Anyone have some recommended equipment for alerting people to calls in a noisy environment? I have Polycom IP550 phones set up in some really noisy environments - our mine hoists - and they tend to drown out the ringers. I'm using Clarity WR100s now. They're analog devices, attached to Linksys PAP2T ATAs as part of a call group to get a loud (advertised as 95dB) ring out there, but it still could be louder. Maybe a light-up option would be better. The old phone system here had some huge loudspeakers that someone had wired right into the speakers of the old digital phones. I haven't figured out yet if they need a different voltage, or even if they still work; they were not responding when I replaced the attached phones. Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Justin Sherrill <Justin.Sherrill at americanrocksalt.com> wrote:> Anyone have some recommended equipment for alerting people to calls in a noisy environment? > > I have Polycom IP550 phones set up in some really noisy environments - our mine hoists - and they tend to drown out the ringers. ?I'm using Clarity WR100s now. ?They're analog devices, attached to Linksys PAP2T ATAs as part of a call group to get a loud (advertised as 95dB) ring out there, but it still could be louder. ?Maybe a light-up option would be better. > > The old phone system here had some huge loudspeakers that someone had wired right into the speakers of the old digital phones. ?I haven't figured out yet if they need a different voltage, or even if they still work; they were not responding when I replaced the attached phones. > > Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt > p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826Look for ADA devices. The Disabilities Act has encouraged some nice products. And it allows for you to get ISDN service anywhere in the country... -- ~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lathama at gmail.com ~~~
Polycom includes a REALLY LOUD ringer .WAV in their firmware zip file. The file is called LoudRing.wav Check the Polycom admin docs on how to add that ringer to your phone.> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Justin Sherrill > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 4:40 PM > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com > Subject: [asterisk-users] Really, really loud ringers > > Anyone have some recommended equipment for alerting people to > calls in a noisy environment? > > I have Polycom IP550 phones set up in some really noisy > environments - our mine hoists - and they tend to drown out > the ringers. I'm using Clarity WR100s now. They're analog > devices, attached to Linksys PAP2T ATAs as part of a call > group to get a loud (advertised as 95dB) ring out there, but > it still could be louder. Maybe a light-up option would be better. > > The old phone system here had some huge loudspeakers that > someone had wired right into the speakers of the old digital > phones. I haven't figured out yet if they need a different > voltage, or even if they still work; they were not responding > when I replaced the attached phones. > > Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt > p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826 > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Hi, On 05/09/2011 09:40 PM, Justin Sherrill wrote:> Anyone have some recommended equipment for alerting people to calls in a noisy environment? > > I have Polycom IP550 phones set up in some really noisy environments - our mine hoists - and they tend to drown out the ringers. I'm using Clarity WR100s now. They're analog devices, attached to Linksys PAP2T ATAs as part of a call group to get a loud (advertised as 95dB) ring out there, but it still could be louder. Maybe a light-up option would be better. > > The old phone system here had some huge loudspeakers that someone had wired right into the speakers of the old digital phones. I haven't figured out yet if they need a different voltage, or even if they still work; they were not responding when I replaced the attached phones. >I've actually used a pc with linphone as a sip client on it, and amplified speakers attached to the sound card of this computer. I used this as a dual purpose setup - loud ringer and public announcement (tannoy in UK) system. I've done a write-up here with details: http://forum.voxilla.com/asterisk-support-forum/asterisk-public-announcement-system-loud-ringer-bell-49339.html This way, you can connect your client pc to as loud an amplifier as you want (or your budget permits) and equally powerful speakers. I think PA speakers with amplification integrated are quite good for that - but I settled on a pair of the most powerful active pc speakers I could find - and they fill the industrial unit where the system is installed nicely. Sebastian