Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
Hi, 2013/1/7 Doug Lytle : > I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive > the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP > extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to. I suggest you to take a look on snom PA1: http://www.snom.com/en/products/sip-paging/snom-pa1/ http://wiki.snom.com/Snom_PA1 this device supports paging via multicast streaming and SIP Alert-Info header. Is also equipped with 4 I/O pins manageable via DTMF or HTTP commands. Best regards, -- Bertera Pietro http://www.bertera.it -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
On 01/07/2013 03:41 PM, Doug Lytle wrote: The blowing fuses could be related to spikes etc., from a poor connection to the source, or a problem with the source hardware. >> If the amps are good, you could just drive them from a cheap phone with a regular headset jack They aren't, seem to be blowing fuses more often. Thanks! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
>> If the amps are good, you could just drive them from a cheap phone with a >> regular headset jack They aren't, seem to be blowing fuses more often. Thanks! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
>> you might take a look at Valcom's products. http://www.valcom.com I've bookmarked the page, Thanks! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
>> the speakers could probably be adapted to work off of any SIP phone >> headset/handset Interesting thought, but the amp needs to be replaced as well. The 10 year Asterisk system will most likely be replaced with a Dell 1U and a Dual-Port PRI. Thanks for the suggestion! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Doug Lytle wrote: > We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging > speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. > > Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). > Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of > printing presses. > > The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and > starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully > move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. > If the amps are good, you could just drive them from a cheap phone with a regular headset jack. Set it to auto-answer, send the paging extension to it. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
If you want something a little more enterprise ready and tested than a RaspberryPi, you might take a look at Valcom's products. http://www.valcom.com We use them for our paging and have been fairly happy with them. Only had one small issue that a firmware upgrade took care of. Kevin Larsen - Systems Analyst - Pioneer Balloon - Ph: 316-688-8208 From: "Danny Nicholas" To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" , Date: 01/07/2013 02:14 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions Sent by:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [ mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Doug Lytle Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 2:10 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of printing presses. The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to. Thanks for any help! Doug This may be insane, but it seems from what I read that you could replace most 10 year old boxes with a $35 Raspberry Pi. That not being the case, the speakers could probably be adapted to work off of any SIP phone headset/handset.-- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Doug Lytle Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 2:10 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of printing presses. The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to. Thanks for any help! Doug This may be insane, but it seems from what I read that you could replace most 10 year old boxes with a $35 Raspberry Pi. That not being the case, the speakers could probably be adapted to work off of any SIP phone headset/handset. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Doug Lytle wrote: > I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive > the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a > SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file > to. > > Seems like a RaspberryPi would be a great candidate for this, assuming you keep the amplifier. -- -Chris Harrington ACSDi Office: 763.559.5800 Mobile Phone: 612.326.4248 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions
We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of printing presses. The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to. Thanks for any help! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
