.x series xml configuration are different and of course a lot easier to work with in comparison to the 1.6 series... Good luck! Elliott -Original Message- From: Leif Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:25 PM To: Elliott Jeyaseelan Cc: asterisk@uc.org Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Changing Polycom Line Display Remotely On Jan 18, 2008 10:51 PM, Elliott Jeyaseelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leif, Polycom 2.2+ version supports push xml configuration. The built in xhtml browser could be useful, somehow there is no mention of changing the line label. But, there is an idle browser which could be programmed to display what you wish etc Developers guide can be found here: http://www.polycom.com/common/documents/support/setup_maintenance/prod ucts/v oice/soundpoint_ip_soundstation_ip_developers_guide.pdf If you do find a solution, would love to hear about it. Thanks Elliot! This just might work... from the guide: The idle display Microbrowser is independent of the main Microbrowser, but is capable of rendering the same content. Its home page is configured via the mb.idleDisplay.home configuration parameter. The idle display Microbrowser does not accept any user input and will only appear when the user has no phone calls in progress and the phone is in the idle user interface state. The idle display Microbrowser can update its content based on a configurable refresh timer or by honoring the value of the Refresh header. I'm gonna give that a shot on my IP501 here and see if I can't make something work. If I come up with a solution, I'll be sure to let everyone know how I went about it. This is for a paid client, so I'll see if I can't release some of the specifics when I'm done (if indeed this approach works). Thanks again! -- Leif Madsen. http://www.leifmadsen.com http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[on-asterisk] [Fwd: Re: [biz] Asterisk PA/Paging]
Original Message Subject: Re: [biz] Asterisk PA/Paging From:Dave Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Sat, January 19, 2008 14:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hi Henry, Well said. I'm glad we agree. Only one thing, you replied directly to me instead of the list. :-) So I guess you're preaching to the converted. It's at _least_ two cents worth, so post it to the list for everyone. All the best, Dave On Jan 19, 2008 7:47 AM, Henry L.Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to put in my two cents worth Dave is right, paging is a whole thing on it's own. Many years ago I was contracted to install phone systems for Shoppers Drug Mart in Southern Ontario. I had to construct a relay that would activate when a (paging)line was selected. This relay would then switch the input of the Paging Amp from the piped elevator music to the page. Paging systems use 600 ohm @ 70 volts transformers with each speaker. This design makes it possible to run speakers in parallel over long distances without loading problems. The Input of Paging Amps is also different, they have a Mic input and an AUX input but do not have an input suitable for connection to the (8 ohm) speaker a SIP hands-free phone. The result will overload the input of the Amp and cause gross distortion. In the end you are much better off supplying an ATA extension and getting a reputable company to set up the paging system. Was that more that two cents worth ? Sorry Henry Dave Donovan If they don't already have a PA system as Alex suggests, then there are companies that do paging. One of the companies I dealt with once was Valcom and I was quite happy. Most paging systems provide you a very convenient interface. If I recall, you just plug their system into an FXO port. You just go offhook, wait a second or so for that chime, and send the audio. Simplest way, just put in an FXO board and give it extension 5123. Whenever someone dials 5123, they'll hear the chime and they can just say Keith, line 1, it's your wife and she sounds upset! The one time I dealt with paging was in a warehouse. The speakers have to be installed 30 feet up so I was happy to let Valcom do the paging and just give me the interface I needed. They do this stuff all day so I'm sure they can make it work for you. I hope that helps, Dave On Jan 18, 2008 3:37 PM, Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, We have a prospect in a warehouse that would require paging to be done on a PA type of system through the phone, i.e. someone answers an inbound call, puts the person on hold, enters a feature code and says, Keith line 1 please, Keith line 1. Similar to what you would find at the grocery store. We would like to deploy an Asterisk solution for them but, this is one requirement that is needed. If anyone would like to share their thoughts on this it would be appreciated. Thanks, Keith Major Business Development Manager Aquarius Telecom Inc. HYPERLINK http://www.aquariustel.com/www.aquariustel.com 416.800.0833 ext. 2005 ___ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.6 - Release Date: 17/01/2008 12:00 AM - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Henry L. Coleman VOIP-PBX.CA Tel: 647-723-5160 / 1-866-415-5355 http://voip-pbx.ca Henry L. Coleman VOIP-PBX.CA Tel: 647-723-5160 / 1-866-415-5355 http://voip-pbx.ca - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
