asterisk users - Mar 2005 - Re: Paging using multiple sound cards

Why *wouldn't* I bother? Using $5-$10 sound cards would be a much cheaper,
professional, and more permanent solution than having a couple hacked phones
laying near the PA system. Just trying to keep the setup clutter and problem 
free,
as well as as cheap as possible.

I'm not a developer, but I don't think it'd be too much of a pain to
program
the console channel driver to provide 2 output-only channels from a single
stereo sound card. Maybe I'm wrong?

Also - For another scenerio, I'd like to know if anyone has the MOH music
playing full time, for both Asterisk and outputting to the sound card, so I 
can
use the same music for a hardware PBX? I was thinking using a Slimserver
might be the answer, but if the music is already set up in Asterisk, why not
have it output it as well.

Jeff

>
> Why would you bother 2 x grandstream handsets, 15 mins to open them up,
> cut the cable and solder a plug or connect them to your amps and problem
> solved.
>
>
>
> $40-$50 each channel - lol you can have 10 zones :-)
>


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This is the most professinal way you can go. They all sell modules
that allow multiple zone paging. Try also Valcom.


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:22:56 -0500, Jeff G <jeffg@junknet.net>
wrote:
> Why *wouldn't* I bother? Using $5-$10 sound cards would be a much
cheaper,
> professional, and more permanent solution than having a couple hacked
phones
> laying near the PA system. Just trying to keep the setup clutter and
problem
> free,
> as well as as cheap as possible.
> 
> I'm not a developer, but I don't think it'd be too much of a
pain to program
> the console channel driver to provide 2 output-only channels from a single
> stereo sound card. Maybe I'm wrong?
> 
> Also - For another scenerio, I'd like to know if anyone has the MOH
music
> playing full time, for both Asterisk and outputting to the sound card, so I
> can
> use the same music for a hardware PBX? I was thinking using a Slimserver
> might be the answer, but if the music is already set up in Asterisk, why
not
> have it output it as well.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> >
> > Why would you bother 2 x grandstream handsets, 15 mins to open them
up,
> > cut the cable and solder a plug or connect them to your amps and
problem
> > solved.
> >
> >
> >
> > $40-$50 each channel - lol you can have 10 zones :-)
> >
> 
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OK I'm probably confused on what you try to do so in this case just ignore
the post.

BUT wouldn't be easier to install a softphone (X-lite on Win, or Kphone, or
....)
and register it with your asterisk using the PA extension.
By default the softphones are using the sound card (any supported sound card)

Usually you connect a headphone and a microphone to the sound card but instead
of this you will connect your PA or any speakerphone
(Heck pass through an amplifier or your stereo or ...)
Then whenever you like to make a PA dial the extension of the softphone.!!!
Instead of hanging up put it on hold so it plays the MOH all the time (check the
timeouts)

This will cost around $0.00.

I'm probably missing something here or it is the simplest solution that
no-one is looking for ;)

Multiple zones?? The same with multiple softphones. They can be on the same
system and set them up using different sound cards for
their output.

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Paging using multiple sound cards

Why *wouldn't* I bother? Using $5-$10 sound cards would be a much cheaper,
professional, and more permanent solution than having a couple hacked phones
laying near the PA system. Just trying to keep the setup clutter and problem 
free,
as well as as cheap as possible.

I'm not a developer, but I don't think it'd be too much of a pain to
program
the console channel driver to provide 2 output-only channels from a single
stereo sound card. Maybe I'm wrong?

Also - For another scenerio, I'd like to know if anyone has the MOH music
playing full time, for both Asterisk and outputting to the sound card, so I 
can
use the same music for a hardware PBX? I was thinking using a Slimserver
might be the answer, but if the music is already set up in Asterisk, why not
have it output it as well.

Jeff

>
> Why would you bother 2 x grandstream handsets, 15 mins to open them up,
> cut the cable and solder a plug or connect them to your amps and problem
> solved.
>
>
>
> $40-$50 each channel - lol you can have 10 zones :-)
>


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