Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Michael Picher
Andrew, not to hijack but you might want to look at a patton sbc to transcode... Mike On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Stiles Watson wrote: > Thanks for the update. I'll check it out. > > Stiles > > > On 05/05/2012 11:40 PM, Andrew Radke wrote: > > Hi Stiles > > 3CX released an update about a

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Stiles Watson
Thanks for the update. I'll check it out. Stiles On 05/05/2012 11:40 PM, Andrew Radke wrote: Hi Stiles 3CX released an update about a week ago that for the very first time allowed it to work with a PBX that isn't visible from the Internet. A lot of the confusion on all sides was due to it i

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Philippe Laurent
http://code.google.com/p/csipsimple/issues/detail?id=1500 On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Andrew Radke wrote: > Hi Philippe > > I did like the look of CSipSImple. Two things it is missing that we need > are G729 and the ability to transfer calls. Otherwise I would definitely > say it would be my

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Andrew Radke
Hi Philippe I did like the look of CSipSImple. Two things it is missing that we need are G729 and the ability to transfer calls. Otherwise I would definitely say it would be my choice in SIP client. And yes, I wish I could do away with G729 but we ha

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Philippe Laurent
After this discussion a few weeks ago, I purchased several Galaxy Player 4 units for testing, each loaded with the CSipSimple software. We've been so pleased with their performance that we've added these to our arsenal, as their noise handling, service time (> 8 hours), and integration with a maint

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Andrew Radke
Hi Mike, It hasn't been two weeks work. Just bits and pieces over two weeks as I make a change and see how reliable it is. Also there is a very large area to cover that has good wifi coverage already. As far as the keepalive settings, it seems

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-08 Thread Michael Picher
Well, if cost is no option, and at this point you've blown 2 weeks... bite the bullet and get some Polycom 8440's. Heavy duty and they have the Polycom SIP firmware that is known to work well. Bria should have a setting for WiFi keepalive. I thought csipsimple also had such a setting... Batter

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-07 Thread Andrew Radke
Hi all, I've being working with this now for about two weeks with some good and bad and mixed results. This email will hopefully be a summary of where I have gotten too and also a request for suggestions and experiences from others. So the short summary would be that they very work well when th

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-05-05 Thread Andrew Radke
Hi Stiles 3CX released an update about a week ago that for the very first time allowed it to work with a PBX that isn't visible from the Internet. A lot of the confusion on all sides was due to it it being completely broken. Now so long as you

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Stiles Watson
Well, I'd still like to get the 3CX iphone client working, but I downloaded Media5Fone and was able to get it registered and working in a matter of minutes over both wifi and 3G. Stiles On 04/18/2012 12:45 PM, Stiles Watson wrote: Beat me up all you want, I can take it. Here are the 3CX ipho

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Stiles Watson
Beat me up all you want, I can take it. Here are the 3CX iphone app settings. The items in () are my values. Account * Name: (Test) * Display Name: (blank) Credentials * User: (195) * ID: (195) * Password: (PIN for 195) Server Settings * I'm out of Office [ON/OFF]: (OFF) - should use

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Picher
oh my lord... you asterisk guys kill me. http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/DNS+Concepts+for+sipXecs sipXecs likes to do things by DNS... Don't mess with IP's... learn about SRV records Mike On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Stiles Watson wrote: > Where? > > I changed Local PBX

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Stiles Watson
Where? I changed Local PBX IP to sip domain, but it still does not work. Stiles On 04/18/2012 11:24 AM, Michael Picher wrote: try sip domain... On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Stiles Watson mailto:wat...@datatek-net.com>> wrote: What are the settings to get the 3CX softphone working

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Picher
try sip domain... On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Stiles Watson wrote: > What are the settings to get the 3CX softphone working with sipX? Tony, > you mention it here and I see that it is listed as a supported softphone on > the wiki: > > http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/List+of+Feat

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Stiles Watson
What are the settings to get the 3CX softphone working with sipX? Tony, you mention it here and I see that it is listed as a supported softphone on the wiki: http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/List+of+Features But no setup is detailed. The iphone is connected via wifi on the local net

