05-01-2017 08:36 AM - edited 03-17-2019 10:12 AM
I have a customer who wants to broadcast MoH from a local radio station via 3.5mm or USB connector.
There have been posts about using an E&M or FXO port in a Cisco ISR to do this.
In the 11.5 SRND, the following information is given:
"Beginning with Cisco Unified CM 11.5, Cisco IOS routers can be configured to provide a multicast
audio RTP stream from a .wav file or externally
connected audio source. The audio source can be from
a .wav file, CD player, radio, or other audio device connected to the Cisco IOS router."
1) What is really different here than what was previously done?
2) Is there any way to leverage the USB connection on an ISR4000 series?
3) Has anyone successfully used the 3.5mm connection to FXO and what did you use to interface (ie. a commercial 3.5 to RJxx connector or a DIY connection by cutting a 3.5 and crimping into the appropriate RJxx)
Thanks for any insight!
Brad.
05-02-2017 11:07 PM
Hi Brad,
To answer your questions:
05-13-2017 04:44 PM
Bill Bell did a great blog about this topic a few years ago
http://www.netcraftsmen.com/live-stream-music-on-hold-and-cisco-uc-on-ucs/
07-26-2017 08:52 AM
Ultimately I came up empty on this. After lots of testing/troubleshooting and working with TAC we found this:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/interfaces/NIM/software/configuration/guide/b-ConfVoiFxNIM.html#con_1136968
I deployed Cisco 4XXX gateways using 4th Generation NIMs. In the document above, MoH from a live feed is explicitly unsupported.
I'm sure the CUCM rebroadcast of a multicast stream will work just fine... I would just need to find a different source.
It turns out what the customer really wanted is a way for employees to listen to the local radio station while at their desk. MoH really wouldn't be a great solution for that.
If I had time, I may have found a way to configure a phone service which would simply listen for a multicast stream and play it on the speakerphone. I'll leave that for an exercise when I have lots of free time.
Brad.
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