Michael - Digium TDM2400XX prices are available, products are supposed to be shipping early next week. You can find pricing at www.VOIPSupply.com

I'd be interested in the results of your analysis.

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Michael Welter wrote:
Tim Booth wrote:
Does anyone know of a commercial Asterisk solution for the hospitality market? We have a client with 3 hotels that all have about 80 single line phones and 20 admin phones per hotel. Any references would be appreciated. I have been hearing about a 24 channel? Digium card for analog phones. Does anyone know if this card can light a message waiting LED on a single line phone?
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The problem is with the interface to the hotel's Property Management System. Asterisk must be able to deliver CDR records to the PMS system in real time. The PMS must be able to restrict 9+ dialing when a guest checks out and restore 9+ calling when a guest checks in.
Some hotels limit 9+ dialing for guests that have prepaid, teens, etc.

Also, there are certain extension numbers that staff uses. A maid will, for example, key a number to indicate a room is ready for sale. The maid's supervisor will key another number to indicate the room has passed/not passed inspection. Data collection from Asterisk
IVR is easy, but getting the information to the PMS is another matter.

Then there is the matter of the telephone set. The TDM24xx card is a nice alternative, but can four be put in one * box? When the TDM24xx pricing becomes available we'll have to do a cost comparison between the TDM cards, channel banks/T1 cards, and inexpensive SIP phones. Cat3 vs.
Cat5 wiring, etc.

Tim, do these hotels have an existing telephone system? Can you determine which PMS is being
used and if the interface specification is published?

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