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Philippe Laurent
You just have to start them once, and then the Acrobits apps will run in the background. You can enable a function that allows them to receive calls via the push notifications mechanism, but that requires authenticating externally. We never did the push notifications piece. Instead we used their me

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Picher
The last generation didn't have a Mic. Not sure about current units. You can however use them with a headset / mic. Bria does work on the iPod Touch. That little Samsung 3.5" has it all over that thing though for like $150 US. The 4" is around $200 and the 5" is $250. Mike On Wed, Apr 18, 20

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Andrew Radke
Thanks Philippe I'll look in to testing the Acrobits apps. Do they effectively start and run in the background automatically or do they need to be run once manually to get going? Has anyone tried using iPod Touchs as a handset for a SIP phone? I think they m

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Picher
i have one of the galaxy players... handset, speakerphone and bluetooth. my son (10) uses the galaxy player with a googlevoice account that routes to his gtalk account and then uses talkatone w/gtalk account (would be nice if they allowed us to route to SIP uri's). this really is a pretty sweet

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Philippe Laurent
Curious about the Galaxy Player, can it be used as a handset, or is it speakerphone only or bluetooth required? Regarding iPhone apps, we tried Acrobits SIP and Acrobits Groundwire (a few more biz features such as transferring), both are polished apps and worked very well. As Tony pointed out, bat

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Tony Graziano
In your case I would test coverage with "any" app, besides counterpath, you can try the free 3cx (Android and iOS) app and others. The biggest thing you will find with wifi -- battery life/talktime (especially when received wifi signals are weak), don't hold up nearly as long as DECT. So your wifi

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Picher
Andrew, There are very good smartphone apps. Counterpath has Bria and there is also the freely available csipsimple for Android. From a tablet perspective both also function there and Counterpath has Bria for iPhone and iPad as well. I'm currently beta testing the latest Bria for Android which

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-17 Thread Andrew Radke
Hi Tony, We are looking at outdoor coverage but with a lot of trees and vegetation. Considering your response it shows that things have changed in recent years too… We do also have large wifi coverage already and are constantly increasing it. In the past it seemed that wifi was considered unive

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-17 Thread Philippe Laurent
Yes sir, you're right... give me a day or so to pop up the wiki page. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Tony Graziano wrote: > To further elaborate on the Polycom Kirk DECT line, its awesome. The small > server is inexpensive, but realize there are many phones and all of them > are not the same.

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-17 Thread Tony Graziano
To further elaborate on the Polycom Kirk DECT line, its awesome. The small server is inexpensive, but realize there are many phones and all of them are not the same. Also realize these handsets are made in different models for different environments (healthcare, office, industrial/manufacturing).

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-17 Thread Philippe Laurent
We're using 32 KIRK 5020 and 6020 phones with great results. We use the 6000 KIRK server, but the 300 server should work for you (max 12 phones) and can extend with repeaters at a much lower price. On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Andrew Radke wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a query to see what the current

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-17 Thread Tony Graziano
You need to explain what kind of coverage you need and what kind of wireless infrastructure you have (if any). Snom makes a dect phone which also has wireless repeaters and should work fine. The battery life and talk time is very good and does not interfere with wifi at all. If you have a wifi in

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-16 Thread Todd Hodgen
...@list.sipfoundry.org [mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Radke Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 9:54 PM To: sipx-users Subject: [sipx-users] Cordless phones Hi all, Just a query to see what the current thoughts are on cordless phones. We probably need 2-3 phones fairly

[sipx-users] Cordless phones

2012-04-16 Thread Andrew Radke
Hi all, Just a query to see what the current thoughts are on cordless phones. We probably need 2-3 phones fairly soon that can transfer calls. It would be nice (but not immediately required) to have the phones capable of switching between multiple base stations due to the physical area to be co

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-07-17 Thread Alberto
Hi, I used for a long time a Siemens C470 ip. It is definitely targeted to the home market, but very nice in phone usability and battery life. Is not meant to be connected to a pbx. Moh with sipx does not work and I had issues with blind transfers. It does not support BLF. Other phones cannot c

