Greeting Message System, Special Pbx?

[Driller 4]

Hope someone in the know sees this, I want to put in place a voice and music greeting system (run by BT etc I guess) but I want to install and configure my own PBX system.

Does anyone know if the greeting system needs a particular kind of PBX to work (is there a special comms protocol?) or will any old SOHO Panasonic, Orchid etc do the job?

[jb-eye 307]

Panasonic all the way.

[Driller 4]

Thanks for the shout, are they fairly straightforward to program? By memory you can program them through a USB port but also need a Panasonic telephone (not a problem).

More to the point, do you know if the Panansonic system will work by default with a greeting message service?

[james.wilson 711]

why not bring an old pc back to life with linux and some asterisk distribution?

[jb-eye 307]

why not bring an old pc back to life with linux and some asterisk distribution?

James shut up. thats another british job gone.

[james.wilson 711]

yes boss

[norman 1,054]

Pan PBX are made in the UK?

[Driller 4]

A computer could do that? Never heard of asterix but will look into it. Trouble is it's going to be limited by the number of lines available I imagine whereas offsite will be infinite or lots anyway.