Overhead Paging Systems and CCM

[T1PSTN]

Does anyone have experience setting up an interface between a paging system and a CCM? I assume that a VG200 with FXO ports would do the job nicely. Does anyone know of a simple/cheaper way?

 

[Nalyd]

Cut the speaker wire in one of your phones, put it in an intercom group by itself, and wire it to a overhead paging zone controller. You should even be able to pass on DTMF to your zone controller that way, to select individual zones.

 

[AdmanOK]

I would use an Cisco ATA186 (

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/gatecont/ps514/ps515/index.html)

to provide an analog port and plug a zone paging module into it. The ATA units are pretty cheap - under $200. If you don't already have a paging module that has an analog port input the Bogen PCM2000 (

http://www.bogen.com/products.htm)

is a really nice little unit.