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VOIP, The Right Choice?

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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RFleming
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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:

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Good luck!

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fugettaboutit

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

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GeekBoy

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:

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fugettaboutit

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