what you are reading on Cisco manual "DN" is a completely different concept that what we are dealing in asterisk. In CME you refer to each number as a DN, that concept does not exist on Asterisk. Although Asterisk support SCCP (Skinny) and H323, but its always easier and better to use SIP or IAX. if you like to have a reception phone with BLF, there are lots of options to choose from. Beside the fact that i don't like quality of Cisco Phones, I usually get better and professional results with Polycom. But again that is my opinion.
On 8/6/07, Ryan Amos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The 7914 only works under SCCP; the SIP firmware does not support it at > all (the expansion panel won't even power on fully.) The SCCP channel driver > under Asterisk doesn't really support the 7914 very well, currently it will > only show onhook/offhook state (though there has been much discussion > recently about changing this.) If you want to do this with SIP then you're > better off with something like the grandstream mentioned, or just use the > Flash Operator Panel (IMO it gives you more flexibility at a much lower > cost.) > > I have personally found "receptionist phone" functionality handled much > better with FOP. I have a 7914 and its functionality (and usefulness) is > very limited under Asterisk. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *James R. Stevens > *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2007 10:41 AM > *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Learn some terminalogy before > mountingthistask. > > Thank you for your reply as it is exactly what we would need. Sorry I > didn't find it myself. I do have a question about configuration within > Asterisk. > > > > I'm reading the PDF on the Cisco Expansion module and it says 'When used > as a DN key buttons are illuminated …' > > > > Is that what we are doing within Asterisk or Trixbox when we configure an > extension? (A Directory Number??) > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *James FitzGibbon > *Sent:* Monday, August 06, 2007 7:37 AM > *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Learn some terminalogy before > mountingthistask. > > > > On 8/5/07, *James R. Stevens* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the design of an Asterisk system using Cisco 7900 series SIP phones > we are struggling with giving the reception folks (3) hardware that can > tell them the status of everyone in the office (10 or so) (On the phone, > out of office etc) Something that would register each of the extensions > we choose and give status of that ext. > > What hardware (Phone or other) could we give the receptionist to do > this? > > > You're probably looking for something like this: > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_data_sheet09186a008008883d.html > > > I have no experience integrating this specific piece of hardware with > Asterisk, but I've done what you're trying to do with the Grandstream > equivalent for our front reception: > > http://www.grandstream.com/gxp2000.html > > and > > http://www.grandstream.com/gxp2000ext.html > > As I understand it, so long as the device can do a SIP SUBSCRIBE for each > extension you want to monitor and you configure hints in your Asterisk > dialplan for those extensions, it should work. You may need to set > 'subscribecontext' (in sip.conf) for the phone that will be watching the > extensions unless your hints are in the same context as the phone uses for > outbound dialing. > > Of course, what the device does with the various payloads contained in the > SIP NOTIFY messages is going to be different for each phone. On the > Grandstream I can see 'not in use' (solid green) and 'ringing' (flashing > red) distinctly, but 'unavailable' and 'in use' are both mapped to a solid > red, which makes it somewhat useless for transiently connected user agents > like softphones. > > > Hopefully someone with experience will speak up and confirm that the 7900 > series does interop properly with Asterisk for SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFY. > > If that doesn't work, you could always go with a software solution, like > the Flash Operator Panel. voip-info has a list (look at the "Operator" > section on the page): http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+GUI > > -- > j. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *Athens Hyperion > Scanner*<http://www.athensdistributing.com/>, > and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > --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 >
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