On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 15.10.2008, 20:51 -0400 schrieb C F: >> Being a Panasonic dealer and having more than 50 Asterisk system in >> production, I can tell you that if this is your first Asterisk >> project, then go with Panasonic, you'll safe yourself lots of >> aggravation and have a happier customer. > > You are completely wrong! > > Last 4 years, I installed/programmed 6 Panasonic (KXTD1232, 3x TA308, > TDA100, TEM824) in our offices.
TD1232 has been discontinued for at least 5 years. Don't know about the the TA308 since the last and only one I installed was in 1998, but I have not seen them advertised in the last 5 years. Which makes me think they are discontinued as well. > Until now, I don't completely understand Sorry but I do. > them. Their GUI software is really bad. The functions are awfully > limited. Manuals are poor. Mailing lists with helpful people there is > not. GUI on the TD is really really bad. Functions are not limited, like you said: "I don't completely understand them". GUI on the TDA is nice and organized. Documentation is a mess but not poor. The main reason being it's translated from Japanise, and they don't explain the theory just the steps. Yes no mailing lists. > > Less than a week ago (friday), bought 3FXS, 1FXO with SIP > (sipura/linksys), and KNOW NOTHING ABOUT asterisk. Today, I emulated > almost all features we use (account codes, DISA, own dial plans), and I > can really say: ASTERISK WORKS INCREDIBLE! > > I even programmed an AGI script, which injects a variable to > extensions.conf; on the other hand, that means I can reboot a server > from my cellphone, isn't that incredible? I can do that with Panasonic as well, no it's not documented anywhere in Panasonic docs. > now, I dont' know how, but 99% I'm sure I can trigger a phonecall when > one server is offline. Only with asterisk. I'm almost sure a Panasonic > can't emulate this features. Maybe with some expensive software. > > Then, I'm going to suggest 30 Voip phones, 2 8xFXO digium. I made an > informal presentation yesterday, the people were amused. Thanks the > people (thanks, peru guys) which guided me. Good luck everybody, I'll > keep asking on this list, sorry. > > No more panasonic for me :) > > Newbies, ask how to start. Congratulations and good for you. Sorry for underestimating your abilities. I wish you good luck, and if you feel comfortable please go ahead and use Asterisk. But if this is a type of customer that doesn't understand that you are experimenting with them and is not willing to work with you, then don't do it with THEM. > -- > Rodolfo Alcazar > Responsable red y datos > > Deutsche Gesellschaft für > Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH > > Programa de Apoyo a la Gestión Pública Descentralizada y > Lucha Contra La Pobreza - PADEP > Av. Sánchez Lima 2226 > La Paz, Bolivia > > Tel: +591 22417628 (121) > Fax: +591 22417628 (126) > Web: www.padep.org.bo > Email: [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
