Jim Van Meggelen wrote: > I think I can give a slightly longer reply now, but the answer is still SMDI > (Station Messaging Desk Interface) > You have identified one of the challenges of interfacing with a proprietary > PBX, namely: how do I know where the call was redirected from? > The other trick is turning on message waiting lamps.
[...snip...] > Your PBX needs to support SMDI, and if it does not (can you say Nortel?), > you'll need a gateway of some sort such as Intel's PIMG or CTLs PBXLink. I > do not think anyone has actually integrated an Asterisk with SMDI yet, so > this is not for the faint of heart. Give us six months (<shameless plug>or > give us a call and we'll help you make it happen</plug>). John Todd and I > have been chatting about this a fair bit recently; this is really exciting > for the legacy telecom folks among us. Our PBX is a Nortel right now - but this could change in the next few years. Great to know there's work going on in this area. > If you want to be on the bloody-edge, this is the ticket! SMDI support in > Asterisk is positioned to be a killer app, because a lot of old voicemail > systems are showing signs of impending death, and folks are loath to buy in > to another round of proprietary hell. Too true. I feel proud, knowing that we are on the edge of something :) Thanks for the feedback! -- Graham Todd Bellanet.org tel/tél 613-236-6163 x2443
