> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Kohlsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: April 10, 2007 8:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] anyone successfully connected > Asterisk with an old key system?? > > On Monday 09 April 2007 4:20 pm, Scott Ivory wrote: > > I'm looking to connect Asterisk with an old key system > (Meridian M8X24-DS). > > I think the most logical way is to set the key system up as an > > extension on the asterisk box. > > You can do it several ways. > > What I did with our Norstar MICS was to place Asterisk > "before" it; I have the MICS plugged into one port of a > TE407, and another port of the TE407 going to the telco. As > far as the MICS is concerned, Asterisk is the telco. I do > LCR and other tricks that way.
Keep in mind that the 8x24 cannot support T1/PRI, and target line support probably only works on E&M cards in an expansion module. > I also have a few ATA2 ports going to an FXS channel bank > which is plugged into another port on the TE407; these ports > are extensions to the MICS, so Asterisk can (in limited > fashion) act as an extension of the MICS as well. I hope those are FXO ports in your channel bank, as the ATA2 delivers FXS. In this scenario it is important to understand that the Norstar will not provide disconnect supervision, so this might not be the most robust way to handle interconnection between the systems. > I've done some work with using Asterisk as voicemail storage > for the MICS, but so far it's been of limited success Norstar does not support SMDI, so a big part of the challenge is having asterisk pass message notification to the sets. > and, to > be honest, I haven't really spent a ton of time on that "end" > of it; we've got a half dozen IP501 phones around the office > and my focus has been on moving us completely off of the > legacy system. > > -A. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/754 - Release > Date: 09/04/2007 10:59 PM > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.0.0/754 - Release Date: 09/04/2007 10:59 PM
