Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-08-01 Thread Drew Gibson
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:10:34PM -0400, Dave Welsh wrote: If I buy two AA50s can I set them up so that everything runs through the first one, but the second one will take over if the first one goes down? I can see the extensions recovering, because they use

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-08-01 Thread Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy
People hate to wait, as a fact i consider AA50s no suited for redundancy, and i am not sure that they were made for that. 2008/8/1 Drew Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:10:34PM -0400, Dave Welsh wrote: If I buy two AA50s can I set them up so that

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-08-01 Thread Brent Torrenga
Set the primary unit to pick up on, say, 2 rings and the secondary unit to pick up on 4. If the primary fails, it won't pick up the line and the secondary takes over. You could try having your phones register to both but I'm not sure how that would work regards, Drew That's exactly how I

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-08-01 Thread Michael Graves
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:20:07 -0500, Brent Torrenga wrote: Set the primary unit to pick up on, say, 2 rings and the secondary unit to pick up on 4. If the primary fails, it won't pick up the line and the secondary takes over. You could try having your phones register to both but I'm not sure how

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-08-01 Thread Drew Gibson
Brent Torrenga wrote: Set the primary unit to pick up on, say, 2 rings and the secondary unit to pick up on 4. If the primary fails, it won't pick up the line and the secondary takes over. You could try having your phones register to both but I'm not sure how that would work regards,

[asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-07-31 Thread Dave Welsh
If I buy two AA50s can I set them up so that everything runs through the first one, but the second one will take over if the first one goes down? I can see the extensions recovering, because they use ethernet, but what about the FSO lines? Is there a way they can be spliced to both AA50s so

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-07-31 Thread Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy
There is 2 possibilities to do failover with asterisk: First use openser with failover, but still you need to switch cables fxo fxs pri bri Second is simplier and i would choose this one for smallmedium installations where T1/E1 is not needed: It consists of externaising of all fxs fxo pri bri

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-07-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:10:34PM -0400, Dave Welsh wrote: If I buy two AA50s can I set them up so that everything runs through the first one, but the second one will take over if the first one goes down? I can see the extensions recovering, because they use ethernet, but what about the

Re: [asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

2008-07-31 Thread Dave
From my research, it seems that for FXOs you can use a siple RJ11 splitter. A special splitter that gives priority to the backup split is preferred. These will sometimes be used for old answering machines where the handset can overuse the answering machine if it's picked up. For the server