RE: OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?

[Joseph L. Casale]

>Are there Voip-to-Analog gateways that handle multiple analog endpoints in a 
>single device? Can you give an example of such a device?

Only the good ones do:)
http://www.patton.com/products/pe_products.asp?category=5#catshow
http://www.audiocodes.com/CPE

Rule of thumb: If it does one port, it's probably a complete steaming pile of 
sh!t like a Linksys SPA or the equivalents.

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RE: OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?

[Matthew W. Ross]

Are there Voip-to-Analog gateways that handle multiple analog endpoints in a 
single device? Can you give an example of such a device?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


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Subject: RE: OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?


> >> Is there a system that can use existing analog
> >> speakers, but the "head-end" is IP Addressable?
> >
> >  FWIW, I know Asterisk can do at least some of this, and knowing it's
> >nature, it can probabbly do all that and more.
> 
> Asterisk, boo
> 
> You can get IP based intercoms where the actual intercom speaker is ip
> addressable (std voip device) or you can use an analog gateway to convert
> the many analog types to voip...
> 
> jlc
> 
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Re: OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?

[Jon Harris]

3Com VOIP had some add-ins that would allow for analog service.  I used them
for an analog Alarm system so I have no clue if they would work for your
purpose.  They would also allow for connections to one way speakers.  The
3Com control was easy but the maintenance was not cheap.

Jon

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Matthew W. Ross
>  wrote:
> > Is there a system that can use existing analog
> > speakers, but the "head-end" is IP Addressable?
>
>  FWIW, I know Asterisk can do at least some of this, and knowing it's
> nature, it can probabbly do all that and more.  However, you prolly
> have to invest significant effort in learning Asterisk's configuration
> mechanisms, or pay for someone else's effort.
>
> -- Ben
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RE: OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?

[Joseph L. Casale]

>> Is there a system that can use existing analog
>> speakers, but the "head-end" is IP Addressable?
>
>  FWIW, I know Asterisk can do at least some of this, and knowing it's
>nature, it can probabbly do all that and more.

Asterisk, boo

You can get IP based intercoms where the actual intercom speaker is ip
addressable (std voip device) or you can use an analog gateway to convert
the many analog types to voip...

jlc

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Re: OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Matthew W. Ross
 wrote:
> Is there a system that can use existing analog
> speakers, but the "head-end" is IP Addressable?

  FWIW, I know Asterisk can do at least some of this, and knowing it's
nature, it can probabbly do all that and more.  However, you prolly
have to invest significant effort in learning Asterisk's configuration
mechanisms, or pay for someone else's effort.

-- Ben

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OT: Paging, Bell and Intercom Systems?

[Matthew W. Ross]

I hate the intercom/bell system in our schools. Not that there is anything 
wrong with them, but they're troublesome, difficult to program, and very old.

I've got the opportunity to try a new system in a tiny school with only 4 
rooms. So I' have been looking at IP based systems. So far, I've found that 
they are mostly SIP phone systems with special (and very expensive) VOIP 
speakers. Is there a system that can use existing analog speakers, but the 
"head-end" is IP Addressable? Or perhaps there are cheaper VOIP 
speakers/adapters out there somewhere?

Can anybody here recommend for (or against) such a system? I _need_ the 
following features:

* Broadcasting (All Call)
* Medium to Complex bell schedules to specific zones.
* Two way communication with a specific room.

It's a long shot, but I figured I would ask.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District

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