I will need more than (its doable) Is anyone else doing it with Asterisk on a regular basis for hotels and it works? We have a digital switch we can replace it with on our own but would consider Asterisk, I'm looking for another company that has done it with a turnkey solution that we can purchase, install and maintain for the client.
Tim Booth President VisionCom 207-828-4600 VoIP 207-618-1419 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sergey Kuznetsov Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:41 AM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] looking for Asterisk Hotel Solution 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? >> > > > > 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 This is easy to implement with (Fast)AGI scripts. Just piece of cake with some icing on top. > 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. Same here. If someone needs it, my team can implement it. > > 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. If PMS' API is provided - it's doable. > > 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. I would recommend to do it with Adtran channel-banks - more robust. > > Tim, do these hotels have an existing telephone system? Can you > determine which PMS is being > used and if the interface specification is published? > All the Best! Sergey. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
