Steve Prior
2008-Jul-31 21:15 UTC
[asterisk-users] Panasonic Door phone monitor to Asterisk box?
I'm considering getting a Panasonic video door phone system (VL-GM301A) which can interface with a PBX and would like to connect it to my Asterisk box with an analog FXS port. Of course the Panasonic documentation only talks about hooking it up to a Panasonic PBX which only talks about using Panasonic phones, so it's hard to tell whether the 2 wire connection from the door phone monitor is analog or digital. The video door phone itself hooks to the door phone monitor with a 2 conductor wire, so that part is clearly digital since video, audio, and button press all go through that wire, but since the door phone central station apparently plugs into a Panasonic PBX FXS port which possibly supports fax machines I'm thinking that this might be an ordinary analog connection. Does anyone know if the door phone interface is analog or digital? Anyone have experience with interfacing with one? Thanks Steve
the Panasonic model you mention will only work with a panasonic PBX. and no it does NOT plug into a station port on the Panasonic but onto the door card of any of the Panasonic systems. Having installed that Panasonic video doorboxes in the past I would suggest stay away from it. it is not as nice as the brouchures make it look, and extremly overpriced. On 7/31/08, Steve Prior <sprior at geekster.com> wrote:> I'm considering getting a Panasonic video door phone system (VL-GM301A) > which can interface with a PBX and would like to connect it to my > Asterisk box with an analog FXS port. Of course the Panasonic > documentation only talks about hooking it up to a Panasonic PBX which > only talks about using Panasonic phones, so it's hard to tell whether > the 2 wire connection from the door phone monitor is analog or digital. > The video door phone itself hooks to the door phone monitor with a 2 > conductor wire, so that part is clearly digital since video, audio, and > button press all go through that wire, but since the door phone central > station apparently plugs into a Panasonic PBX FXS port which possibly > supports fax machines I'm thinking that this might be an ordinary analog > connection. > > Does anyone know if the door phone interface is analog or digital? > Anyone have experience with interfacing with one? > > Thanks > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >