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We have a Marantz sound system. We also have an Asterisk PBX. Now, I want to have Asterisk play a bell tone for a schedule over the sound system.
So I've set up a Cisco SPA112 Port Adapter (basically a Digital-to-Analog convertor) and assigned it an ipaddress on the network. I've also set up Asterisk to know what to do. So I am able to send the sounds to the Port Adapter, but I need now to get the sound from the Adapter box into the Marantz.
We have done something similar with our PA system. Asterisk broadcasts to a Port Adapter which in turn allows the signal to pass as analog to our Viking ZPI-4 Paging Interface. Asterisk plays the "5" tone and the Viking allows the sound to play.
But the trick here is to do the same thing through the sound system attached to the Marantz.
The Adapter has an RJ11 output, and the Marantz has an RCA input.
The circuit is only one-way. We would only send FROM the Port Adapter TO the RCA input.
So it looks like I need an RJ11 to RCA convertor. But I would like to make one instead of buy one, which means I need to know how the wires should map to the pins. I can't find the answer in a google search, so I was hoping some of the knoweledgeable folks here might be able to help me out.
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The wiring diagram is actually what I was looking for here, and Spiff supplied exactly the solution I sought, so I am marking the answer.
However, I realize I haven't solved the underlying issue. Another solution I am looking at (in case anyone is following this) is [sending the sound transmission directly to the Marantz]3. Another approach to the underlying issue is to see whether Asterisk can transmit to the line without waiting for an answer.
Thanks for the diagram and the link. This is what I was looking for. I'll test this with my Asterisk system and see if I can figure out how to get it to work. I'm marking this solved, but I'll provide details once I test. – bgmCoder – 2014-03-14T20:59:32.710
Nooo! Like I said, this isn't a full solution for you. First, it doesn't complete the circuit on the phone line. You still need something that does auto-answer. If you don't have something that can detect the ring signal and go off-hook (i.e. "answer the phone", "complete the circuit"), you won't have a circuit that the Cisco box can send audio onto. Also, I'm not really an electrical/electronics engineer, so I don't know enough to predict how the 90VAC ring signal might affect this. It's possible it could physically destroy your audio equipment, for all I know. – Spiff – 2014-03-14T21:16:05.880
I am actually going to try the Rolls box which has a transformer in it(http://www.rolls.com/product.php?pid=PI9) -I marked your question because it was the answer I was looking for with regards to the wiring diagram. You have a point about the device needing to be able to close the circuit, and I am wondering if there isn't some configuration in Asterisk that will let me send the signal through the circuit directly without waiting for an answer. Also, I wonder if maybe I can send the sounds directly to the Morantz.
– bgmCoder – 2014-03-14T21:38:16.673@BGM The problem is that the "answer" is what actually completes the circuit. Electricity, including analog audio on phone lines, requires complete circuits to flow through. Without answering, the "red" and "green" (a.k.a. "tip" and "ring" from the old phono-plug-based naming) lines of the phone cord are just two unconnected wires, not a circuit. As you can see from the diagram, the transformer doesn't complete the circuit either. You still need something to complete the circuit (a.k.a. "answer the phone", "take the receiver off of the hook switch", "go off-hook"). – Spiff – 2014-03-14T21:52:48.957
I know you are right about the circuit. I'm torn between making sure my question is resolved (I hate leaving unresolved questions) and not actually finding the real solution, of which I don't really see one. – bgmCoder – 2014-03-14T22:22:08.617