We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of printing presses. The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to. Thanks for any help! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20130107/49a82edf/attachment.htm>
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:> I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive > the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a > SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file > to. > >Seems like a RaspberryPi would be a great candidate for this, assuming you keep the amplifier. -- -Chris Harrington ACSDi Office: 763.559.5800 Mobile Phone: 612.326.4248 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20130107/93f5693f/attachment.htm>
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Doug Lytle Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 2:10 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Paging unit suggestions We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of printing presses. The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to. Thanks for any help! Doug This may be insane, but it seems from what I read that you could replace most 10 year old boxes with a $35 Raspberry Pi. That not being the case, the speakers could probably be adapted to work off of any SIP phone headset/handset. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20130107/a93ddf41/attachment.htm>
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:> We currently have an Asterisk system that is hooked up to our old paging > speakers via sound card, plugged into two amps. > > Each amp drives up to 8 analog speakers in each warehouse (we have 2). > Both warehouses are around 30k square feet. Both have a large number of > printing presses. > > The computer system is that is running Asterisk is around 10 years old and > starting to fail. I'm looking to replace both the system and hopefully > move to a IP paging system, but wanted to reuse the current speakers. >If the amps are good, you could just drive them from a cheap phone with a regular headset jack. Set it to auto-answer, send the paging extension to it. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20130107/76cddff2/attachment.htm>
>> the speakers could probably be adapted to work off of any SIP phone headset/handsetInteresting thought, but the amp needs to be replaced as well. The 10 year Asterisk system will most likely be replaced with a Dell 1U and a Dual-Port PRI. Thanks for the suggestion! Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20130107/80bfa4ac/attachment.htm>
Hi, 2013/1/7 Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info>:> I'm looking for suggestions on a IP based amp or similar that could drive > the current speakers? I was envisioning a unit that would register as a SIP > extension then would handle auto-answer that I could send a sound file to.I suggest you to take a look on snom PA1: http://www.snom.com/en/products/sip-paging/snom-pa1/ http://wiki.snom.com/Snom_PA1 this device supports paging via multicast streaming and SIP Alert-Info header. Is also equipped with 4 I/O pins manageable via DTMF or HTTP commands. Best regards, -- Bertera Pietro http://www.bertera.it