Does anyone have a recommendation for a good SIP phone with a busy lamp field? I need my operator to be able to see extension status for about 20 extensions and transfer via HOLD + extension button. I've got a pair of SNOM 360s with the sidecar, but I'm very disappointed with them. The buttons are cheap and rubbery like a Sipura 841, the handset cord is short and cheap, the audio quality is not good, the speaker is bad, the button layout is too busy, and I've found it very hard to train my users how to use. Has anyone else had the same experience with the 360s? I'm ready to replace them with anything. I put Polycom 501's in for everyone else and they are wonderful. Does the Cisco 7960 + 7914 work well for such an application? Keep in mind it has to show free/busy status of 20 although I guess we could get by with 14 if the 7960 + 7914 is a solid option. I'm in Louisville, KY if anyone knows of a distributor or retailer that I could demo a unit from. Thanks Craig Bruenderman Network Advocates, Inc. 9001 Shelbyville Road, 260 Burhans Louisville, KY 40222 Main: 502-412-1050 Free: 877-412-1050 DID: 502-992-5929 Fax: 502-412-1058 Mobile: 502-548-1100 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050724/93a5bdca/attachment.htm
The Cisco 7960 SIP firmware does not support the 7914 "sidecar"... To
use the "sidecar" you need to use the SCCP (Call Manager) Firmware.
There is chan_skinny in Asterisk but I don't recall seing support in it for
the 7914. You may want to look at the chan_sccp driver.. it is supposed to have
support for the "sidecar".
As far as I know there are no phones that will support monitoring 20 extensions
with BLF.
Regards,
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Bruenderman
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Busy Lamp Field SIP Phone
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good SIP phone with a busy lamp field?
I need my operator to be able to see extension status for about 20 extensions
and transfer via HOLD + extension button. I've got a pair of SNOM 360s with
the sidecar, but I'm very disappointed with them. The buttons are cheap and
rubbery like a Sipura 841, the handset cord is short and cheap, the audio
quality is not good, the speaker is bad, the button layout is too busy, and
I've found it very hard to train my users how to use.
Has anyone else had the same experience with the 360s? I'm ready to
replace them with anything. I put Polycom 501's in for everyone else and
they are wonderful.
Does the Cisco 7960 + 7914 work well for such an application? Keep in mind it
has to show free/busy status of 20 although I guess we could get by with 14 if
the 7960 + 7914 is a solid option. I'm in Louisville, KY if anyone knows of
a distributor or retailer that I could demo a unit from.
Thanks
Craig Bruenderman
Network Advocates, Inc.
9001 Shelbyville Road, 260 Burhans
Louisville, KY 40222
Main: 502-412-1050
Free: 877-412-1050
DID: 502-992-5929
Fax: 502-412-1058
Mobile: 502-548-1100
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This may not be the answer you're looking for ... but why not whip up a little program or web application for the operator's PC that shows the extension, name, busy status, new voice-mail count, etc? Or you could have it done by a consultant. In the long run, it will probably be less hassle, cheaper, and much more functional than what you're considering. And as luck would have it, I'm a consultant programmer ... (Why do I suddenly feel like Mr Haney from Green Acres?) Thomas Christie There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. _____ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Craig Bruenderman Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 19:31 To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Busy Lamp Field SIP Phone Does anyone have a recommendation for a good SIP phone with a busy lamp field? I need my operator to be able to see extension status for about 20 extensions and transfer via HOLD + extension button. I've got a pair of SNOM 360s with the sidecar, but I'm very disappointed with them. The buttons are cheap and rubbery like a Sipura 841, the handset cord is short and cheap, the audio quality is not good, the speaker is bad, the button layout is too busy, and I've found it very hard to train my users how to use. Has anyone else had the same experience with the 360s? I'm ready to replace them with anything. I put Polycom 501's in for everyone else and they are wonderful. Does the Cisco 7960 + 7914 work well for such an application? Keep in mind it has to show free/busy status of 20 although I guess we could get by with 14 if the 7960 + 7914 is a solid option. I'm in Louisville, KY if anyone knows of a distributor or retailer that I could demo a unit from. Thanks Craig Bruenderman Network Advocates, Inc. 9001 Shelbyville Road, 260 Burhans Louisville, KY 40222 Main: 502-412-1050 Free: 877-412-1050 DID: 502-992-5929 Fax: 502-412-1058 Mobile: 502-548-1100 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050724/dab234a9/attachment.htm