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
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- From: Jerry Jones [mailto

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

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 the

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

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread Bill Gibbs
Nevermind I found a note about Hint which can be used for this purpose. Bill From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gibbs Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:52 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject:

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist phones

2005-11-09 Thread Colin Anderson
The SNOM 320s with 12 buttons work fine and they are relatively inexpensive, although the indications are not as fine grained as on the Cisco. Basically light on=in use, light off=not in use. You get into diminishing returns on the value of a line indicator sidecar in inverse

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
With CVS, you also get a flashing led when the phone is ringing. PaulH - Original Message - From: Colin Anderson To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:24 AM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Receptionist