We are using the cisco IP phone 7940 series what are you using? Have you figured out how to add additional ring tones, besides those that come standard?
-----Original Message----- From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:42 AM To: CF-Community Subject: IP Telephony Fun If you don't have IP telephony at your office, this may not interest you. We use Cisco equipment and phones for our phone service. Each phone has an XML browser as well as a very simple web server. A while back, I created some simple services that can be accessed from the phone display. The phone devices have softbuttons that can be programmed individually. My test app was a list of birthdays of our students and employees. You can see today's, and the next two week's, worth of birthdays just by pushing a couple of buttons on the phone. This week, due to the tornados in our city, some student organizations decided that UE did not provide adequate warning in these situations. So, I figured out how to "push" a request into the Cisco phones. The request then forces the phone to create its own request to a web page that I specify. In addition, I can force the phone to play a certain ring tone. We may pursue this solution to warn students/employees of important issues just by using the phone system. This is some very cool stuff and, of course, it's powered by CF on the back end! I'm sure you can see the benefits of the ability to push information to the phones. However, do you realize the potential for misuse and fun? Heck, with the click of a button on a web page, I can make any phone, on our network, ring and change the display. "Why the hell does my phone ring and there is no one on the other end?" Or, if I am in a boring meeting, I can make my phone ring, on cue, and leave early because of "that important issue in the server room". Jeez, what fun it is to be a programmer. M!ke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181255 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
