Magix / Asterisk integration 1

[ITDale]

Hope someone here can point me in the right direction.
As several others have mentioned I'm also a PBX newbie, more of a networking / data guy that ended up "owning" the phone system too.
I have 3 older Avaya systems; 2 are Magix R2 and 1 is a Legend (not sure of the revision off hand) These are in 3 separate buildings, have a 3 digit dialing plan and are all in hybrid / PBX mode. I know almost enough about managing them to be dangerous (much rather write VB or SQL any day than launch winSPM...)
Because these systems are aging and our needs are growing I need to do some upgrading but do not have a budget for an IP chassis. I want to at least try Asterisk to see if it is a fit for our needs but vendors I've approached have taken an "our way or highway" attitude and refuse to help. My current need for assistance is simply to configure an unused 100D card in one of the Magix chassis to communicate with a Digium TE110P in an Asterisk based PC. Initially I want to put my IT dept's 3 extensions on Asterisk for evaluation.
Any thoughts / Ideas appreciated
Dale

 

[everythingsround]

I'm here in Chicago trying, beginning to think about this kind of integration between Merlin Legend - just now starting my research on the subject and am home from work - don't know what model number ATM, and Asterisk (willing to buy hardware to support the Merlin box. We are also faced with an offer to upgrade our Merlin to a Magix system *not sure what model, again, sorry* only to gain small benefits. I will fill you in tomorrow or soon there after with my questions or success.