Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener hardphone system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. I would recommend using a normal doorphone, and connecting it to a SIP gateway like the PAP2T. Otherwise, you need a network connection directly into the doorphone unit, and some people don't like that because it can give a hacker/burglar, direct access to your internal network. Hope that helps. Dan Journo Kesher Communications (UK) Business Phone Systemshttp://www.keshercommunications.com/ | Hosted PBXhttp://www.keshercommunications.com/hostedpbx.html -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
Hi, I've been used a Alphatech doorphone (SIP) with asterisk and works fine. Cumps Com os melhores cumprimentos, Best regards, CÉSAR SEQUEIRA IT Expert M: +351 961 355 772 @: cesar-seque...@justbit.pt skype: cesar.sequeira.justbit msn: cesar-seque...@justbit.pt -Mensagem original- De: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] Em nome de Tóth Csaba Enviada: quarta-feira, 9 de Março de 2011 05:36 Para: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Assunto: [asterisk-users] doorphone? Hi, could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener hardphone system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. thank you, Csaba -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
On 03/09/2011 02:57 AM, Dan Journo wrote: could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener hardphone system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. I would recommend using a normal doorphone, and connecting it to a SIP gateway like the PAP2T. Otherwise, you need a network connection directly into the doorphone unit, and some people don't like that because it can give a hacker/burglar, direct access to your internal network. Hope that helps. Dan Journo That's not always true. Some door phones have a remote unit that connects to the network and a local device at the door, giving some better security. I've used the Valcom VIP-172 phones. They are simple and work well. Very good support if you need to call them. http://www.valcom.com/Home_links/sipdoorintercom.htm Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
You can Try: Helios from 2N http://www.2n.cz/en/products/communicators/doors/ -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
- Original Message - Hi, could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener hardphone system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. thank you, Csaba -- http://www.cyberdata.net/products/voip/digitalanalog/intercom/index.html -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Darrick Hartman (lists) dhart...@djhsolutions.com wrote: On 03/09/2011 02:57 AM, Dan Journo wrote: could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener hardphone system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. I would recommend using a normal doorphone, and connecting it to a SIP gateway like the PAP2T. Otherwise, you need a network connection directly into the doorphone unit, and some people don't like that because it can give a hacker/burglar, direct access to your internal network. Hope that helps. Dan Journo That's not always true. Some door phones have a remote unit that connects to the network and a local device at the door, giving some better security. I've used the Valcom VIP-172 phones. They are simple and work well. Very good support if you need to call them. http://www.valcom.com/Home_links/sipdoorintercom.htm Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com To repeat and support Darrick's point. Using a doorphone that is analog and or coax for the last 3+ meters will save some headaches down the road. I have used Valcom, Viking and others. With a Xorcom appliance you can also have the contact closure I/O to open doors or ring phones. ~~~ Andrew lathama Latham lath...@gmail.com ~~~ -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] doorphone?
On 3/9/11 6:35 AM, Tóth Csaba wrote: could anybody suggest a usable doorphone and magnetic door opener hardphone system for me, please? Of course should be connectable to asterisk. I am in the EU, should be available here. I don't have direct Asterisk exerience, but when I tested http://robin.nl/en/products/robin-compact-sip/ it worked flawlessly; I don't have a doubt it will work with Asterisk. -- Andreas Sikkema -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Jay, Just for the record, I own 3 BT102 and all three have stopped working for various different reasons. This make me think that um... they're not very good. Two had hardware problems, one of those was minor (handset cord) and one will not work no matter what firmware I use. Grandstream tried to help debug it but it wouldn't stay registered so all three are now doorstops for three different problems. ITH, I have three different IAX phones that all work perfectly for $80 or less. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
