GO HERE External Ringer?

[rjm]

I have a client with multiple locations where the employees keep shutting off the phones. I want to install an external ringer that they wouldn't know how to shut off. Does anyone know of any hardware that would do this inexpensively? My target price would be <$50.

 

[deeiche]

An idea

Raspberry Pi configured as extension, when call directed to extension run system cmd that toggles one of the GPIO relays, ringer connected through GPIO relay.

 

[rossiv]

Obi100 + this?

 

[Charles Berghuis]

It's a little more than 50 but you can tie a old Grandstream IP phone to a Viking VK-M2W. This works fairly well and what's ever coming through the phone's speaker comes out the horn.

 

[briankelly63]

any old ATA (cheap) can be set up as an extension with a bell (old standard phone) on it.

for a warehouse use the ata with something like these
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=amazon loud phone bell

cheap ATA's
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=ata&rh=i:aps,k:ata

 

[tycho]

I just purchased a Basic Talk ATA that is a private label version of the Grandstream HT701. There is a thread on the DSLReports forum that describes how to overwrite the custom firmware with standard Grandstream firmware. I bought one of these basic talk telephone adapters from Walmart for $8.31 delivered and today converted it to a standard Grandstream HT701 in about 15 minutes or less.

Let me know if you would like a link to the specific thread and I will post it as an additional reply.

 

[rjm]

Thank you everyone for the outstanding suggestions!

 

[geopeterwc]

Let me know if you would like a link to the specific thread and I will post it as an additional reply.

Would appreciate the link(s) that had the information that you found helpful ... the information that I've found so far is off-putting enough to leave me reluctant to try the unlock procedure. (Shades of the PAP2 days of yore.) But your success is encouraging.

Thanks in advance.
/Pete./

 

[briankelly63]

Would appreciate the link(s) that had the information that you found helpful ... the information that I've found so far is off-putting enough to leave me reluctant to try the unlock procedure. (Shades of the PAP2 days of yore.) But your success is encouraging.

Thanks in advance.
/Pete./

fyi.....
http://pbxinaflash.com/community/in...-basic-talk-ata-grandstream-ht701-9-88.12747/

 

[geopeterwc]

fyi.....
http://pbxinaflash.com/community/in...-basic-talk-ata-grandstream-ht701-9-88.12747/

Thanks for the feedback briankelly63. I had recently picked up the device at a garage sale for about a buck ... thought that there might be a way to put it to some useful purpose. I had no intention of stealing intellectual property. Thanks for resetting my expectations.
/Pete./

 

[Yahdie]

1 ATA + 1 Clarity Bell Ringer from RadioShack
http://www.radioshack.com/recorders-and-ringers#prefn1=productType&prefv1=Ringers/flashers

 

[tycho]

Hadn't ever seen the thread, from back in 2013, pointed to by briankelly63. Like some in this forum, I, too, am an attorney -- a long-time telco attorney at that -- and I guess I have a different view than several espoused in that old thread. I purchased my device from Walmart, for my personal use, with no strings or conditions whatsoever. I'll leave it at that and move on.

 

[briankelly63]

Hadn't ever seen the thread, from back in 2013, pointed to by briankelly63. Like some in this forum, I, too, am an attorney -- a long-time telco attorney at that -- and I guess I have a different view than several espoused in that old thread. I purchased my device from Walmart, for my personal use, with no strings or conditions whatsoever. I'll leave it at that and move on.

The issue seemed to be that some resellers had no strings attached, which may or may not have been their intention, but others clearly tied the device to their service. Since it's such a cheap device the "limitations" seem to be a little fuzzy. Certainly if someone like Walmart sold it with no strings then I guess they are saying their not willing to try to enforce any provisions so why bother to have them in the first place. Most places solve that issue by having some upfront charge that covers their costs.

 

[tycho]

Certainly if someone like Walmart sold it with no strings then I guess they are saying their not willing to try to enforce any provisions so why bother to have them in the first place.

In this instance I don't think there are any provisions to enforce -- certainly not by Walmart. And not by BasicTalk either I'd argue.

I purchased a piece of CPE, from a big-box store, which piece of CPE and its packaging offers"available" (their word, not mine, connoting something optional; non-required; at extra-cost) home-phone service. There was no "shrink-wrap" provision/seal on the box, and nothing other than offers to sell outside or inside the box.

Upon turning the device on and accessing its web server I was greeted by no click-through licensing terms or "by using this device and it's embedded software you agree to our terms" language. As to replacing the embedded software under existing law, well, that's a pretty complicated subject but given my knowledge and background I'm quite comfortable with the actions that I have taken.