{"id":138,"date":"2020-05-19T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.1.214\/?p=138"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:26:26","slug":"how-to-integrate-3cx-with-analog-phones-and-pstn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.patton.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/19\/how-to-integrate-3cx-with-analog-phones-and-pstn\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Integrate 3CX with Analog Phones and PSTN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3CX is a popular software PBX with many rich and useful unified communications capabilities. It does NOT<\/strong> however natively support analog phones or PSTN connectivity. So how can you keep your organization connected to the PSTN\u2014whether for fallback\/survivability or breakout phone service?<\/p>\n\n\n

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And how can you integrate your legacy telephone handsets with 3CX?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SmartNode to the rescue!<\/em><\/strong> For your analog phones, you need a SmartNode ATA (or FXS VoIP Gateway) that provides FXS ports for connecting the legacy phones to the IP network while converting the analog voice to a SIP media stream, i.e. VoIP.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Above drawing shows the 3CX phone system integrated with an analog phone using a SmartNode SN200 ATA<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For PSTN access, you need a VoIP gateway that provides T1\/E1\/PRI ports to integrate the 3CX phone system with a PSTN network access link (WAN connection).<\/p>\n\n\n

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The above drawing shows the 3CX phone system using a SmartNode SN4170 T1\/E1 VoIP Gateway<\/a> to provide\u00a0integrated PSTN access.<\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Patton has just released a pair of video tutorials to guide you through the setup of the two solutions shown above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n