Guys thanks a lot. I should be going with a Polycom 650 for all such jobs. If grandstream receives such bad reviews- how are they selling anything? Phones hanging or voice cut-outs are simply unacceptable!!
On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 14:12 +1000, Rob Hillis wrote: > I'd find that very strange considering that the 57i itself has > facility for at least 20 BLF buttons and each attendant console has > facility for another 60! > > > Matt Watson wrote: > > We are using 57i + 560M combination as well... though we are not using the > > 57i ct... but the idea of giving them a cordless is a good idea. > > > > The only downside to the Aastra 57i + 560M is that it can only subscribe to > > 50 extensions for BLF... i haven;t run into this cap yet myself, but I have > > heard others talk about it... I think it was a cap introduced in one of the > > newer versions of firmware... not sure though, and not sure why. > > > > I'm running the latest 2.2 firmware on it... the addition of one-touch > > transfers in the last firmware was very nice so operator can transfer very > > fast, instead of having to do xfer->BLF key->xfer (for attended transfer), > > now they can just hit the BLF key for a blind transfer. > > > > > > -- > > Matt > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sigma Networks > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:52 PM > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Advice on best operator phone (with attendant > > console) > > > > We have been marketing ipPBX systems based on asterisk for 3+ years. > > For the last year we've been placing Aastra 57iCT with 560M sidecars. > > Our attendants like the idea of a cordless handset so the attendant can > > go to the copy room, etc. The LCD based sidecar means you can keep it > > up to date without marking up paper strips. We deploy Thirdlane PBX > > Manager which allows us to setup the BLF (busy lamp field) via a web > > interface. > > > > Aastra 57iCT: > > http://neobits.com/aastra_-_a1758-0131-10-05_-_57i_ct_p11471.html > > Aastra 560m: http://neobits.com/aastra_-_a1760-0000-10-55_-_560m_p11472.html > > Thirdlane PBX Manager: http://www.thirdlane.com/products/pbxmanager > > > > Feel free to contact me off list if I can be of any assistance. > > > > Regards, > > Jim > > ph: 408-701-9929 > > > > > > > > Faraz R. Khan wrote: > > > > > One of our clients is using a Grandstream GXP2000 with an attendant > > > console. We have used the same phone with past clients successfully > > > however this particular operator processes around 200 calls a hours and > > > the GXP2000 for sure does not like the quick line shuffling and call > > > volume. We get the following problems randomly: > > > > > > 1. menu stops working > > > 2. transfer key stops working > > > 3. Line 1 LED gets stuck > > > 4. Voice 'gaps' (blackouts) for 4-5 seconds > > > 5. The phone also completely locks up regularly > > > 6. ping response goes from 8ms to 3000ms (after which the phone locks > > > up) > > > > > > Wondering which operator phone would work best. I have the following > > > choices: > > > > > > 1. Linksys SPA 932/962 with attendant console > > > 2. Polycom 601/650 with attendant console > > > > > > I cant confirm online whether the BLF functionality will work with > > > Asterisk 1.2.26. Is somebody using either of these phones in a high > > > volume environment successfully? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Faraz R Khan Chief Architect Emergen Consulting Pvt Ltd +92.21.111.111.320 x200 www.emergen.biz _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
