[K12OSN] IP based PA system?

[rmcdaniel at indata.us]

Here is some info on using Asterisk as a paging system.

http://voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+paging+and+intercom



Ronald R. McDaniel
Conecuh County Schools
(251) 578-7073 x26
(251) 238-1890 cell
1*4238*104 SouthernLinc
rmcdaniel at indata.us


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [K12OSN] IP based PA system?
> From: "Jim Kronebusch" <jim at winonacotter.org>
> Date: Wed, April 12, 2006 9:13 am
> To: k12osn at redhat.com
> 
> I am forced to do some fairly creative thinking here.  In an effort to save
> some money the main school I work for is moving the Jr. high into our Sr. high
> campus.  We will now have Jr. high classrooms among Sr. high classrooms.  Now
> the fun part.  The sr high runs a 7 period day, the jr high an 8 period day. 
> And to even get more fun, they both want separate announcements throughout the
> day.
> 
> So one of my many thoughts here is to build some sort of IP based system for
> announcements.  Does anyone know of a way to say take voice from a microphone
> hooked to one computer and broadcast it to any computer withing IP range
> x.x.x.1-.100?  Or on the other hand broadcast audio events from one central
> computer out to a range of others?
> 
> Thinking that all classroom machines already have external amplifiers and
> speakers hooked up to them, and I already will know the schedule of what
> classes will be in each room for the day.  Can I script the IP's of machines
> to change to fall into range a or b at certain periods of the day to accept
> these broadcast events and play them locally on the speakers.
> 
> I know, I am really grasping at straws here :-)  This whole setup is crazy. 
> But nobody will listen to me when I say dual schedules and mixed rooms is a
> nightmare.
> 
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