Keep in mind the voltage/line on an FXS port (HT286) is much different than the (closer to) line level audio coming from the speaker of the phone. There may be a way to do what you're attempting, but making an RJ-11 to 1/8" connector adapter for your paging amplifier might burn out the input of the amplifier. I'm not an electrical engineer by any means, but as an amateur guitar player and general electronics "nerd", I have burned my fair share of gear by connecting amplified audio outputs to (expected) line level inputs on other gear. --Tim ----- Original Message -----
Cool that is a real hotwire job I was looking for, i will test is the HT286, there is supposedly a way to do that, ill have to make a rj-11 to 1/8in jack adapter, that is what the PA system takes as an input.
Thanks, nice to see other people thinking outside of the box.
George.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Nelson" <tnelson@rockbochs.com> To: "FreeSWITCH Users Help" <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:03:52 PM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Overhead paging
Ahhh, no problem. Just wanted to make sure you didn't dismiss it based on perceived (non)function. Price dismissal of course is acceptable. :)
For *very* low cost setups like you're looking for, we've modified Grandstream phones with a phono jack connected to the speakerphone wires inside the chassis. Then, we set the phone to auto-answer either directly, or by header which bridges the audio to the amplifier. Cheap, works well. Keep in mind if you want to try this and have the phone only auto-answer calls with the appropriate header set (Auto-Answer=0, or what have you), the phone needs to be a BT200 or better. The BT1xx series does not support that feature last I checked.
Good luck, have fun!
--Tim
----- Original Message -----
I have taken a look at that, the client is a non profit, we would like to do it on the cheap, we do have some ht286, just though that could be hacked instead of spending almost $400 CAN
Thank You, George.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Nelson" <tnelson@rockbochs.com> To: "FreeSWITCH Users Help" <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:44:55 AM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Overhead paging
Yes, the product referenced would allow your VoIP implementation (Freeswitch) to work with your existing paging system. Did you read the info on the link I sent?
--Tim
----- Original Message -----
there is already a paging system in place.
Thanks, George.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Nelson" <tnelson@rockbochs.com> To: "FreeSWITCH Users Help" <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:39:14 AM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Overhead paging
----- Original Message -----
what is the easiest way to set this up, just need a way to pickup a set and have an amp output going from the switch going to the paging system, I have read somewhere that you could use HT503 for this, sounds confusing.
You could use a VoIP to analog paging gateway, such as those made by Cyberdata. See here:
http://www.cyberdata.net/products/voip/legacyanalog/index.html
I've used their products quite a bit recently, and have had fantastic results. In the rare event I required support, the experience was top notch.***
--Tim
***Please keep in mind I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I find the need to 'toot my horn' about a product/company that exceeds my expectations as it is becoming a rarer thing these days.
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