Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Jeremy Mann wrote: > > >> Does anyone know if X-Ten or SJPhone support multiple cordless handsets >> for multiple lines? I have an office with multiple roaming >> users(nurses) that are in and out. I'd like to provide them telephones, >> and my idea is to have a PC sitting in a corner somewhere running a >> softphone client. When a nurse comes in she just picks up any available >> handset(anywhere from 2-5 per office) and starts calling. Each handset >> would be labeled with their extension so that if any inbound calls came >> to them they'd be able to let the receptionist know their extension. >> > > >> Any ideas? >> > > You might get away with running multiple copies of the soft-phone, telling > each copy which USB sound device to use (and a different local port, > probably) > > But since you'll then have 2-5 base stations, why don't you just get 2-5 > SIP DECT phones + base stations such as the Siemens C460IP? then you can > do-away with the PC altogether, and with clever dial-plan programming, > each nurse could grab a phone, "log on" to the system, entering their real > extension number via some star code on the phone they've just picked up, > which the system then directs to the phone they are carrying. > > So each nurse gets their own real extension and each phone also has a real > extension number, and they keep it all the time, and just tell the system > which phone they are on. Sort of like a divert which you initiate from the > remote phone rather than your normal desk phone, or a follow-me type of > application. > > I implement this so that people can work anywhere where there is a phone > connected to the system - they pick up a handset, key in the star code, > then their voicemail PIN, then all calls to their own extension are > diverted to the extension of the phone in their hand. They don't even need > to know the extension number of the phone they are holding. Great for > hot-desking. > > >> Also, is it possible to transfer a call directly to someone's VM(if they >> are out of the office) bypassing their extension? If so, could someone >> post the asterisk logic behind the extension setup? I don't want >> anything too complex(like setting the DND or phone to busy). >> > > Have the Dial instruction with a time-out, followed by a call to > Voicemail. Or implement a code that the extension user can key in to > activate a permenent divert to VM which is then checked in the dial-plan. > > So at it's simplest, go to VM after 15 seconds: > > exten => 123,1,Dial(SIP/123,15) > exten => 123,n,Voicemail(123,us) > > To get the effect you're after, assimng some receptionist knows the > otherperson is out of the office, then you might want to add an extra > digit to the dialplan to immediately sent to VM, so: > > exten => 123#,1,Voicemail(123,us) > > and the operator would transfer the caller to 123# ... > > (make sure the operators phone can dial a trailing #!) > > Gordon > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > So thats 2 votes for SIP-DECT :)
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