Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterix - Digium replacing our current key system

2003-11-05 Thread Anthony Wood
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:42:19PM +1100, Drew Foehn wrote:
 Hello,
 
 I'm posting to the list to get some ideas on whether or not asterisk and digium
 products would be right for my organization.  We have 3 lines that comes into

Since you are in Australia, I assume these are 3 plain lines from Telstra.

 a LG digital key (Aria-43e) system, with Digital LG phones. I have two
 questions; could we replace the digital key system with a PC running Asterix
 and keep the same phones?  Also We have about 14 users and 2 offsite offices

Depends on what standards the phones use.

At worst you can put Asterisk between your Aria and your phone lines to keep using the 
Aria Handsets.

At best you can just use the phones with an ADSI channel bank.  If the phones have any 
Austel stickers
on them then likely you can.

 and we are looking at saving costs from our long distance by using VoIP and our
 ADSL line, what would be the ideal setup for this?

I think the best way forward is to convert 2 of your lines to ISDN (giving 4 voice 
lines), leave the 3rd one
as ADSL/fax, and connect to asterisk with 2 AVM Fritz!Card PCI from the Australian
distributor.

To connect the phones, either get a Yank Channel bank and a T100P if the phones work 
that way,
or plug your Aria into a T100P or E100P if it has those interfaces, otherwise into a 
TDM400P or two,
depending on how many lines it supports.

The X100P is not A-ticked, neither are most yank channel banks, so you need written 
permission
from the Telco to go down that route.

cheers,
Woody

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterix - Digium replacing our current key system

2003-11-05 Thread Drew Foehn
Anthony,

Thank you for your speedy reply, after doing more research today i've 
managed to track down a flyer for the digital key system we have.  Me 
not being a telco specialist doesn't help the situation.  Ok we have 09 
(6 voice / 3 data) (3 companies in the building) telstra lines from the 
PSTN that go into the Aria 34-e system. then the lines go into a channel 
bank (not sure what kind) I talked to my phone guy and doesn't think the 
phones will be able to work without the Aria system. If thats the case I 
think it would be hard to convince managment of the benefits of putting 
Asterix in place especially seeing as the Aria phones cost about $400 
each.  What kind of  setup would you recommend to replace the Aria? 
Having the Asterix machine before the Aria is not really something I 
would like to do, because it seems like too much of a hassle and we have 
3 companies sharing the Aria system.

Company 1: 3 voice call hunt/ 2 fax data
Company 2: 1 voice/ 1 fax
Company 3: 2 voice on call hunt
Any hints, or recommendations on hardware would be greatly appreciated

http://www.telefonix.com.au/Aria%20Main.pdf -- a link to a datasheet 
about the Aria

Drew

Anthony Wood wrote:

On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:42:19PM +1100, Drew Foehn wrote:
 

Hello,

I'm posting to the list to get some ideas on whether or not asterisk and digium
products would be right for my organization.  We have 3 lines that comes into
   

Since you are in Australia, I assume these are 3 plain lines from Telstra.

 

a LG digital key (Aria-43e) system, with Digital LG phones. I have two
questions; could we replace the digital key system with a PC running Asterix
and keep the same phones?  Also We have about 14 users and 2 offsite offices
   

Depends on what standards the phones use.

At worst you can put Asterisk between your Aria and your phone lines to keep using the Aria Handsets.

At best you can just use the phones with an ADSI channel bank.  If the phones have any 
Austel stickers
on them then likely you can.
 

and we are looking at saving costs from our long distance by using VoIP and our
ADSL line, what would be the ideal setup for this?
   

I think the best way forward is to convert 2 of your lines to ISDN (giving 4 voice 
lines), leave the 3rd one
as ADSL/fax, and connect to asterisk with 2 AVM Fritz!Card PCI from the Australian
distributor.
To connect the phones, either get a Yank Channel bank and a T100P if the phones work 
that way,
or plug your Aria into a T100P or E100P if it has those interfaces, otherwise into a 
TDM400P or two,
depending on how many lines it supports.
The X100P is not A-ticked, neither are most yank channel banks, so you need written 
permission
from the Telco to go down that route.
cheers,
Woody
 



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