Right.. and the plan is to eventually phase the Spirit system out... however, if I can convince the persons there this is the best thing to do right away is another thing all togethor :) We'll see..
On 5/9/05, Richard Lyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt wrote: > > > Greetings, > > Does anyone know if there is a cost effective way to interface an > > older AT&T Spirit system into Asterisk. > > I'm only interested in A) being able to offer voicemail and B) > > possibly an AAT to callers. > > I've thought about just stringing the FXO cards into the line1/2 slots > > that go into the Spirit system... asterisk would pickup if no one > > answered the Spirit phones.... > > > > however.... > > > > Is there anyway anyone knows of to either A) allow transfer between > > the two systems or... (I have 3 available PSTN jacks on the Spirit) > > put an ATA on the asterisk which could go into line3 of the Spirit and > > ring an extension (instead of the regular 4 phone call ring plan...).. > > as far as I know the Spirit can't do DID. > > _______________________________________________ > first off, is the asterisk box going to be onsite with the spirit > system? if so, just get rid of the spirit system and use the > asterisk box ask the pbx. you will need to get some fxo cards > (or tdm with modules) to plug the existing CO lines into. > > the problem with 'interfacing' the spirit system to asterisk is > just as you noted. it would be much simpler to plug a digital > answering machine with multiple mailboxes to the aux port. (and > a whole lot cheaper) > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
