> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > James Sharp > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:00 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Looking for an Asterisk based > solution for HOTELs > > > The PMS could be integrated on other PBXs, as Nortel, OmniPBX, etc, > > using a program that known as "Char Hotel". That program > interconects > > commons PBX with commomn PMS (software for htoels) giving options > > tipical on hotels (wake up alarm, control codes that can be dialed > > from the room by the personal to update room status, etc). > They use a > > specific protocol to interconect PMS and PBX, that seems to be > > propietary, but very, very common. > > Wouldn't this just be SMDR formatted records? > > _______________________________________________
There is more to Hotel PMS integration that just SMDR. The PMS system basically controls the property, It turns on and off the phone for local and/or LD calls. Allows a Folio to be opened whereas a guest have their charges tracked and tabulated on that folio. The PMS systems use a system whereby they ack the transaction, so there is communicatio between the two systems, they also use the ack in case one system goes down the other system buffers its output until the other is ready to communicate. Most PMS systems use RS-232, I have seen a few that use TCP/ip but not many. Alex _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