Ola Lidholm wrote: In queue.conf (or is it called queues.conf?) you can set up a call queue with all your phones already in it. Which will mean that if you pass the incoming call to that queue all phones will be ringing until one person picks it up. At my work we have it set up like that. And additionally, people can join or leave the call queue by dialing certain extensions on their phones, which can be convenient when people do not want to be disturbed. I do not understand exactly how you mean your system works, how does the users know when someone is at the door? Since no phone is ringing it seems to me like a guessing game to know when they need to dial in to the meetme to open the door? Do you have free sight to the entrance door so that you can see if someone is already there? /Ola LOL. There's a door chime that rings that everyone can hear, and there's a second or two after it goes off where we all look at each other to see who's gonna budge. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Joakimsen Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:39 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101 This is the simplest solution I can think of: http://www.smarthome.com/5070cw.html On 3/26/07, Jay Milk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. That doesn't really meet my needs -- I want to be able to dial-out, and have the person on the other end simply be able to push a button to ring the doorbell. The doorbell button requirement stems from the eternal hope that someday DHL drivers will be trained to push it just before or after they slam-dunk that box marked fragile, so I can get this box of broken computer parts out of the pouring rain when it arrives, and won't have to file the insurance claim days later when I find the rain-soaked cardboard blob near the culvert. Sorry, I got sidetracked there. What I mean is, I'd like to keep the doorbell button so that Fedex and UPS drivers can continue to ring it and leave when they deliver something -- I think having to pick up a crusty, dirty receiver might be a deterrent even to those 99.9% of folks who are better trained than a DHL driver. Shoot, went there again. No I'm not bitter. OK Anyways... You could still use a Grandstream ATA and just have your doorbell switch actually be the hook switch for the line, use the h extension to continue ringing phones, send an SMS, jabber message or whatever. Just set the auto dial in the ATA. Or you could just use a regular old doorbell or one of the wireless units sold at Radio Shack, Sears, Wal-Mart, and everywhere. It pains me to say it, but not everything needs to integrate with Asterisk. Sometimes a doorbell should just be a doorbell, why make things more complicated than they need to be? Thanks, Steve Totaro http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
Responsibility for answering the door is shared by the entire office. But A) noone wants their phone to ring, there's a door chime) and B) noone specific will accept responsibility for answering the door. So, we need a solution that follow I'm answering the door now, these are the buttons I push. So, when someone is at the door, you call whatever extension to get to the door intercom, talk to them, then you decide to open it. You hangup, then dial an extension that does only this, unlock the door. Something like [door-opener] exten = 555,1,System(script_to_unlock_door.sh) exten = 555,n,Hangup() If you really don't want to have to dial a second extension, look at applicationmap in features.conf http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+config+features.conf hth ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Steve Totaro wrote: OK Anyways... You could still use a Grandstream ATA and just have your doorbell switch actually be the hook switch for the line, use the h extension to continue ringing phones, send an SMS, jabber message or whatever. Just set the auto dial in the ATA. I got a grandstream on order, so I'll try that out. Or you could just use a regular old doorbell or one of the wireless units sold at Radio Shack, Sears, Wal-Mart, and everywhere. It pains me to say it, but not everything needs to integrate with Asterisk. Sometimes a doorbell should just be a doorbell, why make things more complicated than they need to be? I currently do have a good ole doorbell, and a $10-direct-from-hong-kong wireless doorbell, with the transmitter triggered by the existing solenoid via reed-switch. However, we're finishing the walk-up attic this year, moving my office up on the third floor, so an intercom is in order. In that context it makes perfect sense to use the existing phone system and integrate the doorbell, wouldn't you agree? ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
I looked at a call queue, but it didn't seem to work the way I want. Agents need to log into the queue to get calls, seemingly. Of course, I only stopped on the topic for a short period. with the meetme conference, anyone can answer the door from any phone by dialing the conference extension, just not open the door. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ola Lidholm Sent: Mon 3/26/2007 7:40 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone On 26 mar 2007, at 22.17, Ray Wadkins wrote: We have a doorphone device that's connected to our PBX. Currently, there's a special meetme conference that the phone connects to when the visitor presses zero. Users in the office can dial the meetme conference and get connected. The problem is that we can't send DTMF signals to the door to open it, because the meetme app seems to capture them. I had the bright idea to set up a virtual extension that would just ring, virtually. Then we could use call pickup to snag the call at an extension and be able to open the door. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get that to work. Wait(30) and Answer (3) don't seem to allow call pickup to snag the extension. Any suggestions? Hi Ray, I can't really understand why you want to use a meetme conference? Why not use a call queue instead? /Ola Lidholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men are able to achieve. - Jules Verne. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users winmail.dat___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
On 3/27/07, Ray Wadkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at a call queue, but it didn't seem to work the way I want. Agents need to log into the queue to get calls, seemingly. Of course, I only stopped on the topic for a short period. with the meetme conference, anyone can answer the door from any phone by dialing the conference extension, just not open the door. You can have static agents so they don't have to login, check http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+call+queues Wondering why you don't just dial multiple-phones, like this Dial(SIP/7001SIP/7002SIP/7003) The first one that answer the call is the lucky one. That way, your DTMF signals would work. hth ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
