OT: Toshiba XXe Key Phone System Info?

From: Eliot Moore <elmo_at_mminternet.com>
Date: Sun Nov 19 19:33:15 2000

Bill Richman wrote:

> I guess it passes the 10-year rule, and it's got some CPUs in it (Z8xxx's)
> so maybe it's not as off-topic as I thought... ;-)
>
> We have half the stuff in the house automated with X-10 power control
> modules and the "Mister House" software using motion sensors, etc. to run
> lights, a 300 disc CD changer, software-based phone answering machine, etc.
> Mister House (www.misterhouse.net) is mostly a bunch of Perl scripts that
> can be made to do most anything with enough work. It also has voice I/O
> capability. I've got the whole place wired with ethernet, with laptops in
> most of the rooms. I've also got 4-pair CAT3 phone wire to each room. I'd
> like to use the XXe to run our phones, as well as letting "Mister House" use
> the hands-free intercom functions to talk to us around the house and/or
> receive commands from us.

False start. The Strata XXe is [just] a key system, has no native single line
or voicemail/auto-attendant support. You'll need the "off-premise" station
cards (MOPU/MOPX?), and it can only provide six ports that way. Good luck
finding them.

Regards,
Elmo
Received on Sun Nov 19 2000 - 19:33:15 GMT