On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:55:55 +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would say Asterisk would work with any SIP device out there, it would depend > upon your individual configurations. As long as the device SIP/IAX/H323 it > should be straight forward to get it plugged into Asterisk.
Gettting "plugged in" perhaps, but "work" is a different matter. I have seen it many times that certain SIP devices needed a firmware upgrade to work with certain other devices, including Asterisk. For example, the Hitachi Cable WIP-5000 WiFi SIP phones only worked with Asterisk at a meeting with Hitachi Cable here in Tokyo *after* their technicians upgraded the firmware. Then when we got two test units, apparently with different firmware, they didn't work. Some time ago ACT's SIP phones showed some really weird behaviour with older Asterisk versions, ie you could only dial once and then the phone would lock up and needed a reboot. Although this was only with older versions of Asterisk and everything worked fine with more recent versions, ACT fixed this, just to make sure. Sometimes it is very small things. Say, music on hold features or message waiting indicators etc etc etc. If such features don't work properly, you can still use the phones, but you would really want to use the full feature set. So, it is indeed quite helpful if a vendor takes Asterisk serious enough to look into any interoperability issues that might pop up. As far as ACT are concerned, I am very happy with their commitment and attitude towards Asterisk. Of course many other vendors will by now also have recognised Asterisk as a significant platform that they should support without any buts and ifs, but this is still not something you can take for granted, as the Hitachi example shows. rgds benjk -- Sunrise Telephone Systems, 9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. NB: Spam filters in place. Messages unrelated to the * mailing lists may get trashed. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