Responsibility for answering the door is shared by the entire office. But A) noone wants their phone to ring, there's a door chime) and B) noone specific will accept responsibility for answering the door. So, we need a solution that follow I'm answering the door now, these are the buttons I push. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Time Bandit Sent: Tue 3/27/2007 10:55 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone On 3/27/07, Ray Wadkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at a call queue, but it didn't seem to work the way I want. Agents need to log into the queue to get calls, seemingly. Of course, I only stopped on the topic for a short period. with the meetme conference, anyone can answer the door from any phone by dialing the conference extension, just not open the door. You can have static agents so they don't have to login, check http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+call+queues Wondering why you don't just dial multiple-phones, like this Dial(SIP/7001SIP/7002SIP/7003) The first one that answer the call is the lucky one. That way, your DTMF signals would work. hth ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users winmail.dat___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
On 27 mar 2007, at 15.15, Ray Wadkins wrote: I looked at a call queue, but it didn't seem to work the way I want. Agents need to log into the queue to get calls, seemingly. Of course, I only stopped on the topic for a short period. with the meetme conference, anyone can answer the door from any phone by dialing the conference extension, just not open the door. In queue.conf (or is it called queues.conf?) you can set up a call queue with all your phones already in it. Which will mean that if you pass the incoming call to that queue all phones will be ringing until one person picks it up. At my work we have it set up like that. And additionally, people can join or leave the call queue by dialing certain extensions on their phones, which can be convenient when people do not want to be disturbed. I do not understand exactly how you mean your system works, how does the users know when someone is at the door? Since no phone is ringing it seems to me like a guessing game to know when they need to dial in to the meetme to open the door? Do you have free sight to the entrance door so that you can see if someone is already there? /Ola From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ola Lidholm Sent: Mon 3/26/2007 7:40 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone On 26 mar 2007, at 22.17, Ray Wadkins wrote: We have a doorphone device that's connected to our PBX. Currently, there's a special meetme conference that the phone connects to when the visitor presses zero. Users in the office can dial the meetme conference and get connected. The problem is that we can't send DTMF signals to the door to open it, because the meetme app seems to capture them. I had the bright idea to set up a virtual extension that would just ring, virtually. Then we could use call pickup to snag the call at an extension and be able to open the door. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get that to work. Wait(30) and Answer (3) don't seem to allow call pickup to snag the extension. Any suggestions? Hi Ray, I can't really understand why you want to use a meetme conference? Why not use a call queue instead? /Ola Lidholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
This is the simplest solution I can think of: http://www.smarthome.com/5070cw.html On 3/26/07, Jay Milk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. That doesn't really meet my needs -- I want to be able to dial-out, and have the person on the other end simply be able to push a button to ring the doorbell. The doorbell button requirement stems from the eternal hope that someday DHL drivers will be trained to push it just before or after they slam-dunk that box marked fragile, so I can get this box of broken computer parts out of the pouring rain when it arrives, and won't have to file the insurance claim days later when I find the rain-soaked cardboard blob near the culvert. Sorry, I got sidetracked there. What I mean is, I'd like to keep the doorbell button so that Fedex and UPS drivers can continue to ring it and leave when they deliver something -- I think having to pick up a crusty, dirty receiver might be a deterrent even to those 99.9% of folks who are better trained than a DHL driver. Shoot, went there again. No I'm not bitter. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
Ray Wadkins wrote: I had the bright idea to set up a virtual extension that would just ring, virtually. Then we could use call pickup to snag the call at an extension and be able to open the door. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get that to work. Wait(30) and Answer(3) don't seem to allow call pickup to snag the extension. Any suggestions? Sure, try something like this: [doorcom] exten = s,1,Dial(Local/ringforever) [ringforever] exten = s,1,Wait(60) exten = s,n,Playback(sorry-nobody-wants-to-let-you-in) exten = s,n,Hangup To answer just use call pickup. As long as everything is SIP you should be just fine (I think I read somewhere that IAX doesn't have call pick up). Not sure if the Local/ringforever is written quite right, but you get the idea here. Good luck, Trev ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Jay Milk a écrit : Doug Lytle wrote: [...] Thanks to Dave and Doug for the quick responses. I'm looking forward to hearing the response on #3, but I think I'll get get one of these devices to play with this weekend. At worst, it'll be a usable garage or basement phone. Hi Jay, sorry for jumping in your thread. We are looking for such solutions but couldn't found any value documentation. Do you -or others guru- know where to look for? Ready to share your installation setup ;-)? Thanks in advance for any hints. -- Daniel ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
