FOOD FOR THOUGHT Page group limit is 40 extensions?

[paulnye]

As I create a new page group and drag extensions into it, the max number of extensions seems to be 40 although there is no documentation to suggest this. Can anyone confirm?
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Asterisk 11.3
Freepbx 2.11.0.1
Incpbx 11.3

 

[tm1000]

Usually once you hit 40 everyone here will suggest multicast page groups. This is because the way page groups work is by creating a conference and inviting everyone into it. Which at 40 participants can be extremely taxing on the system

 

[paulnye]

1. I am running on an i7 cpu, 16g ram, ssd drive, 1Gb lan etc so can the 40 ext limit be removed manually somehow by a config file?
2. Multicast paging doesnt use the PBX, right?

 

[phoneguy]

We dont suggest going above 40 extensions regardless of hardware but yes you can change the limit in the Advanced Settings Module

 

[ou812]

If you use multicast it is not using asterisk to create a conference and uses next to no resources on the CPU, you do need to have phones that support multicast and or you can connect a sip paging adapter for over head speakers, I have used the Snom adapter and it works well.