Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-31 Thread Olivier Krief
2006/3/29, John Novack [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The reality is, of course, that telephone systems have provided thisfunction for many years. A DSS/BLF is available on MANY so called legacysystems, so until this function is readily available , customers that require a receptionist will continue to go

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-31 Thread John Novack
Olivier Krief wrote: 2006/3/29, John Novack [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The reality is, of course, that telephone systems have provided this function for many years. A DSS/BLF is available on MANY so called legacy systems, so until this function is readily available , customers that require a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-31 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
I've been quiet on this discussion for a few days and reading everybody's thoughts. But since I brought this subject up in the first place I thought I would bring it to a close with the results summarized. 1. The polycom phones do support attendant stations, but there is some

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-29 Thread John Novack
I am from snom. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mustardman29 Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:47 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones So how did

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-29 Thread Jerry Jones
-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones We installed a snom with 3 sidecars. Kinda worked, but had so many quirks they had us replace with a Polycom. All their other phones were of the poly variety. We installed a dedicated lcd running FOP for display. Receptionist

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-29 Thread mustardman29
: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones The reality is, of course, that telephone systems have provided this function for many years. A DSS/BLF is available on MANY so called legacy systems, so until this function is readily available , customers that require a receptionist will continue to go

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-29 Thread mustardman29
Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones Because we still have to live with - the current - seven only limitation. We have found that training generally results in folks understanding how to use a PBX vs a key system For many years I installed large PBX systems, Rolms

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-29 Thread Douglas Garstang
-Original Message- From: mustardman29 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:08 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones Could you please explain this limitation. Why would Polycom

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Bob McDowell
: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones The 360 has an expansion unit. It adds 42 extensions. Darrell S. Long BestWeb Corporation Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: Hmm, which phone from Snom are you using for this? I've looked around their website and I can only find 3 VoIP phones, the 300, 320

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Jerry Jones
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 4:32 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones The 360 has an expansion unit. It adds 42 extensions. Darrell S. Long BestWeb Corporation Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: Hmm, which phone from

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Bob McDowell wrote: Can you chain these to get more that 42 buttons? I need about 60... Bob McDowell 42+12 is fairly near the 60 target. -- Best regards Peer Oliver Schmidt PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Bob McDowell
fault, due to lack of finding a good one. Bob McDowell -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peer Oliver Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:50 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
What I read on snom's website was the _currently_ only one sidecar can be hooked up at a time. It sounds like they are working on getting multiple sidecars chained together but have not got all of the bugs worked out. I am kind of in the same boat. Our current system offers 60 buttons

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread mustardman29
Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones We installed a snom with 3 sidecars. Kinda worked, but had so many quirks they had us replace with a Polycom. All their other phones were of the poly variety. We installed a dedicated lcd running FOP

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Christian Stredicke
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones So how did the Polycom with sidecars work? I like the idea of a dedicated FOP display but not sure why you would need it if you have a Polycom with sidecars. -Original Message

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-28 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
For those of us that only need a small handful of these receptionist phones (for me it is 2), it should not be nearly as much of a problem, correct? For example I only need 2 phones with 60 (well, I can get 54 atm, but would like to expand even more). Assuming everybody picked up their

[Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones)

2006-03-27 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
Thanks for all the comments on the 3Com phones. Thankfully, there is a large number of phones out there to dig through looking for the right solution. What I have not been able to find, after spending all weekend looking, is a good solution for an attendant console. We have 2

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones)

2006-03-27 Thread Darrell Long
We would be interested in the same. We have had only limited success getting Snom's phones to do this. And, you're right, this is such a common thing, there MUST be something out there that can do the job. Darrell S. Long BestWeb Corporation Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: Thanks for all

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones)

2006-03-27 Thread Curt Shaffer
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Hazelbaker Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 1:32 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones) Thanks for all

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones)

2006-03-27 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
We may end up using a software solution, but there are two main issues with a software solution (for us at least): 1) For us in particular, our receptionists have ALWAYS (for the past 15 years at least) used a physical switchboard style for routing and seeing availability. From past

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones)

2006-03-27 Thread Justin Moore
On 3/27/06, Daniel Hazelbaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have seen that the polycom setup (601+sidecar) works but only for up to 7 phones From what I've seen, each sidecar supports up to 14 additional stations. Three of those along with the 5 buttons on the 601 comes up to 47 on my calculator.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
Yes, I keep reading on the mailing list archives and the wikis that (wether or not it is indeed a Asterisk issue) Polycom keeps saying that an issue with Asterisk prevents you from monitoring more than 7 total (not per sidecar) extensions. Daniel On Mar 27, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Justin Moore

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread pdhales
@lists.digium.com Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones Yes, I keep reading on the mailing list archives and the wikis that (wether or not it is indeed a Asterisk issue) Polycom keeps saying that an issue with Asterisk prevents you from monitoring more

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread Darrell Long
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones Yes, I keep reading on the mailing list archives and the wikis that (wether or not it is indeed a Asterisk issue) Polycom keeps saying that an issue with Asterisk prevents you from

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread pdhales
: Darrell Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones Do you have experience with the Snom phones? We have not had much success getting them

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread Daniel Hazelbaker
Hmm, which phone from Snom are you using for this? I've looked around their website and I can only find 3 VoIP phones, the 300, 320 and 360. The 360 by the looks of it only has 12 buttons you can assign to different extensions; am I missing something or is that the phone and you just do

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread pdhales
8:22 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones Hmm, which phone from Snom are you using for this? I've looked around their website and I can only find 3 VoIP phones, the 300, 320 and 360. The 360 by the looks of it only has 12 buttons you can assign to different extensions; am I

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones

2006-03-27 Thread Darrell Long
The 360 has an expansion unit. It adds 42 extensions. Darrell S. Long BestWeb Corporation Daniel Hazelbaker wrote: Hmm, which phone from Snom are you using for this? I've looked around their website and I can only find 3 VoIP phones, the 300, 320 and 360. The 360 by the looks of it

[Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread Bill Gibbs
Ive been playing with Asterisk for a few weeks and its working great. I have a question about getting multi-line receptionist phones working. I was thinking about getting one of these expansion ports:

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread Bill Gibbs
-Users] Receptionist phones Ive been playing with Asterisk for a few weeks and its working great. I have a question about getting multi-line receptionist phones working. I was thinking about getting one of these expansion ports: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread Colin Anderson
Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones Ive been playing with Asterisk for a few weeks and its working great. I have a question about getting multi-line receptionist phones working. I was thinking about getting one of these expansion ports: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread Chris Bagnall
I have a question about getting multi-line receptionist phones working. I was thinking about getting one of these expansion ports: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_d ata_sheet09186a008008883d.html What are people using for receptionist phones that show all the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread pdhales
: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:52 AMTo: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial DiscussionSubject: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones I’ve been playing with Asterisk for a few weeks and it’s working great. I have a question about getting multi-line receptionist phones