marcotasto a écrit : I did something similar one year ago for a friend [...] If you are interested, I can post my results and the link to my site when they will be ready. Yes please, would be great. Many thanks :-) -- Daniel ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Steve Totaro wrote: Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. That doesn't really meet my needs -- I want to be able to dial-out, and have the person on the other end simply be able to push a button to ring the doorbell. The doorbell button requirement stems from the eternal hope that someday DHL drivers will be trained to push it just before or after they slam-dunk that box marked fragile, so I can get this box of broken computer parts out of the pouring rain when it arrives, and won't have to file the insurance claim days later when I find the rain-soaked cardboard blob near the culvert. Sorry, I got sidetracked there. What I mean is, I'd like to keep the doorbell button so that Fedex and UPS drivers can continue to ring it and leave when they deliver something -- I think having to pick up a crusty, dirty receiver might be a deterrent even to those 99.9% of folks who are better trained than a DHL driver. Shoot, went there again. No I'm not bitter. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
Ray Wadkins wrote: We have a doorphone device that's connected to our PBX. Currently, there's a special meetme conference that the phone connects to when the visitor presses zero. Users in the office can dial the meetme conference and get connected. The problem is that we can't send DTMF signals to the door to open it, because the meetme app seems to capture them. I had the bright idea to set up a virtual extension that would just ring, virtually. Then we could use call pickup to snag the call at an extension and be able to open the door. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get that to work. Wait(30) and Answer(3) don't seem to allow call pickup to snag the extension. Any suggestions? ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Send DTMF? Ring group? Thanks, Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
On 26 mar 2007, at 22.17, Ray Wadkins wrote: We have a doorphone device that's connected to our PBX. Currently, there's a special meetme conference that the phone connects to when the visitor presses zero. Users in the office can dial the meetme conference and get connected. The problem is that we can't send DTMF signals to the door to open it, because the meetme app seems to capture them. I had the bright idea to set up a virtual extension that would just ring, virtually. Then we could use call pickup to snag the call at an extension and be able to open the door. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get that to work. Wait(30) and Answer (3) don't seem to allow call pickup to snag the extension. Any suggestions? Hi Ray, I can't really understand why you want to use a meetme conference? Why not use a call queue instead? /Ola Lidholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men are able to achieve. - Jules Verne. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone
Ray Wadkins wrote: We have a doorphone device that's connected to our PBX. Currently, there's a special meetme conference that the phone connects to when the visitor presses zero. Users in the office can dial the meetme conference and get connected. The problem is that we can't send DTMF signals to the door to open it, because the meetme app seems to capture them. Well, on the specific topic of DTMF in MeetMe, as a part of my work on SLA, I added an option to MeetMe for DTMF passthrough. 'F' -- Pass DTMF through the conference. DTMF used to activate any conference features will not be passed through. -- Russell Bryant Software Engineer Digium, Inc. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Doug Lytle wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: You will probably want some sort or script to reboot the phone regularly (everyday) or it will just stop working (lose registration with *). The speaker phones really Really? I have several of them in use and have yet to reboot any of them. Doug Maybe the newer firmware addressed this issue but on the wiki and all over the web, this issue is discussed. I used to have a webstore and also deployed many GS BT101s so I have moved and supported several hundred. Nothing but trouble. I do not deploy toy phones anymore. The % of DOAs and all of the issues that the BT101s had plus how flimsy it is turned me off. It is not much more for a Polycom 301 which I consider a true business class phone. Set it and forget it. Thanks Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Steve Totaro wrote: I do not deploy toy phones anymore. The % of DOAs and all of the issues that the BT101s had plus how flimsy it is turned me off. It is not much more for a Polycom 301 which I consider a true business class phone. Set it and forget it. Same here, used them to learn. Once I got a handle on it, I went with Polycom. Just love 'em. