VoIP intercom for local area network

Hi all

I've seen a couple of similar questions pop up in this forum in the past, but there's never been a solution that quite fits my problem.

We have an office database with 7 Windows XP PCs sharing a database. There is a built in functionality to send messages to other machines using RealPopup (remember Winpopup?). Messages can be generated by the database since realpopup accepts command line parameters for the recipient & message.

I am looking for a similar thing but with voice. Some kind of intercom that can call different machines over the network.

One major sticking point is that this network is not connected to the internet, and won't be for the foreseeable future.

I have been able to track down several programmes that all calls to be made over a LAN without an internet connection (P2P VoIp Beta 1.1, VoIPerized & Linphone) but none of them accept any external control.

Does anyone have any other programme suggestions for a more tightly integrated solution for our database?

Also, I should mention that we're not looking to use any extra hardware or handpieces at the moment. A microphone for the computer will be fine.

Many thanks

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Anyone with any ideas about this?

Did no one reply because no one knows of anything available, or because I'm asking a completely daft question?

Hi StooJ and welcome to VoIP User.

There's no such thing as a daft question, just daft answers (or lack of any answer ).

Let me make sure I understand this correctly. You want a basic voice/intercom system running on a LAN with no internet connection, with voice calls being initiated not by users, but by a central server?

What mechanism would be used to initiate the voice calls? Can the server make an HTTP post or similar?

If I'm correct in the above assumptions, Asterisk could be configured to do this (with an HTTP post callback coming from the central server).

You would need to have softphones logged in to each machine though, ready to receive calls (Linphone would be fine).

2 PC's and 1 IP Phone.
The purpose is to simply show that VOIP works in LAN.

User initiated calls are applicable for me. How do you do this? I would love to see codes so i could study how each function contributes to the entire sytem.

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The purpose is to simply show that VOIP works in LAN.

Hi Do you mean your LAN or Lan in general.

Basicly asterisk will do this as would almost any IPPBX, you just need a CTI link to your DB.
You dont say what the server or DB is though, Big problems when intergrating apps is not the voip side its the application trying to connect to it.



Ian