Josh, I have seen the same problems with the VVX series, but we not have a couple hundred deployed. What phones do your recommend then? What softswitch are you using?
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Joshua Elson <[email protected]> wrote: > SLA/SCA functionality, if that's what desired, on the VVX line is spotty > at best and is not supported at all on Asterisk/Switchvox, at least not in > the way your users will likely expect. At worst, it just simply doesn't > work. Not to mention that the VVX phone performance has been... let's call > it "questionable," to put it mildly. We've deployed many hundreds of them > and we see pretty consistent complaints about laggy touchscreen performance > and we get random reboots followed by core dumps from the phones on our > provisioning infrastructure dozens of times every week. If you're looking > for key system features and thinking of using the VVX expansions, they > barely work (and ONLY on the latest 5.x software), and really don't work as > advertised with provisioning. > > If "true" SCA/SLA type functionality is a must, you're pretty much stuck > with Linksys SPA, Snom, or legacy Polycom Soundpoint lines on a > Broadsoft-based switch. Of course, there's almost no real need for the key > system if people are willing to holistically look at how they use the > phones, but that's a whole different batle... > > Just my $.02. > > Josh > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Colton Conor <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend an onsite IP PBX that fully supports the Polycom VVX >> series of phones? When I say support I mean auto configure, do firmware >> updates, etc...I know most all IP PBX's will at least be able to use the >> VVX as a SIP extension. >> >> The clients wants to emulate a key system. The IP PBX should support SIP >> trunks of course for connection to the PSTN. The client also wants the >> ability to use a local MoH source, paging, and other common key system >> features that hosted systems don't do very well. >> >> I was thinking switchvox, but they don't have phone feature packs for the >> VVX line only the older phones. >> >> Adtran has the 7060, but according to the latest release notes: >> >> ADTRAN branded VVX phones (model names ADTRAN VVX 300, ADTRAN VVX 310, >> ADTRAN >> VVX 400, ADTRAN VVX 410, ADTRAN VVX 500, and ADTRAN VVX 600) work with >> NetVanta >> 7000 series AOS release version R10.8.0 and beyond without requiring an >> additional license key purchase. >> The equivalent Polycom branded phones will not work with release R10.8.0. >> If you are currently using the >> equivalent Polycom branded phones with the NetVanta 7000 series, you will >> need to either remain on a >> pre-R10.8 release version or use the ADTRAN branded version of the VVX >> phones until a licensing >> mechanism can be added to allow the use of Polycom branded VVX models. >> >> Looks like that won't be a good option since the client already has >> regular Polycom VVX phones not the ones with Adtran's badge on them. >> >> Any recommendations? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> VoiceOps mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> >> >
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