[asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server - it is robbery!

2010-05-04 Thread Eddie Mikell
All, Thanks for the suggestions, but the system is a plan non-sip, non-ip, non pri setup. It's pretty much a closed box setup. And the prices for the card and support are robbery - which is why we aren't going to go with another setup like that. While it has been reliable - I don't think

[asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server

2010-05-03 Thread Eddie Mikell
All: My company has an existing ESI IVX E-class system with 45 phones. I can add one more card, to expand it another 6 phones, but it's $8000, and then the system will have to be replaced. I have the Asterisk server up and running, with 2 sip lines from the local phone service. (Thanks to

Re: [asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server

2010-05-03 Thread William Stillwell (Lists)
[mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Eddie Mikell Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 10:31 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server All: My company has an existing ESI IVX E-class system with 45 phones. I can

Re: [asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server

2010-05-03 Thread John Novack
Eddie Mikell wrote: All: My company has an existing ESI IVX E-class system with 45 phones. I can add one more card, to expand it another 6 phones, but it's $8000, and then the system will have to be replaced. That is worse than highway robbery. I feel sure with some careful

Re: [asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server

2010-05-03 Thread Ryan Wagoner
I was in a similar situation with a Toshiba CIX PBX. I had 150 phones on the Toshiba and wanted to switch over to SIP phones slowly. The Toshiba already had PRI cards connecting to the phone company. I purchased Sangoma PRI cards for the Asterisk server. I connected the Toshiba PRIs to the

Re: [asterisk-users] Bridging old system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server

2010-05-03 Thread Mark Scholten
system (ESI IVX E) with new Asterisk server Eddie Mikell wrote: All: My company has an existing ESI IVX E-class system with 45 phones. I can add one more card, to expand it another 6 phones, but it's $8000, and then the system will have to be replaced. That is worse than highway