You can also use some ordinary trunks in your Asterisk server and connect it to your Avaya system that way. We've integrated a few systems (that didn't do SIP) using just FXO/S ports.
Alternately, you could go with an existing VoIP provider and just have them construct a dial-plan so that the remote users feel like they are still directly attached to the Avaya system. Good Luck - Jon On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 15:21, Michael Tharp wrote: > Assuming it supports something common like SIP or even IAX-2 you > shouldn't have any problems peering it to an Asterisk. Also surf around > at voip-info.org, it's full of tips on integration with various legacy > components. As for the functionality being extended, it all depends on > your dialplan and the extensibility of your existing system. > > Chris Bullock wrote: > > >We currently have an Avaya IP Office PBX at several locations using fiber > >and WAN to connect the remotes to the main office. My question is has > >anyone been successful at attaching Asterisk to an existing PBX and had > >good results. We currently do not have a need for IP handsets except for > >one location where the initial purchase of the PBX processor is about at > >capacity and to expand for just a few more handsets would be way too > >expensive since my company likes to change PBX vendors about every 3 years > >and I am just looking for something to hold them over. If I can connect > >the Asterisk will all the functionality of the Avaya system be passed to > >the Asterisk sets, ie parked calls, paging, conferencing etc. > > > >Another question is does anyone know of an OSS package that can do call > >accounting for PBX systems. > >Thanks > >Chris > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
