Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-30 Thread Stephen Bosch
Jeff Davis wrote: > The IP 501 supports both Cisco and 802.11af with different cables. While > there are pin assignments differences, there are also electrical > differences in the discovery protocols. The special cable is an artifact > of this. > > I don't know of anyone who was able to make the

RE: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-30 Thread William McCloskey
witch. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Davis Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:45 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550 Stephen Bosch wrote: > Justin Hamade wrote

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-30 Thread Jeff Davis
Stephen Bosch wrote: Justin Hamade wrote: The 501 is more "weird" then that. The cat5 cable with the built in power injector is cool but to use it with a PoE (802.3af) switch you need a "special" cable (the pairs are just different you can probably look it up and make your own). Is this true?

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-30 Thread Stephen Bosch
Justin Hamade wrote: > The 501 is more "weird" then that. The cat5 cable with the built in > power injector is cool but to use it with a PoE (802.3af) switch you > need a "special" cable (the pairs are just different you can probably > look it up and make your own). Is this true? I read earlier o

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-29 Thread Mark Weisler
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 06:00 -0700, bilal ghayyad wrote: > Hi List; > > Can someone advise me if Polycom support H323 that > work fine with Asterisk? And wether this H323 Polcyom > devices more costly than SIP Polycom. > > Also, I am not able to know if new Polycom come with > PoE adaptor so no ne

Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-29 Thread Justin Hamade
The 501 is more "weird" then that. The cat5 cable with the built in power injector is cool but to use it with a PoE (802.3af) switch you need a "special" cable (the pairs are just different you can probably look it up and make your own). I believe the polycoms have MGCP and SIP support, no H323.

RE: [asterisk-users] Polycom 430 , 501 and 550

2007-04-29 Thread David W. Rice
I could be wrong, but I believe that the newer Polycom's only support SIP. The 550 is PoE, but you don't have to power it with PoE. I have a 430 that uses an A/C adapter and regular Ethernet. I have a 501 that comes with a proprietary Ethernet cable that has an adapter built into the cable to pl