Overview

SA-Announce provides intercom paging over Cisco IP telephones and integrates with legacy overhead paging systems out of the box. SA-Announce 2.0 uses our proven broadcast engine and adds many user-requested features. SA-Announce offers more features than any other IP telephony paging system. Not only is SA-Announce feature complete, it is built with reliability and ease of administration in mind.

Topology

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Features

• Define groups of users which you can page as simply as calling a phone number
• Supports both overhead intercom paging (single and multi zone systems) and text based messages to Cisco 7940, 7960, 7970 and Cisco IP Communicator phones
• Extends existing phone systems to intercom systems with minimal installation
• Users can access the SA-Announce Intercom system from any phone on the network
• SA-Announce monitors active calls and prevents conversations from being interrupted by paging
• Web interface built upon Microsoft .NET allows the user to manage call groups and send text messages
• SA-Announce Intercom system features an easy to use web interface to manage call groups system administration
• Internal voice packets broadcasting service allows the implementation of paging without requiring network multicast configuration if your network is not multicast enabled
• Multicast support (new in 2.0)
• Hoot ‘N’ Holler (instant auto-answer) page groups.(new in 2.0)
• Secure page groups(new in 2.0)
• Ad Hoc page groups(new in 2.0)
• SA-Announce delivers perfect sound to hundreds of phones at once
• Syn-Apps delivers only superbly engineered products. They all feature:
  • Windows installer, with automated configuration
  • Support for CallManager versions 3.2, 3.3, 4.x and 5.x
  • Supported IP phones – 7905, 7912, 7920, 7940, 7960, 7970, and IP Communicator
  • SQL Server or MSDE databases
  • Built-in support features, enabling us to quickly detect and correct problems if they appear

System Requirements

SA-Announce Application Server

• Microsoft .Net 1.1
• Windows 2000 or 2003 Server
• Syn-Apps Core Components
• Microsoft IIS
• 512 megabytes of system memory
• 1 gigabyte of hard disk space

Cisco Call Manager Support

• Cisco Call Manager versions 3.2, 3.3, 4.x or 5.x.
• All servers are must have the same Call Manager version and Administrative ID and password.
• If applicable, all back-up Call Manager servers must use the same SQL SA ID and password.
• Web Access to IP Phones can not be disabled in CallManager.
• Cisco TSP required if using TAPI busy detection in order to enable TAPI Service Provider.