On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 04:44:29PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I want an open source IP hard phone. > > The furniture is moved. I'm back to working on Asterisk. <snip>
Congratulations! > For example, controlling the response to button presses. > I'd like the option of the phone sending IP messages to > Asterisk rather than making voice channel beeps, or > navigating some preprogrammed response chain in the phone. Hm. Most of the hardphones I worked with were somewhat flexible. But I was working with Aastra and Snom phones. I think they were sending SIP messages for the button presses. But they really are programmable terminals, each one different, with programmability confined within the bounds that the vendor chose. A lot like the "Smart terminals" of yore. I suspect that the Ciscos are designed to act a lot like your standard office desk phone, with a few dedicated-function keys for transfer/redial etc. and a few "line" keys. Rule #1 of successful office IT: make it shiny and new, but DON'T CHANGE A THING. :) So get your "transfer" key working and give 'em voicemail and "hold", and hold off on the improvements. I know that you know how important it is to do a first-class job for this particular client. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
