esoare Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 I have a client who is using paging amps to speakers in a store. Anyone else doing this? I am thinking either FXS or FXO (not sure which) to integrate to the AMP, then using a Advanced call flow to point to that device (maybe, if it's busy do a message to try again...or just let it give a busy tone). The Quandry of course, is the fact that I can't control the devices through Advanced Provisioner, and making sure they are programmed properly, before being dispersed to the 11 locations, will be...fun :) May need to break out that bottle of Pepto-Bismol.
Anthony Goss Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 We use the Snom PA1 to interface with Amps. Solid, tried and true. Works on POE or adapter
Baze Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 Hey there - yeah, we've used either Valcom SIP pagers before (nice thing there is they automatically do pick up and can be either 1 way or 2 way paging), but in a pinch you could probably use a cisco SPA adapter or something. Trick will (probably) be that they will want to have the ATA automatically answer the call when it comes in, so you will have to make sure that works - pepto-bismol recommended. ;)
Karl Stallknecht Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 I was going to say the same thing :-)
Anthony Goss Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 Confirmed..The ATA work around, using a grandstream Handytone or Cisco Spa does work. But a Snom PA1 is almost at the same price point and is designed just for this.
Baze Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 Just looked at that snom - yes, way better! Please for your sake don't try my second method with the ATA. ATA=Headache
Karl Stallknecht Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 I agree. We tried doing this for a customer (the ATA) and it was embarrassing - it didn't work half the time. Buy equipment that is designed to do it like the Snom!!
esoare Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Posted February 24, 2016 I was looking at the datasheet. http://www.thetelecomspot.com/downloa... Anthony: Just noticed your full comment on connecting to the AMP's. How do you connect it to the Amplifier if the customer has a 70V speaker system? or. Did everyone just use the Multicast to the phones for paging?
esoare Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Posted March 11, 2016 Have an SPA1 on the way. Will do a short write up after. esoare
Karl Stallknecht Posted March 11, 2016 Report Posted March 11, 2016 I'd love that! I've never used specifically that one before so I'm curious how it holds up compared to the other ones we have used.
Rick Guyton Posted March 15, 2016 Report Posted March 15, 2016 Wow, very cool solution. I've never really neaded this solution before. But, I'm glad to have this one in my tool belt! Do you guys use any particular speaker with it? Or are you usually tieing into an existing speaker?
Administrators Darren Schreiber Posted March 18, 2016 Administrators Report Posted March 18, 2016 There are also amplifiers from CyberData I think it's called? We have done light testing on these and they work. We're probably going to add them to the auto-provisioner.
Karl Stallknecht Posted March 18, 2016 Report Posted March 18, 2016 Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought CyberData only made amplifiers themselves, which are obviously a lot more expensive to replace than just adding in an adapter like the SNOM device. Still a good option, it just requires replacing more equipment of course.
Administrators Darren Schreiber Posted March 18, 2016 Administrators Report Posted March 18, 2016 Yeah, you're right, it's the whole amplifier and all I believe. So you are right, the SNOM solution would be better if they want to keep the old PA.
esoare Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Posted March 19, 2016 I agree. Did you know that the SNOM PA1 has an amp in it? you can hook up 8ohm speakers to it! (how many, i don't know) But the ideal thing, is to have a device, that integrates with existing systems... perhaps if an ATA was auto provisioned properly, that would meet the needs of the "paging integration".
esoare Posted March 22, 2016 Author Report Posted March 22, 2016 So here is the belated "writeup", it turned into a video with screen shots, etc. https://youtu.be/npSSZyavlzw It's branded a bit, but should be usable for any sysadmins to figure it out.
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