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Steve Totaro wrote: Jay Milk wrote: Doug Lytle wrote: Jay Milk wrote: I've done all the googling I can on this, and have come to the conclusion that a Grandstream BT101 can be abused to be a door phone. Could someone with access to one, confirm that the following is possible? Researched: 1. When set to auto-answer, dialing the phone will result in a short beep and instant speaker-phone connection. I have this setup now, but don't recall the short beep. It may be configurable. 2. When pressing the message button while on-hook, the phone will activate speaker-phone and dial the number configured for voice mail retrieval. Correct. Assumptions: 3. Pressing the message button additional times will simply be ignored by the phone. I have several, I can check this weekend. 4. Hanging up the other end of the call will deactivate the speaker phone and cause the phone to go on-hook. (This is the behavior I see on a Polycom 430). I would have to say correct as well, since I'm using it as a paging unit and it does hang up after playing back the audio file. Something to consider, the BT101's speak phone has no Echo cancellation whatsoever and sounds just awful in a two way conversation. Doug Thanks to Dave and Doug for the quick responses. I'm looking forward to hearing the response on #3, but I think I'll get get one of these devices to play with this weekend. At worst, it'll be a usable garage or basement phone. Doug, I didn't even consider audio-quality on this, as even with the most rudimentary speaker phone circuits, phones seem pretty usable these days. I was planning to put this in a custom door-box anyway, along with a water-resistant speaker (plastic membrane). Considering our wide-open porch and some physical separation of the mic/speaker, the echo may not be as much of an issue as protection from the elements. And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM A few notes about your idea. Yes it will work, you can set it auto answer, you can also set it to dial a number automatically when taken off-hook in addition to pressing the message button. You will probably want some sort or script to reboot the phone regularly (everyday) or it will just stop working (lose registration with *). The speaker phones really do stink on these but for a simple doorphone application, it should be fine and may even function better with the water-resistant mods you are doing. You actually do not even need cat5 (even though you have it) you can run 10mbit over cat3. Thanks, Steve Thanks again -- I know they're iffy, but for the price, they should function well enough. I've read about the auto-dial feature, but a hook-switch isn't really an option for a door-phone application, as most folks will hit the call-button more than once for good measure. If I connected it to the speakerphone/hook button, then the call would be hung-up before it rang the phones. I needed a one-shot button, such as the message button. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
marcotasto wrote: I did something similar one year ago for a friend of mine that was interested to answer to bell door from internal phones. I used an HT286 with a sort of homebuilt analog hybrid with a microcontroller able to automatically answer when the ring was present on the HT286 FXS line (when calling from internal to the external box) and using the auto-call feature of the HT286 when people press the external button. To terminate the call I used a sort of DTMF sequence sent by Asterisk dead-agi script that the micro detects just to hang-up. I've added on the same box an axis camera to have a sort of video on the LAN. To be able to safely open the door, I made a little box ethernet based able to receive some UDP packets sent by Asterisk through agi when the received call was transferred on a predefined internal extension. It's working well! In my spare time, I'm working to have this solution well packed in an easy to build electronic kit (my friend is using a prototype version). If you are interested, I can post my results and the link to my site when they will be ready. Thank you and bye, Marco Signorini. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Milk Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 5:58 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101 And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM Like all good geeks should - correct Jay J So did you run two lengths so that you have access to a IP Door camera as well? Don’t forget a few pairs for the electric strike to open the door remotely from a web interface as well. 17,000 ft of Cat5, cat6 and rg6 in the house, somewhere around 120 drops, along with multiple 2 PVC from basement to attic. The front and back door do have dual cat5s, but I'm not planning on a remote door strike for either. CCTV is separate and runs on utp baluns into two 4-channel BT cards, so there's cat5 in all the places where I need (or may later need) a camera. Very interesting, no doubt. I was actually considering using a pre-packaged speaker-phone circuit and an avr or pic with ring-detection and silence-detection to handle pick-up/hang-up, but by the time I get this together and wire it into a free FXS port, the grandstream solution is so much cheaper and more elegant. Still would like to see it. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Jay Milk wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: Jay Milk wrote: Doug Lytle wrote: Jay Milk wrote: I've done all the googling I can on this, and have come to the conclusion that a Grandstream BT101 can be abused to be a door phone. Could someone with access to one, confirm that the following is possible? Researched: 1. When set to auto-answer, dialing the phone will result in a short beep and instant speaker-phone connection. I have this setup now, but don't recall the short beep. It may be configurable. 