VOIP, The Right Choice?

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VOIP, The Right Choice? RFleming 08-04-2007
Posted by on August 4, 2007, 7:45 am
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Hello,

I have been trying to find an answer for several weeks and have had no
luck. I am a software designer, and I am trying to find a solution to
a problem. I would like to send an audio signal, such as "good", or
play a bell for good, or to say "bad" or play a buzzer sound for bad.
I would like to be able to do this over a from one PC to multiple
headsets/headphones. This would not be a "global broadcast", meaning
I may choose to send "good" to headset number 1, but send nothing to
the other headsets. These same headsets would be wireless. My range
is about 15-30 feet. What I can't seem to find is a device to do
this. I don't care if it is a small battery powered "black box" that
I can send audio to and plug a headset into, or if it is an actual
headphone that allows you to communicate to it via TCPIP. Does such
an item exist?


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Posted by fugettaboutit on August 4, 2007, 8:29 am
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It sounds like you need to utilize multicast so you can communicate with
a select set of receivers (multicast groups). I also assume you run a
VoIP environment? If so, take a look at this link...don't know if it's
exactly what you need, but it might get you closer:

http://www.twistpair.com/index/webapp-knowledgebase-action?articleid=80


Good luck!


RFleming@NationalSteel.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to find an answer for several weeks and have had no
> luck. I am a software designer, and I am trying to find a solution to
> a problem. I would like to send an audio signal, such as "good", or
> play a bell for good, or to say "bad" or play a buzzer sound for bad.
> I would like to be able to do this over a from one PC to multiple
> headsets/headphones. This would not be a "global broadcast", meaning
> I may choose to send "good" to headset number 1, but send nothing to
> the other headsets. These same headsets would be wireless. My range
> is about 15-30 feet. What I can't seem to find is a device to do
> this. I don't care if it is a small battery powered "black box" that
> I can send audio to and plug a headset into, or if it is an actual
> headphone that allows you to communicate to it via TCPIP. Does such
> an item exist?
>

Posted by GeekBoy on August 6, 2007, 10:20 pm
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> It sounds like you need to utilize multicast so you can communicate with


Multicast will not work until TCP/IP v6 is implemented.


> a select set of receivers (multicast groups). I also assume you run a VoIP
> environment? If so, take a look at this link...don't know if it's exactly
> what you need, but it might get you closer:
>
> http://www.twistpair.com/index/webapp-knowledgebase-action?articleid=80
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> RFleming@NationalSteel.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been trying to find an answer for several weeks and have had no
>> luck. I am a software designer, and I am trying to find a solution to
>> a problem. I would like to send an audio signal, such as "good", or
>> play a bell for good, or to say "bad" or play a buzzer sound for bad.
>> I would like to be able to do this over a from one PC to multiple
>> headsets/headphones. This would not be a "global broadcast", meaning
>> I may choose to send "good" to headset number 1, but send nothing to
>> the other headsets. These same headsets would be wireless. My range
>> is about 15-30 feet. What I can't seem to find is a device to do
>> this. I don't care if it is a small battery powered "black box" that
>> I can send audio to and plug a headset into, or if it is an actual
>> headphone that allows you to communicate to it via TCPIP. Does such
>> an item exist?
>>



Posted by fugettaboutit on August 7, 2007, 7:36 am
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That is not correct, as multicast is certainly not limited to IPv6. I
use multicast in my IPv4 net for music-on-hold services enterprise-wide,
both LAN and WAN subnets. Over a thousand devices are configured as
multicast groups.

Also, Berbee produced a product that streamed multicast audio streams to
existing 7900 series IP phones. It was their product, but I believe
there are others out there. Again, IPv6 is not a determining factor for
multicast operation.


GeekBoy wrote:
>> It sounds like you need to utilize multicast so you can communicate with
>
>
> Multicast will not work until TCP/IP v6 is implemented.
>
>

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