They are, but on a per-port basis it often makes sense to just install new IP sets.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Mullis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: March 6, 2007 9:40 PM > To: Dave Donovan; Asterisk Group (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Nortel Integration > > You really want to look at using the new citel gateways they > are killer for intergrating old sets :) > > ________________________________ > > From: Dave Donovan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 06/03/2007 8:28 PM > To: Asterisk Group (E-mail) > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Nortel Integration > > > Hi Roy, > > Jim Van Meggelen, a TAUG member and co-author of "Asterisk, > The Future of Telephony" did a presentation on that topic > over a year ago. I think that was our first PodCast. You > should be able to find a link to it on the taug.ca > <http://taug.ca/> website. Jim's company does this stuff routinely. > > I'm not sure how big your system is or what the details are, > but always felt like you had to have some pretty specific > needs to justify fully integrating Asterisk with an old > Nortel box. I've done half measures before. What I have > done in cases where PRIs is used, is put the Asterisk box > inline with the PRI so that the Nortel box doesn't know the > difference but I can still dial between them and out to the > PSTN. IE Bell <--> PRI <--> Nortel > > In an Avaya environment I put the Asterisk box on a lineside > PRI but I wasn't really using it as a PBX as much as an IVR. > It worked nicely though. > > Once I have the systems tied together, I've migrated one or > two departments. I moved IT because they give good feedback > and you can tell them to suck it up if somethings not quite > perfect yet. Another thought is to pick a non-critical, > non-technical department because it's nice to get feedback > from non-geeks. > > I hope this helps, > Dave > > > On 3/5/07, Roy Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > G'day, > > I have been working with our Asterisk system for a while > now and getting close to final stages. I hate the thought > of just pushing all the users over to a new system over night > and hoping for the best ;) > > Anyone seen any integration between the old Nortel stuff and > Asterisk (hardware/software) ? My current plan just uses a box > that converts my existing Meridian phones to SIP. > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > Roy > > >
