I was given 2 Cisco Analog Telephone Adapters. There are both model 186/188. I'm wondering what I can use them for, & if they use SIP? I'll either be using them in a simple setup here at home, or I'll donate them to Free Geek Seattle for their phone system. I am one of the main people starting Free Geek Seattle.
Thanks very much On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Aaron Burt <aa...@bavariati.org> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 04:44:29PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > I want an open source IP hard phone. > > > > The furniture is moved. I'm back to working on Asterisk. <snip> > > Congratulations! > > > For example, controlling the response to button presses. > > I'd like the option of the phone sending IP messages to > > Asterisk rather than making voice channel beeps, or > > navigating some preprogrammed response chain in the phone. > > Hm. Most of the hardphones I worked with were somewhat flexible. But I > was working with Aastra and Snom phones. I think they were sending SIP > messages for the button presses. But they really are programmable > terminals, each one different, with programmability confined within the > bounds that the vendor chose. A lot like the "Smart terminals" of yore. > > I suspect that the Ciscos are designed to act a lot like your standard > office desk phone, with a few dedicated-function keys for transfer/redial > etc. and a few "line" keys. Rule #1 of successful office IT: make it shiny > and new, but DON'T CHANGE A THING. :) > > So get your "transfer" key working and give 'em voicemail and "hold", and > hold off on the improvements. I know that you know how important it is to > do a first-class job for this particular client. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness http://kde.org/ Free Lossless Audio Codec https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug