[sllug-members]: Phones and hardware for Asterisk

[Walter Scott]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jared Smith" <jaredsmith at jaredsmith.net>
To: "Salt Lake Linux Users Group Discussions" <sllug-members at sllug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [sllug-members]: Phones and hardware for Asterisk


On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 10:08 -0600, Walter Scott wrote:
> Does anyone here know of any good 12 line phones that will work with
> Asterisk and also what card to use for the host.

>Well, the nice thing about Asterisk is that you don't need a 12-line
>phone.  Any SIP or analog phone will work just fine.  As for the card
>for the host, it all depends on what kind of phone connection you're
>making to your Asterisk system.  For example, a Digium TDM11B card will
>give you a port to plug an analog *phone* into (an FXS port), and a port
>you can plug an analog phone *line* into (an FXO port).  It also has
>room for two more modules, so buy buying more FXO or FXS modules, you
>could support up to four analog devices from that card.  On the other
>extreme, you can have a 4-port T1 card that can support up to 192
>simultaneous calls.  In short, it just depends on what you're trying to
>do.

>-Jared

We have a T1 coming in to the building and have it split into 14 lines (12 
voice, 2 fax) and the rest is data.  They are converted over to analog and 
wired to an outdated Telrad System that controls all the phones.  My take on 
the Asterisk is that it will control the calls from the 12 voice and 2 fax 
lines coming in and give us more functionality than our current system.  I 
only mentioned a 12 line phone due to my ignorance on these.  Does anyone 
have one of these systems set up in the area around Midvale that would be 
willing to show me how this works?  How to visually see the lines and make a 
transfer?  I just need to know if this is going to be a viable solution for 
us.

Thanks for the help,
Walter


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