Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!netsys!vector!nobody From: westmark!dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: General purpose, programmable phone switch Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 89 04:49:33 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 49, message 3 A recent article in this group asks about a general-purpose programmable telephone switching system. Basically, a PBX designed to let the end-user design the call-processing features. Check out Redcom (they're in New York state, but I've forgotten the city, and I don't have the info handy). They sell building blocks of the kind described... A general-purpose programmable digital switch, implemented as a backplane with available trunk, station, and other interface modules. An RS-232 interface is available. If your computer is connected to that interface, it can receive a text message for every event detected by the switching machine (every switchhook state-change, touch-tone detected, trunk ring or seizure signal, etc.). By sending messages to the switching machine, your computer can control signalling and switching functions. Basically, a PBX in kit form, with an external call-processor. Check it out! -- Dave Levenson Westmark, Inc. The Man in the Mooney Warren, NJ USA {rutgers | att}!westmark!dave