2. When pressing the message button while on-hook, the phone will activate speaker-phone and dial the number configured for voice mail retrieval. Correct. Assumptions: 3. Pressing the message button additional times will simply be ignored by the phone. I have several, I can check this weekend. 4. Hanging up the other end of the call will deactivate the speaker phone and cause the phone to go on-hook. (This is the behavior I see on a Polycom 430). I would have to say correct as well, since I'm using it as a paging unit and it does hang up after playing back the audio file. Something to consider, the BT101's speak phone has no Echo cancellation whatsoever and sounds just awful in a two way conversation. Doug Thanks to Dave and Doug for the quick responses. I'm looking forward to hearing the response on #3, but I think I'll get get one of these devices to play with this weekend. At worst, it'll be a usable garage or basement phone. Doug, I didn't even consider audio-quality on this, as even with the most rudimentary speaker phone circuits, phones seem pretty usable these days. I was planning to put this in a custom door-box anyway, along with a water-resistant speaker (plastic membrane). Considering our wide-open porch and some physical separation of the mic/speaker, the echo may not be as much of an issue as protection from the elements. And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM A few notes about your idea. Yes it will work, you can set it auto answer, you can also set it to dial a number automatically when taken off-hook in addition to pressing the message button. You will probably want some sort or script to reboot the phone regularly (everyday) or it will just stop working (lose registration with *). The speaker phones really do stink on these but for a simple doorphone application, it should be fine and may even function better with the water-resistant mods you are doing. You actually do not even need cat5 (even though you have it) you can run 10mbit over cat3. Thanks, Steve Thanks again -- I know they're iffy, but for the price, they should function well enough. I've read about the auto-dial feature, but a hook-switch isn't really an option for a door-phone application, as most folks will hit the call-button more than once for good measure. If I connected it to the speakerphone/hook button, then the call would be hung-up before it rang the phones. I needed a one-shot button, such as the message button. Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. Thanks, Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Steve Totaro wrote: Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. Do you know of any vendors with inexpensive handsets without buttons? ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. Do you know of any vendors with inexpensive handsets without buttons? I know of some that have the buttons on the cradle and the hook switch on the handset, that would work. If you just took the cradle out of the picture and rigged up a little hook for the wall mount. Maybe this would work, but I am sure you can find something sleek like this for ~$10. Certainly not weather proof but more so than a BT101. http://cgi.ebay.com/ELVOX-Handset-Security-Door-Entry-Phone-8872_W0QQitemZ150098450949QQcategoryZ48636QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Thanks, Steve Totaro www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons. So simple. Do you know of any vendors with inexpensive handsets without buttons? I know of some that have the buttons on the cradle and the hook switch on the handset, that would work. If you just took the cradle out of the picture and rigged up a little hook for the wall mount. I've had a $10 walmart special outside for at least 6 years now (under a porch roof but it still gets rain on it and routinely gets snow collecting on top of it), but still going strong. My dialplan just reacts to the offhook and ignores the keypad on that phone. The original plan was for it to be disposable, but it shows no sign of needing replacement. Probably a $100 phone would have needed replacing long ago. One note about phones for outside (and alarm keypads and anything else like that) - lcds can freeze and crack if they get cold enough (very cold). so stay away from them for outside phones. I deliberately went led with my exterior alarm keypad for the same reason, and its holding up fine too. Maybe this would work, but I am sure you can find something sleek like this for ~$10. Certainly not weather proof but more so than a BT101. http://cgi.ebay.com/ELVOX-Handset-Security-Door-Entry-Phone-8872_W0QQitemZ150098450949QQcategoryZ48636QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Thanks, Steve Totaro www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Jon Pounder _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Dean Collins wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Milk Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 5:58 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101 And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM Like all good geeks should - correct Jay J So did you run two lengths so that you have access to a IP Door camera as well? Don’t forget a few pairs for the electric strike to open the door remotely from a web interface as well. 17,000 ft of Cat5, cat6 and rg6 in the house, somewhere around 120 drops, along with multiple 2 PVC from basement to attic. The front and back door do have dual cat5s, but I'm not planning on a remote door strike for either. CCTV is separate and runs on utp baluns into two 4-channel BT cards, so there's cat5 in all the places where I need (or may later need) a camera. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Jay Milk wrote: Doug Lytle wrote: Jay Milk wrote: I've done all the googling I can on this, and have come to the conclusion that a Grandstream BT101 can be abused to be a door phone. Could someone with access to one, confirm that the following is possible? Researched: 1. When set to auto-answer, dialing the phone will result in a short beep and instant speaker-phone connection. I have this setup now, but don't recall the short beep. It may be configurable. 