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Date: 26 Apr 91 23:30:07 GMT
From: Lou Kates <louk@tslwat.uucp>
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Subject: Re: 'Dumb PBX' Wanted
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In article <telecom11.305.12@eecs.nwu.edu> DANIEL@bnr.ca (Daniel
Zlatin) writes:

> My $0.02 on the issue of "open architecture" PBX's (but I work on the

Does "open" mean that you can use the usual switchhook flash and DTMF
tones to command the PBX from extensions or does it mean there are
proprietary protocols which you have access to in some manner?

Does anyone have a list of "open architecture" PBX's? For other PBX's
are there vendor specific methods that would still let anyone control
them from a computer?


Lou Kates, Teleride Sage Ltd., louk%tslwat@watmath.waterloo.edu