RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
Hello, all Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with the Polycom 600 phones. You need the latest version of both the SIP software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it is workable. The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just like the Cisco 7960's have. It also provides for auto answer. It's kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg. In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables: alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8... In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in ipmid.cfg. In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this: SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11 se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0 se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use - which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet. I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my three sales guys. The secretary transfers it to the sales department and their lines ring with the Triplet. I feel like Pavlov whenever I hear it. The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer. The one you want is ring-answer. Here's how I do it: Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line listed above) ...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4... and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a High Double Trill ringtone) RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7... The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000 milliseconds (one second) and then answer. I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension. It rings in to the extension and voila, I'm on speaker! By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a silent ring and a visual type. The phone would answer without any indication except on the console. I haven't tried this myself and if you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office at the time. Good Luck! I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe somebody will give me a late Christmas present. --John Baker On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote: Hello, It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the PBX or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no way of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for. People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones. MATT--- -Original Message- From: Sean Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones) Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for their phone? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
Cool, haven't looked that in depth into the new firmware(is that the 2.4.1 firmware?) I'll have to try that. I'll post your instructions on the Wiki page later today. Thanks, MATT--- -Original Message- From: John Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom Hello, all Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with the Polycom 600 phones. You need the latest version of both the SIP software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it is workable. The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just like the Cisco 7960's have. It also provides for auto answer. It's kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg. In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables: alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8... In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in ipmid.cfg. In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this: SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11 se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0 se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use - which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet. I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my three sales guys. The secretary transfers it to the sales department and their lines ring with the Triplet. I feel like Pavlov whenever I hear it. The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer. The one you want is ring-answer. Here's how I do it: Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line listed above) ...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4... and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a High Double Trill ringtone) RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7... The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000 milliseconds (one second) and then answer. I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension. It rings in to the extension and voila, I'm on speaker! By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a silent ring and a visual type. The phone would answer without any indication except on the console. I haven't tried this myself and if you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office at the time. Good Luck! I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe somebody will give me a late Christmas present. --John Baker On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote: Hello, It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the PBX or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no way of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for. People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones. MATT--- -Original Message- From: Sean Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones) Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for their phone? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
I've added it as a separate page: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+auto-answer+config linked from the Polycom phones page. Could you possibly send me a quick line or two(example code) on setting the ALERT_INFO variable in Asterisk? Thanks, MATT--- -Original Message- From: mattf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:57 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom Cool, haven't looked that in depth into the new firmware(is that the 2.4.1 firmware?) I'll have to try that. I'll post your instructions on the Wiki page later today. Thanks, MATT--- -Original Message- From: John Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom Hello, all Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with the Polycom 600 phones. You need the latest version of both the SIP software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it is workable. The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just like the Cisco 7960's have. It also provides for auto answer. It's kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg. In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables: alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8... In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in ipmid.cfg. In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this: SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11 se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0 se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use - which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet. I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my three sales guys. The secretary transfers it to the sales department and their lines ring with the Triplet. I feel like Pavlov whenever I hear it. The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer. The one you want is ring-answer. Here's how I do it: Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line listed above) ...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4... and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a High Double Trill ringtone) RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7... The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000 milliseconds (one second) and then answer. I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension. It rings in to the extension and voila, I'm on speaker! By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a silent ring and a visual type. The phone would answer without any indication except on the console. I haven't tried this myself and if you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office at the time. Good Luck! I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe somebody will give me a late Christmas present. --John Baker On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote: Hello, It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the PBX or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no way of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for. People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones. MATT--- -Original Message- From: Sean Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones) Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for their phone? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
Wow! Thanks John for the detailed information. This is such an awesome system... and great support here, too. On Dec 31, 2003, at 12:07 AM, John Baker wrote: Hello, all Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with the Polycom 600 phones. You need the latest version of both the SIP software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it is workable. The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just like the Cisco 7960's have. It also provides for auto answer. It's kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg. In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables: alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8... In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in ipmid.cfg. In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this: SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11 se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0 se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use - which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet. I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my three sales guys. The secretary transfers it to the sales department and their lines ring with the Triplet. I feel like Pavlov whenever I hear it. The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer. The one you want is ring-answer. Here's how I do it: Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line listed above) ...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4... and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a High Double Trill ringtone) RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7... The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000 milliseconds (one second) and then answer. I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension. It rings in to the extension and voila, I'm on speaker! By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a silent ring and a visual type. The phone would answer without any indication except on the console. I haven't tried this myself and if you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office at the time. Good Luck! I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe somebody will give me a late Christmas present. --John Baker On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote: Hello, It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the PBX or SIP currently). The documentation of the Polycom VOIP phones shows no way of doing this currently but it is really just a matter of Polycom adding this feature to their firmware in the future which we are pushing for. People have gotten this to work with Cisco and Snom phones. MATT--- -Original Message- From: Sean Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom (new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones) Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for their phone? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
Sure, here's my extension for paging on the intercom:
[ext-intercom-one];
exten = _87XXX,1,SetVar(ALERT_INFO=Ring Answer)
exten = _87XXX,2,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:1},20,r)
exten = _87XXX,103,Congestion
exten = _87XXX,104,Congestion
exten = t,1,Hangup
Internally, I use a four digit extension here, starting with 7. When I
preface it with 8, it calls this extension, which sets the ALERT_INFO
variable and makes the phone work its auto-answer magic. If I dial my
partner with 7002, for example, it'll ring normally, go to voicemail,
etc. If I dial him with 87002, it beeps his office and his phone
automatically answers.