2. When pressing the message button while on-hook, the phone will activate speaker-phone and dial the number configured for voice mail retrieval. Correct. Assumptions: 3. Pressing the message button additional times will simply be ignored by the phone. I have several, I can check this weekend. 4. Hanging up the other end of the call will deactivate the speaker phone and cause the phone to go on-hook. (This is the behavior I see on a Polycom 430). I would have to say correct as well, since I'm using it as a paging unit and it does hang up after playing back the audio file. Something to consider, the BT101's speak phone has no Echo cancellation whatsoever and sounds just awful in a two way conversation. Doug Thanks to Dave and Doug for the quick responses. I'm looking forward to hearing the response on #3, but I think I'll get get one of these devices to play with this weekend. At worst, it'll be a usable garage or basement phone. Doug, I didn't even consider audio-quality on this, as even with the most rudimentary speaker phone circuits, phones seem pretty usable these days. I was planning to put this in a custom door-box anyway, along with a water-resistant speaker (plastic membrane). Considering our wide-open porch and some physical separation of the mic/speaker, the echo may not be as much of an issue as protection from the elements. And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM A few notes about your idea. Yes it will work, you can set it auto answer, you can also set it to dial a number automatically when taken off-hook in addition to pressing the message button. You will probably want some sort or script to reboot the phone regularly (everyday) or it will just stop working (lose registration with *). The speaker phones really do stink on these but for a simple doorphone application, it should be fine and may even function better with the water-resistant mods you are doing. You actually do not even need cat5 (even though you have it) you can run 10mbit over cat3. Thanks, Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Steve Totaro wrote: You will probably want some sort or script to reboot the phone regularly (everyday) or it will just stop working (lose registration with *). The speaker phones really Really? I have several of them in use and have yet to reboot any of them. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Am Samstag, den 24.03.2007, 11:43 -0400 schrieb Steve Totaro: You will probably want some sort or script to reboot the phone regularly (everyday) or it will just stop working (lose registration with *). The speaker phones really do stink on these but for a simple doorphone application, it should be fine and may even function better with the water-resistant mods you are doing. I only saw that behaviour with an unreliable network cable - actually, the tab of the only free ethernet cable that ran behind my desk had broken, so the plug would not sit perfectly. This could do all kinds of things to the BT101, losing connection during a call being the obvious phenomenon. Sometimes, that phone crashed hard, only power-cycling would do. Replacing the cable solved this problem. You actually do not even need cat5 (even though you have it) you can run 10mbit over cat3. Right. But who uses cat3 these days, with cable prizing as it is? I run CAT5 everywhere instead of any low-voltage phone line or whatever, just to be future proof. I have an old PC mouse, with a RJ45 plug, that features two LEDs and open the garage door, giving a door status feedback. Just a free CAT5 from the hall to the basement, and it looks nice, somehow techy :-) BR Anselm ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
I did something similar one year ago for a friend of mine that was interested to answer to bell door from internal phones. I used an HT286 with a sort of homebuilt analog hybrid with a microcontroller able to automatically answer when the ring was present on the HT286 FXS line (when calling from internal to the external box) and using the auto-call feature of the HT286 when people press the external button. To terminate the call I used a sort of DTMF sequence sent by Asterisk dead-agi script that the micro detects just to hang-up. I've added on the same box an axis camera to have a sort of video on the LAN. To be able to safely open the door, I made a little box ethernet based able to receive some UDP packets sent by Asterisk through agi when the received call was transferred on a predefined internal extension. It's working well! In my spare time, I'm working to have this solution well packed in an easy to build electronic kit (my friend is using a prototype version). If you are interested, I can post my results and the link to my site when they will be ready. Thank you and bye, Marco Signorini. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Milk Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 5:58 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101 And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM Like all good geeks should - correct Jay J So did you run two lengths so that you have access to a IP Door camera as well? Dont forget a few pairs for the electric strike to open the door remotely from a web interface as well. 17,000 ft of Cat5, cat6 and rg6 in the house, somewhere around 120 drops, along with multiple 2 PVC from basement to attic. The front and back door do have dual cat5s, but I'm not planning on a remote door strike for either. CCTV is separate and runs on utp baluns into two 4-channel BT cards, so there's cat5 in all the places where I need (or may later need) a camera. -- Passa a Infostrada. ADSL e Telefono senza limiti e senza canone Telecom http://click.libero.it/infostrada ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Jay Milk wrote: I've done all the googling I can on this, and have come to the conclusion that a Grandstream BT101 can be abused to be a door phone. Could someone with access to one, confirm that the following is possible? Researched: 1. When set to auto-answer, dialing the phone will result in a short beep and instant speaker-phone connection. 