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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

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Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Elastix Unified Communications Server Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Description and Use of the Most Well-known FreePBX Modules
Addon Market Module
Asterisk Essential Commands
Asterisk Gateway Interface Programming
Helpful Linux Commands
Index

Integrating Elastix with other PBXs


Owing to the increase in the number of VoIP solutions worldwide and the number of Elastix features, we can integrate and offer services to any traditional, non-VoIP PBX. We can connect our server to another PBX by using FXO/FXS (analog), T1, BRI, ISDN/PRI, and MFC/R2 (digital) lines, and offer services such as the following:

  • Call center solutions

  • Voicemail solutions

  • SIP trunking in order to use special tariffs

We can even put our Elastix UCS between a PBX and its PSTN lines to act as a very affordable recording solution. This can be done by connecting our Elastix system between the Telco's lines (digital or analog) and the final PBX or PBXs. For example, if we have two E1 ports in our Elastix server, we can connect one E1 port to the Telco and another port to our traditional PBX. All calls will be received in our Elastix Box, get recorded, and then be sent to the traditional PBX.

Another example is if we have two traditional PBXs without any VoIP capabilities...