There's probably a better way to do this, but I've only had these phones
for a couple of weeks.
In answer to your other question about the bootrom, I think you need at
least the 2.4.0 bootrom to run the latest SIP software with these
features. I'm running 2.4.1. The SIP software version you must have to
do this is 1.1.0.
If you go to polycom's website and download the manual for these phones
and the 1.1.0 release notes, you can find out how to do all sorts of
tricks by manipulating the cfg files. (Sadly, you can only get the
manuals from Polycom. You have to get the bootrom and software from
your vendor)
John Baker
On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 08:24, mattf wrote:
I've added it as a separate page:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+auto-answer+config linked from the
Polycom phones page.
Could you possibly send me a quick line or two(example code) on setting the
ALERT_INFO variable in Asterisk?
Thanks,
MATT---
-Original Message-
From: mattf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:57 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
Cool, haven't looked that in depth into the new firmware(is that the 2.4.1
firmware?) I'll have to try that.
I'll post your instructions on the Wiki page later today.
Thanks,
MATT---
-Original Message-
From: John Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
Hello, all
Sorry to correct you on this Matt, but I am currently doing this with
the Polycom 600 phones. You need the latest version of both the SIP
software and bootrom to do it, (and that stuff ain't easy to get) but it
is workable.
The latest version of software provides for distinctive ring tones just
like the Cisco 7960's have. It also provides for auto answer. It's
kind of tricky to do, but you can make your phones auto answer by
setting the Alert-Info variable in asterisk and messing with the xml
configuration files, sip.cfg and ipmid.cfg.
In the sip.cfg file, look for the line with these variables:
alertInfo voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.1.value=Sales
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.1.class=8...
In this real-world example, whenever I set ALERT_INFO to Sales in
Asterisk, the Polycom matches on that word and calls up class 8 in
ipmid.cfg.
In ipmid.cfg, my class 8 line looks like this:
SALES se.rt.8.name=Sales se.rt.8.type=ring se.rt.8.ringer=11
se.rt.8.callWait=6 se.rt.8.mod=0
se.rt.8.type=ring tells the Polycom phone which type of ring to use -
which in this case is a regular ring and se.rt.8.ringer=11 tells the
phone to ring with ringtone 11 with is the Triplet.
I use this one for signaling a new incoming sales call to one of my
three sales guys. The secretary transfers it to the sales department
and their lines ring with the Triplet. I feel like Pavlov whenever I
hear it.
The other ring types are visual, answer and ring-answer. The one you
want is ring-answer.
Here's how I do it: Again in sip.cfg (actually part of the same line
listed above)
...voIpProt.SIP.alertinfo.2.value=Ring Answer
voIpProt.SIP.alertInfo.2.class=4...
and in ipmid.cfg (I just modified one of the existing ones to give me a
High Double Trill ringtone)
RING_ANSWER se.rt.4.name=Ring Answer se.rt.4.type=ring-answer
se.rt.4.timeout=1000... se.rt.4.ringer=7...
The se.rt.4.timeout=1000 tells the Polycom to ring for 1000
milliseconds (one second) and then answer.
I call it in Asterisk by setting the ALERT_INFO variable to Ring
Answer whenever anybody pushes 8 plus the extension. It rings in to
the extension and voila, I'm on speaker!
By the way, for all you BOFH out there, you could actually use this
feature as a somewhat surreptitious eavesdropping device by using a
silent ring and a visual type. The phone would answer without any
indication except on the console. I haven't tried this myself and if
you do this, I don't want to know about it...unless I'm in your office
at the time.
Good Luck! I was going to put this in the Wiki myself, but maybe
somebody will give me a late Christmas present.
--John Baker
On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 19:08, mattf wrote:
Hello,
It's all dependant upon the firmware of the phone(nothing to do with the
PBX
[Asterisk-Users] SIP phone as intercom
(new asterisk user - currently setting up Polycom IP600 phones) Does anyone know if it's possible to make a sip phone instantly pick up on speakerphone when a particular call comes in? Eg so that you can quickly bother someone across the office without making them reach for their phone? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
