I second Doug advice. Migrate to Asterisk asap. We have several Asterisk auto attendant "integrated" with Mitel, even billing using the Mitel's smdr. But voicemail is different. The COV card emulate a SS4 phone and receive information needed for a voice mail system. With FXO/FXS ports is not possible receive such information.
Jorge Mendoza John covici wrote: > Yep, you guessed it, an activvoice system. Anyway to make Asterisk > act like that for a while? > > Thanks. > > on Friday 04/11/2008 Doug([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > > At 17:32 4/11/2008, John covici wrote: > > >Hi. One of my clients has an old Mitel SX 200 with a separate > > >computer doing the voicemail and auto attendant and integrated via a > > >COV card which is in his case an ISA card! > > > > Is it an ActiveVoice system? > > > > >We would all like to > > >migrate to asterisk, but as a first step, can asterisk integrate into > > >the Mitel, so it can serve as auto attendant and the voicemail for the > > >extensions? > > > > We've got a client with the exact same setup. > > They have suffered long enough with this > > dinosaur. They are in the process of going > > with an all-Asterisk system. > > > > You would probably make more money trying an > > intermediate step using the SX-200 and Asterisk, > > but it would be obviously more costly for them > > as well as prolong their misery. > > > > It's your call, but I would recommend getting > > away from 30 year old technology as fast as > > you can run. The ActiveVoice system is a > > cantankerous 20 year old system in itself. > > > > You have just received 2 cents worth of advice > > for FREE! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >If this is successful we could gradually migrate extensions, > > >particularly if we could get the Mitel to talk to asterisk via one of > > >its t1 cards. > > > > > >Any assistance or experience along these lines would be appreciated. > > > > > >-- > > >Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > >How do > > >you spend it? > > > > > > John Covici > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > > >asterisk-users mailing list > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
