Tom, just to make sure im on the right track. What files do you tweak? sip.conf, the ones from avaya and anything else?
On 6/22/06, Tom Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nope. Let me know if you do. I've suspended my efforts until I see a new version of firmware available on the Avaya web site. On 6/21/06, Erick Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your comments Tom. Indeed the MWI and the programmable > buttons are the only things that do not work for me. Besides that, the > phone is great and the audio quality is superb. > Did you managed somehow to make the MWI work? > > Will keep searching the net, the 4602 page is somehow poor on the documentation. > > On 6/21/06, Tom Lynn < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I wouldn't say nobody. I do and I've corresponded with a few people > > that do. There's a page on voip-info.org dedicated to the Avaya 4602 > > telephone and SIP (I'm hoping I'm not the only reader of that page). When > > I've used my Avaya phone in conference (FWD CoffeeHouse), I've had people > > sincerely compliment me on the quality of sound with my phone. > > > > But...... > > > > Avaya has a few things working against it within the context of Asterisk: > > > > * MWI just doesn't work (If you insist on trying it, get ready for your > > phone to lose it's registration with * every hour or so) > > * Dial strings beginning with * character appear to go nowhere with these > > phones > > * They're perceived as rather expen$ive > > * As a company, they're simply not focused on * since it doesn't help sell > > any of their other product. They prefer selling things that drive > > maintenance contract revenue and, let's face it, the phone is the commodity > > appliance that connects to *. Even within the enterprise space, very few > > carry maintenance on their telephone sets anymore. > > > > Funny anectdote: Avaya loves showing Cisco 79xx phones with a SIP load > > registered to their PBX systems with a Powered By Avaya background. They > > claim that, unlike Cisco, they will accept third party SIP clients > > registering to their system. However, they really don't provide any kind of > > support for their phones used with a system other than their own. My Mom > > used to call that the Pot calling the Kettle Black. > > > > Good phone, great sound, just no support and a bit wonky on the features. > > > > My 2 cents. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 6/21/06, Erick Perez < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > nobody uses avaya phones with asterisk? > > > > On 6/20/06, Erick Perez < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, I setup my tftp to send SIP configurations (the bin files) to the > > > avaya phone. When it finished loading and rebooting it asked for the > > > extension and the password and the asterisk ip address. I had to input > > > that manually and is now working perfectly with asterisk. > > > > > > what is the format of the text files to make this phone load the > > > asterisk ip, extension number, codec used, password as well as to > > > configure message waiting indicator and maybe modify some of the > > > buttons (such as just pressing one of the available programmable > > > buttons to access voicemail). I have 10 more of these phones and i > > > want to do provisioning automatically. > > > > > > in the 46xxsettings.txt file there are no such parameters > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Erick Perez > > > Panama Sistemas > > > Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos > > > Panama, Republica de Panama > > > Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Erick Perez > > Panama Sistemas > > Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos > > Panama, Republica de Panama > > Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Erick Perez > Panama Sistemas > Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos > Panama, Republica de Panama > Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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