Yes, but you get what you pay for... Valcom will help you lay out all your speakers (so you aren't blasting people) plus those little round speakers can make ceiling tiles sag (will look better over time). And they increase your installation speed... just swap the tile instead of pulling the tile, cutting it out, fitting the speaker and putting it back. Not sure how many you have to do.
I guess it also depends on budget as much as anything. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Drouillard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:24 AM To: Picher, Michael Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [sipx-users] SipX In a School On 9/2/2009 7:04 AM, Picher, Michael wrote: > I have sipX systems in many schools. I recommend a separate paging > system that can be tied to the PBX. Most paging systems have some sort > of FXO / FXS port on them. You can interface with Valcom or any other > system that is setup similarly by using a gateway. With an FXO port it > is a simple matter of setting up a special gateway in a dial plan. > > Valcom (as others have stated) is very good to work with. They have a > nice paging / bell / clock system that we have implemented in a High > School with very good results. > > Mike > Thanks for your reply Mike and everyone else. After a little research it looks like the Viking PA-30 ($180) has a FXS/FXO connection where as the Valcom V-2001a ($150) was FXO only. Both cost about the same. It would appear with a cheap ATA like Grandstream HT286 ($30) it would be easier and cheaper to setup an extension and add the Viking to a paging group. I liked the speaker selection better for the Valcom as it has 2x2 ceiling model but the are almost twice as much as the circular speakers from Viking. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald > Drouillard > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [sipx-users] SipX In a School > > We have sipx systems installed in a school with over 60 extensions. We > would like to upgrade the bell and paging systems now. > > When calling a Paging group can it override the user's DND setting on > the phone? Or should I run in ceiling speakers to all the rooms and > have an extension to the device that powers them? Any recommendations > on hardware? > > Is there a script command that I can setup in cron to dial/ring an > extension/paging group then hang up after 5 seconds or so? > -- Regards -------------------------------------- Gerald Drouillard Technology Architect Drouillard & Associates, Inc. http://www.Drouillard.biz _______________________________________________ sipx-users mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/