2. When pressing the message button while on-hook, the phone will activate speaker-phone and dial the number configured for voice mail retrieval. Assumptions: 3. Pressing the message button additional times will simply be ignored by the phone. 4. Hanging up the other end of the call will deactivate the speaker phone and cause the phone to go on-hook. (This is the behavior I see on a Polycom 430). If the researched functions and my assumptions are correct, this phone would make an ideal door-phone; The message button becomes the call-button, which rings every phone in the house until answered (for intercom). It could even take messages. Listen-in on the door works through the auto-answer feature. Jay, If my memory serves me your assumptions are correct. When the BT is set to auto-answer through the config you get a short warble-like sound and the phone goes into speaker mode (I'm using one for paging in that exact fasion). I'm pretty sure that if you are on-hook, pressing the message button will instantly place the call and go into speaker mode (if noone verifies this I'll try it this weekend). I don't know about #3. #4 is correct when the phone is set to auto-answer. If it is not on auto-answer the phone will play a busy signal when the other party hangs up which I always thought was kind of dumb. -Dave ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Jay Milk wrote: I've done all the googling I can on this, and have come to the conclusion that a Grandstream BT101 can be abused to be a door phone. Could someone with access to one, confirm that the following is possible? Researched: 1. When set to auto-answer, dialing the phone will result in a short beep and instant speaker-phone connection. I have this setup now, but don't recall the short beep. It may be configurable. 2. When pressing the message button while on-hook, the phone will activate speaker-phone and dial the number configured for voice mail retrieval. Correct. Assumptions: 3. Pressing the message button additional times will simply be ignored by the phone. I have several, I can check this weekend. 4. Hanging up the other end of the call will deactivate the speaker phone and cause the phone to go on-hook. (This is the behavior I see on a Polycom 430). I would have to say correct as well, since I'm using it as a paging unit and it does hang up after playing back the audio file. Something to consider, the BT101's speak phone has no Echo cancellation whatsoever and sounds just awful in a two way conversation. Doug ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
Doug Lytle wrote: Jay Milk wrote: I've done all the googling I can on this, and have come to the conclusion that a Grandstream BT101 can be abused to be a door phone. Could someone with access to one, confirm that the following is possible? Researched: 1. When set to auto-answer, dialing the phone will result in a short beep and instant speaker-phone connection. I have this setup now, but don't recall the short beep. It may be configurable. 2. When pressing the message button while on-hook, the phone will activate speaker-phone and dial the number configured for voice mail retrieval. Correct. Assumptions: 3. Pressing the message button additional times will simply be ignored by the phone. I have several, I can check this weekend. 4. Hanging up the other end of the call will deactivate the speaker phone and cause the phone to go on-hook. (This is the behavior I see on a Polycom 430). I would have to say correct as well, since I'm using it as a paging unit and it does hang up after playing back the audio file. Something to consider, the BT101's speak phone has no Echo cancellation whatsoever and sounds just awful in a two way conversation. Doug Thanks to Dave and Doug for the quick responses. I'm looking forward to hearing the response on #3, but I think I'll get get one of these devices to play with this weekend. At worst, it'll be a usable garage or basement phone. Doug, I didn't even consider audio-quality on this, as even with the most rudimentary speaker phone circuits, phones seem pretty usable these days. I was planning to put this in a custom door-box anyway, along with a water-resistant speaker (plastic membrane). Considering our wide-open porch and some physical separation of the mic/speaker, the echo may not be as much of an issue as protection from the elements. And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Milk Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 5:58 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101 And contrary to what someone asked me in private, wiring isn't an issue -- I do have cat5 at the door bell :) Thanks, JM Like all good geeks should - correct Jay :-) So did you run two lengths so that you have access to a IP Door camera as well? Don't forget a few pairs for the electric strike to open the door remotely from a web interface as well. Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). http://click.mexuar.com/webuser/click/7/userurl/Cognation http://click.mexuar.com/webuser/nojs/7/userurl/Cognation www.Mexuar.com http://www.mexuar.com/ Want to voice enable your website? Use Corraleta to reach your customers in 10 seconds or less. image001.gif Description: image001.gif ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
