[cisco-voip] FXS or ATA for paging

Ben Story ben.story at gmail.com
Mon Apr 12 08:31:39 EDT 2010


It depends on the paging system.  If it's a something like a Valcom that has
an FXO port on it, an FXS on the router will do the trick.  Some systems
though need and E&M port.

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:27 AM, David Zhars <dzhars at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a building with a 2801 and a 4 port FXS card in it.  Overhead
> speakers throughout the building.
> I'm trying to figure out, what's the easiest way to do a paging scenario
> with this?  Is there anyway to use the FXS card, or just buy an external ATA
> hooked into the 3560?  Also don't I need another box (I think the ATA goes
> off into some sort of maybe amplifier so something to feed the speakers?)
>
> Would appreciate any insight.
>
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