[SML] Making a phone ring and it's handset speaker work on stage

[Ray Gibson]

Let me add that you can probably do this without the computer and the
FreePBX software.  Many ATAs have the ability to do "direct dial".  So you
can very likely configure the phones to just call each other.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Ray Gibson <booray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Don Taco via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Are we saying that with the proper software, an offstage phone could just
>> call the onstage phone?
>>
>>
> Yes.  Using an "analog telephone adapter" combined with Asterisk or
> FreePBX, which can run on quite a variety of hardwares, you can create your
> own mini phone system even with just a couple of handsets.
>
> Example ATAs include the Grandstream GT502 (~$36) or the Cisco SPA122
> (~$57).  One can download a CD image that will install the software on any
> old computer from www.freepbx.org (note, this is a full OS install,
> doesn't sit on top of your current OS, so use a clean hard drive for
> this).  Simply connect the computer onto the same network as the ATA with
> either a little router or static IPs, and configure your ATA phones as
> phone extensions.  Then, they can call each other, ring phones, do
> whatever..
>
>
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