ACS with 5 DoorPhones 1

[dfed]

Have a customer who wants 5 doorphones. I know the ACS only allows 2.
Am thinking of assigning station ports as hotlines (#603) which would dial a group created in #502.
I'd be using real doorphones connected to the station ports, but no actual "doorphone" programming.

Anyone see any problem with this setup? Anyone ever tried it?

Thanks, DFed

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Good, except that a hotline can only dial a single extension, not a group number, so only one phone can ring.

You could loop a station port to a CO port, give that CO port a distinct ring, make it incoming only (or take it out of ALS), and have the hotline extensions call that station port.

 

[dfed]

Okay thanks... didn't know hotline could only dial an extension and not a group.
Do you see any reason using actual doorphones as analog extensions wouldn't work on the ports?

 

[TouchToneTommy]

That part will work fine - I've got a B&B with a door phone that hotlines to a single line cordless for afterhours arrivals, works well.

 

[dfed]

Okay Tommy, thanks for the help.