Like I said... On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Matthew Kitchin (public/usenet) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks (thanks for the those with the off list replies too). > I spoke with a Patton engineer, and it looks like the 4520 series can do > what I need. > http://www.patton.com/products/pe_products.asp?category=52 > I sent a note to Verizon indicating they are going to need to think outside > their 'product catalog' if they want to keep the project alive. > > > On 8/24/2010 1:34 PM, Tony Graziano wrote: > >> I think a patton can. I have one or two laying about and can always get a >> demo for you as a dealer. >> >> Patton has a combo device also (2fxs/2fxo). In either case to interface >> with >> the old pbx or key systems you want fxs devices to connect to the old CO >> ports on those old systems and give those pbs "dial tone" which can then >> do >> a sip register to verizon if needed. >> The patton dial plan is flexible enough (example) with a fxo device, if >> someone dials "911" we can have it drop an active call, and complete this >> emergency call. >> >> >> ============================ >> Tony Graziano, Manager >> Telephone: 434.984.8430 >> Fax: 434.984.8431 >> >> Email: [email protected] >> >> LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: >> Telephone: 434.984.8426 >> Fax: 434.984.8427 >> >> Helpdesk Contract Customers: >> http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected]<[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue Aug 24 14:24:57 2010 >> Subject: [sipx-users] Relatively off topic - FXS with POTS failover >> >> This has nothing to do with Sipx at all. I couldn't think of a better >> group to ask though.... >> If that makes this completely inappropriate, I will not add any more >> emails to this thread. >> >> We have 50+ locations where we cannot currently practically put in new >> Sipx systems because of cabling issues. They all have old school systems >> with 8 to 15 handsets and 4 to 8 POTS lines. As part of our overall VoIP >> contract with Verizon, they are putting in FXS boxes at each of theses >> sites so we can use Verizon SIP services without replacing the >> infrastructure. >> Verizon uses Mediatrix 4100s for this. It is a 4104, 4108, or 4116 >> depending on the numbers of POTS lines currently in use at the clinic. >> We are leaving one emergency POTS line for backup outbound dialing only. >> This is critical that outbound dialing is not affected if the sip >> trunk/wan circuit goes down. >> At our pilot site, Verizon put in a 4108, and everything seemed to work >> fine until we tested the emergency scenario. The 4108 simply >> bypasses/patches one of the ports directly to the emergency POTS line. >> This doesn't work for us. We never know what line these phone systems >> are set to use, and our testing has shown that different handsets in the >> facilities pickup different outbound lines. We inherited all of these >> clinics, so there is every type of PBX known to man. Attempting to >> reprogram them is not an option. Verizon's plan was to add a second >> device called a Mediatrix 1204. It appears to basically be an FXO box. >> They also were going to use a new firmware for the 4100 box that allowed >> it to fail over to sending its sip traffic to the 1204 if the primary >> Verizon sip trunk was inaccessible. The 1204 then sent it out a POTS >> line. I didn't really like the complexity of the design, but I was >> wiling to go along with it because Verizon was pretty much going to eat >> the cost since their setup didn't perform as they advertised. >> Surprise, surprise, at the last minute, we find out it doesn't work. The >> new code on the 4100 is failing their tests and not working as advertised. >> After this discussion, I told them they need to look outside their >> 'product catalog' and see if there is a more appropriate product. >> What I need is an FXS box that can intelligently route calls out a >> backup POTS line if the SIP trunk goes down. Does anyone know of a >> product from Audiocodes, Patton, etc, that can accomplish this? >> I will be glad to discuss off list if anyone wants to give me a hand here. >> Thanks, >> Matthew >> _______________________________________________ >> sipx-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ >> > > -- ====================== Tony Graziano, Manager Telephone: 434.984.8430 sip: [email protected] Fax: 434.984.8431 Email: [email protected] LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: Telephone: 434.984.8426 sip: [email protected] Fax: 434.984.8427 Helpdesk Contract Customers: http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ Why do mathematicians always confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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