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-25 Thread kenny . mitchell
n...@ineos, Date: 25/03/2009 10:30 Subject: RE: [sipx-users] cordless phones Snom has a new wireless deskphone coming that might work for this application. Mike From: sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [ mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] On Behalf Of kenny.mitch...@ineos.com

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-25 Thread Picher, Michael
Subject: Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones I tried a couple of the wireless phones, as I have a need to build up and tear down large portacabin villages on a regular basis. We bought in two or three wireless types but were not impressed with any of them, and had a problem with sticky fingered

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-24 Thread Geoff Van Brunt
>> seriously, no one but me (and tony) is using cordless phones with sipx? Been trying to. Tried several WiFi, but all were not good in a production environment. Problems varied, but most of them had nothing to do with SipX. WiFi VoIP needs some serious development. No one seems to have done it

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-24 Thread kenny . mitchell
I tried a couple of the wireless phones, as I have a need to build up and tear down large portacabin villages on a regular basis. We bought in two or three wireless types but were not impressed with any of them, and had a problem with sticky fingered people walking off with them thinking they

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread Online Systems
lf Of Tony Graziano >> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:00 PM >> To: mew...@gmail.com; sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org >> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones >> >> FWIW - I tried using WIFI. Hitachi, Linksys and HP. Hitachi was the >> most reliable, fairly diff

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread Picher, Michael
no > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:00 PM > To: mew...@gmail.com; sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones > > FWIW - I tried using WIFI. Hitachi, Linksys and HP. Hitachi was the > most reliable, fairly difficult to use and is now a dead product line

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread Picher, Michael
-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [mailto:sipx-users- > boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] On Behalf Of milosz > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 2:51 PM > To: sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones > > seriously, no one but me (and tony) is using cordless phone

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread Barrett Falk
I use linksys spa3102s and just attach regular analog cordless phones to them. It may not be what you're looking for, but it's cheap (if you have existing analog cordless phones to use) and it works well. On 23-Mar-09, at 12:03 PM, "milosz" wrote: > seriously, no one but me (and tony) is

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread milosz
my issues with the snoms are: -two out of five phones had the loudspeaker fail within a few months of use -firmware issues documented on this list -keys are tiny and it's very easy to misdial -awkward interface -the users hate them (ostensibly due to above) On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Tony G

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread Tony Graziano
FWIW - I tried using WIFI. Hitachi, Linksys and HP. Hitachi was the most reliable, fairly difficult to use and is now a dead product line. Michael Picher might be able to give some insight on the Aastra DECT stuff though. i'm not sure what else is out there. We use the Snom's as a backup for wh

Re: [sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-23 Thread milosz
seriously, no one but me (and tony) is using cordless phones with sipx? On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM, milosz wrote: > hi all, > > what are people using for cordless handsets?  i am not happy with my > snom m3's right now. > > milosz > ___ sipx-users

[sipx-users] cordless phones

2009-03-18 Thread milosz
hi all, what are people using for cordless handsets? i am not happy with my snom m3's right now. milosz ___ sipx-users mailing list sipx-users@list.sipfoundry.org List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users Unsubscribe: http://list.sipf

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless Phones

2008-09-10 Thread Tony Graziano
We've bought and tested several WLAN phones. In the end we dumped them all and opted for SNOM m3 DECT 6.0 phones. The m3 now has repeaters to increase range, and they are not at all expensive to deploy. At the same time Aastra carries a more robust repeater/range design based more for the facto

Re: [sipx-users] Cordless Phones

2008-09-09 Thread Josh Marshall
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 17:20 -0700, Fernando García Morales wrote: > I’m looking for some cordless phones (not for WLNA), does anybody have > any experience in this kind of phones. The main reason of using > cordless ipPhones instead of wireless is that here at the company they > have 2 different ne

[sipx-users] Cordless Phones

2008-09-09 Thread Fernando García Morales
Hi All. I’m looking for some cordless phones (not for WLNA), does anybody have any experience in this kind of phones. The main reason of using cordless ipPhones instead of wireless is that here at the company they have 2 different network segments 1 for the LAN and a different one for the wirel