To use the old phones and existing wiring you'll need some E1/T1 FXS Channel banks and a T1/E1 Card. Each bank will handle 30/24 phones and pipe them into a single E1/T1 connection.
You can connect up to 4 (or 8 soon from Sangoma) T1's per card. I really like the Sangoma cards, there are also Digium cards as well. The Wiki will have a lot more information regarding Channel Banks and FXS adapters, I would suggest starting there. Chad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Rima Sent: August 11, 2005 8:34 AM To: Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie Question: Building an Asterisk system to replace an old PBX but using existing phone I have a brief from a local hotel to build a PBX using Asterisk but they want to use their exisiting telephones and wiring from an old PBX that no longer works. Basically, I can build the system but an looking for a card that will allow for upto 20 extensions to be wired into the back of the PC. Doeas anyone know of a solution to this Sean-- ICQ: 679813 FidoNet: 2:263/950 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: tcobone Vodafone Messenger: thecivvie _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users