I have only been using FreePBX for about a year now. I have a client that we set up and now they want to hook up PA speakers. I am trying to use OBI202 to pass the voip to analog for the speaker. RJ11 from phone port 1 to an inline resistor I was told I needed and then the speaker wire to amp and speaker.
I got access to web interface of Obi202, and selected the use for paging option. However when I have my phone port one to speaker plugged in I get a flashing light on phone 1. It shows busy. I need this to get resolved, and I am in the tall grass here. Any help would be appreciated.
You need a paging interface, not just a resistor.
https://www.google.com/search?q=telephone+paging+interface&rlz=1CAACAO_enUS670US670&oq=telephone+paging+interface&aqs=chrome..69i57.3674j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I have 2 other clients that have the same setup I am trying to replicate. So I know it is possible, the guy that set it up before me didn't do much for documentation.
You can mow a lawn with a pocket knife, or a goat, or you can buy a lawnmower. If you are doing this for clients as a business, do it right.
http://www.obihai.com/OBiDeviceAdminGuide#_Toc367543009
Quote from: drgeoff on June 08, 2016, 04:31:45 PM
http://www.obihai.com/OBiDeviceAdminGuide#_Toc367543009
Right. And, as the admin guide points out, you need hardware (an interface) to connect the phone line output of the OBi to the PA system, with the proper impedance matching. Off-hook impedance on a telephone is 600 ohms. Input impedance to an audio amplifier is typically higher. Just one example: http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/teleinterface.html#audioint (http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/teleinterface.html#audioint)