Hello, I manage a small office and we have a 4-year old legacy analog PBX manufactured by Iwatsu. We have four incoming analog lines that terminate to 7 different desktop phones. The interface to Iwatsu requires Windows and the Iwatsu admin tools are proprietary and not extensible. What do I need to do to begin using Asterisk and/or Digium to create an open source PBX situation? I do not know where to begin in terms of harware needed, changes to service levels from my telco (Sprint), etc. Can I leverage any of my existing PBX technology? Thank you in advance, Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Mansouri Ucompass - http://www.ucompass.com Make sure we stay connected to you Add yourself to the Ucompass Address Book http://support.ucompass.com/addressbook.html Committed to Building Profitable E-Learning Enterprises Phone: (850) 297 1800 x 201 FAX: (850) 553-9252
Ed, Are you keeping the desktop phones, or upgrading to new phones? -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ed Mansouri Sent: 09 May 2004 14:00 To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Where to start? Hello, I manage a small office and we have a 4-year old legacy analog PBX manufactured by Iwatsu. We have four incoming analog lines that terminate to 7 different desktop phones. The interface to Iwatsu requires Windows and the Iwatsu admin tools are proprietary and not extensible. What do I need to do to begin using Asterisk and/or Digium to create an open source PBX situation? I do not know where to begin in terms of harware needed, changes to service levels from my telco (Sprint), etc. Can I leverage any of my existing PBX technology? Thank you in advance, Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Mansouri Ucompass - http://www.ucompass.com Make sure we stay connected to you Add yourself to the Ucompass Address Book http://support.ucompass.com/addressbook.html Committed to Building Profitable E-Learning Enterprises Phone: (850) 297 1800 x 201 FAX: (850) 553-9252 _______________________________________________ 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
Hello, The goal would be to minimize the expenditure on new equipment, and utilize as much of the existing equipment as possible, so I guess it just depends on what the requirements of working with an open source PBX are. The current desktop phones are pretty sophisticated and provide a lot of functionality the preference would be to continue to employ them. Thank you in advance for your insight. Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Mansouri Ucompass - http://www.ucompass.com Make sure we stay connected to you Add yourself to the Ucompass Address Book http://support.ucompass.com/addressbook.html Committed to Building Profitable E-Learning Enterprises Phone: (850) 297 1800 x 201 FAX: (850) 553-9252 On Sun, 9 May 2004 matthew@burtonhosting.com wrote:> Ed, > > Are you keeping the desktop phones, or upgrading to new phones? > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ed Mansouri > Sent: 09 May 2004 14:00 > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Where to start? > > Hello, > > I manage a small office and we have a 4-year old legacy analog PBX > manufactured by Iwatsu. We have four incoming analog lines that terminate > to 7 different desktop phones. > > The interface to Iwatsu requires Windows and the Iwatsu admin tools are > proprietary and not extensible. > > What do I need to do to begin using Asterisk and/or Digium to create an open > source PBX situation? > > I do not know where to begin in terms of harware needed, changes to service > levels from my telco (Sprint), etc. Can I leverage any of my existing PBX > technology? > > Thank you in advance, > Ed > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Ed Mansouri > Ucompass - http://www.ucompass.com > > Make sure we stay connected to you > Add yourself to the Ucompass Address Book > http://support.ucompass.com/addressbook.html > > Committed to Building Profitable E-Learning Enterprises > Phone: (850) 297 1800 x 201 > FAX: (850) 553-9252 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
On Sunday 09 May 2004 12:59 pm, Ed Mansouri wrote:> Hello, > > I manage a small office and we have a 4-year old legacy analog PBX > manufactured by Iwatsu. We have four incoming analog lines that terminate > to 7 different desktop phones. > > The interface to Iwatsu requires Windows and the Iwatsu admin tools are > proprietary and not extensible. > > What do I need to do to begin using Asterisk and/or Digium to create an > open source PBX situation? > > I do not know where to begin in terms of harware needed, changes to > service levels from my telco (Sprint), etc. Can I leverage any of my > existing PBX technology?If I may ask, what is your motivation to change your existing telephone system? What are you wanting to gain by this change? Anon