Pete,
Thanks for testing these out. You said you like the 510 vs 580. Which
one is newer? I have the 580. I'm staying tuned for your review of the
610. The 580 isn't DECT compatible and only supports some of the
Gigaset handsets.
I might sell mine and upgrade depending on what you learn about it.
Can you tell me a little more about what you are testing for?
Quality?
Simultaneous In/Outgoing Calls using 1 or Multiple SIP accounts.
Conference Calling?
Any other Features?
On 12/11/2012 08:17 PM, Pete Mundy wrote:
At the risk of continuing off-topic conversation...
Oh the M9 has it's own issues, don't you worry (not to mention it's _way_ more
expensive than the Gigaset range)!
I've been testing the A510 today and I've decided I like it more than the A580.
The software (via the web interface) looks more polished and overall thus far
it has performed fairly well (with no annoying 'new message' statement!). I
haven't tried multiple SIP registrations with dual handsets yet, but I intend
to. You guys realise these are standardised DECT handsets right? Ie that's
where the 6-handset limitation comes from, and you should theoretically be able
to register other manufacturers' handsets too.
I'm about to try the C610IP model that Kai-Uwe mentioned (over the next few
days). I think I'll like even more than the A580 since it has a higher
resolution colour display. And even then it's still miles cheaper than the M9!
Don't get me wrong, I do really like Snom phones too, although the M9 hasn't
been entirely smooth sailing. I love the 320 desk phone (at the cheaper end of
the scale, it has a great feel to it).
Isn't it great that they all interact with Asterisk so well (there you go, I'm
on-topic again ;-).
Pete
On 12/12/2012, at 4:12 PM, Mitul Limbani <mi...@enterux.in> wrote:
Mebbe you guys should try snom m9 dect ip phone, i have been using it since
over 3 years now without any of these issues.
Mitul
On Dec 12, 2012 4:25 AM, "Kai-Uwe Jensen" <kujen...@gmail.com> wrote:
Using a Gigaset C610IP here, and am very happy with the features. The base
station can handle two concurrent SIP calls, and another internal one at that.
It does it with a single SIP registration to each server. You can setup
multiple servers if you want to and define dial patterns/plans that determine
which server gets used. After some playing around with it, I'm now using my
setup connected to a single asterisk only. (Let asterisk make call routing
decisions based on cost, using an AGI)
Call transfer is working fine, the handsets have a Flash/R key to accomplish
this. Using the Flash lets you start a second call, and once answered you can
easily conference the second party in (softkey right on the screen), or
transfer the call to the other party (via menu, then transfer). Using this
capability, someone on a call can easily confer with another party, and bridge
them into the call. AFAIK it is not possible for someone to join an existing
call easily. You'd have to implement that in asterisk's dialplan, not on the
Gigaset phone.
My understanding is that the C610IP has a few more features than the 510. I
might've also read somewhere that the 510 is obsolete. Can't find that link
right now, but search mgraves.org (use the Gigaset tag to get some initial
results).
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Roy Abshire <r...@coopvr.com> wrote:
That is true about the A580.
I don't like the interface much to check messages.
Besides that every time I go to dial a number...it always uses the first digit
pressed to go into phone mode..so I have to press the first digit twice...
I would test other phones but it's for home and I can't fork over $$ to try
them all out....
I have tested some Nokia cell phones, the N97, N900, and E71 and the E71 and
N900 worked well. I didn't like the N97.
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On 12/11/2012 12:52 PM, Pete Mundy wrote:
One thing I dislike about the A580H is that the handset always says 'You have
new messages' if I've missed a call. It wouldn't bug me if it said 'missed
call' but it tells me I have new messages and even lights up a red LED under a
button with a picture of an envelope on it.
I'm about to test an A510IP and an A610IP to compare against the A580. Fingers
crossed neither of them has that issue, because the Gigaset phone is a pretty
good phone other than that, and the difficulty doing a (blind) transfer, as
referred to by the OP.
Pete
On 12/12/2012, at 8:57 AM, Roy Abshire
<r...@coopvr.com>
wrote:
I've been using the Gigaset A580 Base and A58H Phone for about 3 years now.
Never gave me problems. The call Quality is excellent!
I only have 1 handset connected to the Base but I want more. I bought a Linksys
WIP330 as a 2nd phone to try out and that works just as good without a base
unit.
The A580 Base supports up to 6 handsets.
I have 6 Incoming VOIP Numbers using separate SIP accounts pointed to 1 Handset
but you can point each SIP to separate handsets.
The call goes to the first phone that picks up. When on a call, picking up
another phone makes a separate call and does not conference. I don't use
conference yet but I know you have to put the call on hold or something.
The thing I don't like about the A580 and might be the same on all of them is
that you can only specify 1 Sip Account for making outgoing calls. In other
words, all 6 phones would use the same caller id out, but I wanted to be able
to choose that because I have a business number and number for each person in
our household. In order to use a different Caller ID (SIP Account) for making
outgoing calls I added a extension to my Dial Plan and before making outgoing
calls I press *1-6 before the number.
I'm going to try adding more handsets that are compatible. I want the SL78H
but they are so expensive for just home everyday use.
Make sure you check the compatibility page here before buying handsets.
http://gigaset.com/us/en/cms/PageCustomerServicesCompatibility.html
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On 12/11/2012 11:32 AM, sean darcy wrote:
Siemens A510IP
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