[cisco-voip] Play Message without Voicemail or UCCX?

[Robert Singleton]

Weigand, John V. wrote:
> We’re going to be moving our voicemail server and UCCX server to a new 
> building next week, and they’re going to be down for several hours. Is 
> there any way with just CallManager (v5.1.3) to play a message stating 
> we’re down for maintenance?
> 
>  
> 

> I was trying to figure out a way to get a specific DN to immediately 
> answer calls, place it on hold, and play an MOH… Or could this maybe be 
> done through an attendant console queue?

Use a cheap call announcer, like the Viking DVA-LPA, connected to some 
form of FXS port...

http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=479

I used to use a DVA-1003B (3 announcers in one 1U rack chassis) for all 
kinds of general announcements on systems that had no VM to hijack for 
such things...

Robert