Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 25 Apr 91 07:27:00 EDT From: Daniel Zlatin Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 'Dumb PBX' Wanted Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 305, Message 12 of 16 Lines: 20 My $0.02 on the issue of "open architecture" PBX's (but I work on the following product, so could be accused of bias!): Northern Telecom's Norstar system is definitely an open architecture PBX. All of the functions of the system are available to a PC through an interface card (which connects to the KSU as though it were a set). A software library for the PC, available from NT, enables one to write applications similar to those that were mentioned in the original posting. (Of course, I wouldn't classify it as a "dumb" PBX. It has a complete set of built-in functionality; but it is easily enhanced with your own private features.) Daniel Zlatin Norstar Development, Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Ont. daniel@bnr.ca